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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, March 07, 2022 - 10:23 pm 
As someone who investigated frauds for many years, they are trying to get you to call the customer support number.
Oh! I see that is the same thing Lance said.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 12:40 am
when I bought the cheapest thing on a site and was sent a cheap Chinese coin instead I notified the FBI. I admit I should have never tested it. But I did get my money back right after that. I also reported them to Paypal because no way would I give them a credit card or anything else with my real name.
internet fraud site
I noticed I am now being sent these fake site ads on Facebook. I just report it to them to remove the ads. only takes a second. I am sure they are trying the ads on other sites as well but I did a little something to reduce the scammers.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 5:40 am
I didn’t even think about them wanting me to call. LOL not that I would, but I was busy looking for the clickable links.
How they think anyone would fall for that is beyond me.
Thanks all!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 8:52 am
Aiiiiiiiii! #@$$@@%!&##! I am flipping livid. So far this morning, in less than 2 hours (!) we've gotten at least half a dozen Visa-scam Robocalls on our landline. Each time from a different # so impossible and probably pointless to block.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 10:36 am
Mameblanche, I got 25 calls in one day. Now when they start, I unplug my phone. Can drive a person nuts.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 12:29 pm
Holy crow, Suz! Unfortunately I can't unplug because we're dealing with doctors (oncologists) and lawyers (arranging his retirement agreement) etc these days.
I do unplug sometimes on the weekends.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 3:12 pm
I had one day where I got a call every 10-15 minutes for about 2 hours, it was very annoying but I don't have caller id so I can't even see where they are coming from.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 3:17 pm
😳 🫂
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 5:25 pm
Dipo, same here.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 8:21 pm
I have caller id.. and on the landline I have NoMoRoBo and many calls just ring once and are gone. Others disappear when the machine answers and the persistent ones let their robot loose and leave a message.
On my cell phone in came with a wonderful thing installed so when a call comes in, often it is marked as spam or suspected span, but I can tap to unleash a message to them that says I am screening my calls and they should state why they are calling and I will see that. Many just hang up then I report spam and block them. Others do start talking or the robot talks and I can see what they are pushing and hang up.. or there is this great button that says Tell me More.. I was able to use that several times on one call before I hung up. and reported and blocked them.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2022 - 9:46 pm
Seamonkey, your land line is VOIP. Yes? NoMoRoBo does not work on a true land line which is what I have.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 09, 2022 - 3:47 am
It is through Spectrum and yes..
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, March 18, 2022 - 12:14 pm
OMG, I am so excited, LMAO, Warren Buffet has picked me to receive some of his fortune, hahahahahaha. Got my email today.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 18, 2022 - 10:03 pm
It's your lucky day, Dipo!!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 8:45 am
Well, it happened. I fell for a scam. 
Didn't lose any money, but my bank was ON IT, and called me the next day and cancelled my card.
Here's what happened:
Got a phone call with caller ID: JPMorgan Chase (yes, they hold my credit card).
Person asked me if I had made a charge in Arizona. I said no, she said my card was compromised, and then (stupid me), she said she needed to verify I was the card holder by sending a code to my cell phone.
She had: the last four digits of my card
My home phone number. My cell phone number. My address. All that made me believe.
But the code added my card to apple pay, and they promptly charged $900 at Target. Chase rejected the charge and called me. Removed my card from Apple Pay, and is sending me a new one.
No damage really, but pissed me off.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 10:29 am
wow! The scammers are getting really hard to detect! I would have believed them too! Esp having the caller id!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 11:13 am
I know... I feel stupid, but she was so good...Not one bit of broken English, had so much info on me! Thank goodness my real bank was on top of it!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 11:50 am
Wow it’s amazing how they can get you. My bank called me the other day and asked if they could “help me with anything”. I’m 99% certain it was really them but I wasn’t sure and I really didn’t want to try to verify it so I just said everything was fine and left it at that. Plus I always get fake robot calls for bad charges. My iPhone alerts me though whenever a charge goes through so I know those are fake.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 12:27 pm
So, Jimmer, when she said there was a suspicious charge, I pulled up my bank account.. and there wasn't anything there. I asked her about that, and she stopped "we stopped the charge."
And interestingly enough, when the REAL bank called and said the same thing, the charge didn't show either!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 12:45 pm
I have my credit cards set to notify me of any charge over $100, by email. If they called, I would be suspicious.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 1:28 pm
They've always called me when there is an issue. I've had one or another of my cards stolen before.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 2:50 pm
Must be the type of credit card account, I’ve never received a call, just an email when fraud was suspected.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 3:25 pm
Interesting, Kooklie.. It's a VISA card, issued by JP Morgan Chase. But I also get calls on my AmEx when that happens.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 3:38 pm
I never trust caller id except for actual friends where it comes up matching the way I entered their names.
I actually got one with a caller id for my name and my number!! On the phone with that number. Oh but my number blocks caller id so no one every sees my name and number.
And around that time i got a very angry voice mail from a local woman I didn't know swearing and telling me never to call her again, etc. I tried calling but was blocked. I was able to look up her number online and get her name and address, so I sent her an nice snail mail card telling her I wa really sorry she was getting scam calls and I get them too, but it definitely was not me. I hope that calmed her down.
I get SO many emails from Chase Bank and I've never had an account or credit card through them.
There is a young woman attorney named Ericka on Instagram and she makes these great videos about various legal issues, lots of hers are about the actual rules if you have a cancelled flight and they try to tell you you are not eligible for a full refund.
The other day she did one of her getting a call about a charge on her credit card. And she said "so you won't mind if I call you back using the number on the back of my card?" CLICK She plays both sides of the conversations..
That is scary when someone knows so many of your numbers!!!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 3:39 pm
Yeah, Sea... from now on I'll be saying thank you, I'll call the 800 number on my card now.
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