Protect yourselves this season. Scammers abound!!!

[Gerry52]

Recieved a call from "Amazon support" (not) a couple minutes ago regarding the $900 i-phone purchase I made (not). I really feel bad for all the people who don't have enough intelligence to recognize scams & get taken. Friends of ours got the same call yesterday! Watch out for all the evil a-holes out there & have a smart, safe holiday season. Hate these scammers with a passion & hope they die slow, agonizing deaths! Merry Christmas.

 

[Marley5]

They're everywhere and it's really sad.

 

[Nsboost]

I am getting never ending calls from scammers. It’s fun to mess with them. 


The vehicle warranty ones are the best. I tell them “I have a warranty about to expire? Wel if I have a warranty my truck needs ball joints on one side, the front differential is gone, and my oil pressure sensor is faulty. You take care of this for me I’ll renew it!” The conversation pretty much ends there everytime lol

 

[Bronze]

A co worker of mine got scammed a month or so ago, poor girl was so scared. They claimed to be the sheriff and said she had a failure to appear and then told her the fines and she paid them with prepaid debit/credit cards...

 

[WorriedMan]

Just found out my student loans are being forgiven. That's interesting news since I'm 65 and never had any student loans.

WM

 

[JohnL57]

I get a message from PayPal about 4 times a week saying my account is frozen-when I click reply a bunch of gibberish is the sender's address.

 

[cea1960]

I get "Thanks for your $200 order" almost daily. They come from different retailers, but all the email addresses are the same. [email protected]

When it comes to car warranty calls, if I'm not busy I'll keep them on the phone as long as possible before asking if it's okay to put them on hold while I answer another call. Then I never go back to them.

 

[sleebus.jones]

And if the scam calls and emails aren't bad enough, there's tons of scam websites out there.