Scam Phone Call

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Let's start by saying that my momma didn't raise no stupid kids. Plus 40+ years in law enforcement added to my education. I got a call yesterday:


Caller #1: Hello grandpa.
Me: You got the wrong number. I ain't no one's grandfather.
Caller #1: Don't hang up. I was just joking. Don't you recognize my voice? I'm your oldest cousin.
Me: Mike?
Caller #1: Yes. (Now my cousin was born and raised in Brooklyn, and he has a strong Brooklyn accent. This guy does not have a Brooklyn accent.)
Caller #1: I'm in trouble. I'm in jail, I was involved in an accident, and I need to be bailed out. Don't call anyone in the family. I don't want anyone except you to know about this. Please, don't call anyone in the family. I gave your number to my Public Defender to call you about arranging the bail.
Caller #2: I'm Danny Morgan, your cousin's Public Defender. We need to arrange bail for your cousin.
Me: For my cousin Mike Peterson? (I have a cousin named Mike, but his last name ain't Peterson)
Caller #2: First I need to have you withdraw $9,400 from your bank. I'll call back in about an hour to see if you have the cash. Then I'll give you instructions about where to send it. Don't tell the bank what it is for. Otherwise they won't give you the money. (I'm starting to really like this)
About an hour later, Caller #2: Do you have the money? And a magazine for Mike to read while he is waiting in jail. (How thoughtful)
Me: This is for my cousin Mike Peterson, right.
Caller #2: Yes, it is for your cousin Mike Peterson. I'll call back in about an hour with the instructions about where to send it.

At this point my niece Katie and I are laughing hysterically. She suggested what type of magazine to send, but I would be too embarrassed to go to a so-called adult book store and buy the type of pornographic magazine she suggested. I had called my real cousin Mike and left a message to call me.
Mike: What's the matter? What happened?
Me: Mike. I'm so glad to hear that you're home from jail. Who bailed you out?
Mike: WHAT?!!
I explained everything to Mike, and we both had a good laugh. Then I jumped in my car and drove to Sacramento for the Al Capone Auction.

If there is anyone here that also was at the auction, I was the old guy wearing worn Levi's with the big hole in the right leg, a worn work shirt, a worn Levi jacket with motorcycle patches, and a worn, faded, stained cowboy hat. And I bought the Randall knife. I paid too much, but I had to bring something home.
 
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After I got home from the auction, Katie had another idea. Fill a plastic bag with horse manure and send it to the scammers with turnip seeds and the instructions, "Mix contents of plastic bag with soil, plant the seeds, and watch them grow."
 
jag312 said:
After I got home from the auction, Katie had another idea. Fill a plastic bag with horse manure and send it to the scammers with turnip seeds and the instructions, "Mix contents of plastic bag with soil, plant the seeds, and watch them grow."
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And make sure you tell them it's Money Tree seeds....
 
This kind of stuff is getting more and more the norm. In truth, stopping it would be like sweeping back the ocean.

This week, I have had my SSN suspended six times. I used to have fun with these scammers, but now that I get so many, I don't even waste my time.

Oh, I've had them threaten to kill me and my family on more than one occassion for not giving them my bank account info...all have been from India.

I don't want to get swatted at work, so I just terminate the calls these days.
 
My wife got the same call. “Grandma it’s your oldest grandson”. Wife, “Hi honey, how are you?” Caller “I was in an accident, and am in jail.” Wife “That’s nice,how have you been?” Caller “Why are you acting so weird?” Wife “Because you are a lying “so and so”. We don’t have a grandson!”
Click!
 
ACORN said:
My wife got the same call. “Grandma it’s your oldest grandson”. Wife, “Hi honey, how are you?” Caller “I was in an accident, and am in jail.” Wife “That’s nice,how have you been?” Caller “Why are you acting so weird?” Wife “Because you are a lying “so and so”. We don’t have a grandson!”
Click!
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I happened to be at my moms place when she got that same call. She was 80 at the time and her light went on immediately [emoji23]
 
Had a similar one. Relative had wallet and airline ticket stolen and needed $ to get home. I played along, even getting the address where I was to send the Western Union Moneygram. I said, can I ask one question before I go to send the money? When you were visiting me just before to left on your trip, please tell me the name and color of the cat which sat on your lap. (I don't have a cat!) Long silence then a click on the phone line.
 
Sorry, but I cannot find any humor in people trying to scam the elderly out of all their money and having no one out there that cares enough to do anything about the billions of dollars taken from seniors every year. We get on average 4 scam calls every day and do not answer any of them. Problem is that some will let the phone ring twenty times.NO ONE CARES!

From CNBC study:

Seniors lose an estimated $2.9 billion annually from financial exploitation, according to the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
 
My take: don't play with them, don't send anything, don't even answer a question (Is this Kaaskop49?) hang up STAT! I've heard of your 'yes' reply being recorded and pasted to another ? to threaten folks to send money.

I never get the calls described by OP. More and more auto warranty expiring calls. My gal phoned me terror-stricken after work once having received a vmail saying her SS# had been cancelled. A naturalized citizen and unaccustomed to such tricks, I calmed her down and she now follows my above advice.

Kaaskop49
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I have to be nicer when I get calls of which I am not sure now, as they are more often the medical folks from the various steps of my dialysis and transplant stuff. Even though I am in WA, I get legit calls from numbers based as far away as MA (and freaked her out knowing she was near Springfield, until I explained I used to truck in New England). It has spoiled my fun in messing with the spammers.
 
I have had some recent medical requiring several phone calls over several weeks and from several different departments of the hospital and Dr. Clinic. In every case the caller begins with is this Richard? Since I will no longer ever answer "yes" to that question I answer with "Who is calling"? The caller gets a little confused and finally says who it is from XXX hospital or clinic. The reason they are hesitent to answer is because of HIPPA law where you can't divulge medical information to anyone not approved by the patient.

I sent an email to a administrator at the hospital, and explained how scammers can "record your YES" and insert it into some totally different statement causing you various difficulties. She called me and we discussed it and also referred me to a Director over a great number of these people making outside phone calls . She called and we discussed for nearly an hour and we both agreed it is a double edged sword. She did admit many attempts to reach patients don't get answered until they leave a message on an answering app and then return the call. Result, more additional work on both parties. So, be kind to any medical personnel who need to call you, but don't answer "yes".
 
Got a good friend named Curtis James.
Forever the scammers have called him James Curtis.
 
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I have received that call too, or one like it. I also get a call every day from
a bill collector by the name of Warfield. He has used 3 different numbers
so far. I checked him out on Google and sure enough he's a scammer.

Many years ago, before the calls were so frequent from scammers
I got a call from Las Vegas. The gentleman said I had won one of
two prizes. One of them was a color TV set. I don't remember the
other choice. All I had to do was send them money for
shipping and handling. I said send me the color TV and then I
will send you the money. He said you just don't understand
business, you jerk!
 
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If the number is not in my contacts I don't answer it. If the number calls and doesn't leave me a voicemail I block it a spam. Period.
 
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