A guy said someone called him out of the blue and said something like,"There's been suspicious activity on your credit card Account. Someone has been using your credit card without your permission. We want to help you out, so give us your Social Security number and we will block the card, reverse the unauthorized charges and send you a new credit card. The Guy responded something like,"Come on, do you REALLY expect me to blindly give my social security number to someone who called ME out of the blue claiming there has been suspicious activity on my credit card and claiming to want to help me ? This is insulting. Do you REALLY expect anyone to fall for this obvious scam? The Caller responded something like,"Sure, you're a smart one, but you'd be surprised how many People do fall for this scam! And hung up. The Guy said to the general Public something like,"Never give out your Social Security number to someone who called YOU out of the blue."

Someone else shared an Anecdote about catching a Scammer in the act.

The literal kid said something like,"I got a call from someone claiming to be my Grandson in a lot of Financial trouble and needing me to send him money. I responded,"I'm a 13 year old Virgin! Nice try, Scammer! The Caller hung up on me. Interesting.":lol::crazy:

Sadly alot of people fall for it :(

Sadly alot of people fall for it :(

Only a complete IDIOT would give out their Social Security number to a random Caller who called THEM out of the blue not the other way around.

Especially seniors. I feel so bad when I hear about seniors falling for these. May scammers fry in hell.

Only a complete IDIOT would give out their Social Security number to a random Caller who called THEM out of the blue not the other way around.

When I filed for social security retirement 2 years ago, I did so in person at my local SSA beneficiary assistance center.

One week later I got a call from SSA's chicago office, asking for the last 4 digits of my SS# and my mother's maiden name.

All I could think about was all the warnings given about how the government will "never call you soliciting information", but I felt with the timing and all, it would be extremely unlikely that a crook would just happen to know I had just filed AND know the phone number at my place of employ...so, I gave the requested info. And the call was legit. They were just verifying I was who I claimed to be. She told me exactly my benefit amount, and the date of the first payment.

So, not ALL the warnings are legit, either.

I’ll happily answer the topic question if you send me your account number, routing number, and mother’s maiden name.

I’ll happily answer the topic question if you send me your account number, routing number, and mother’s maiden name.

I'll do it for half the price: just need a valid debit card number and PIN for identification purposes. :lol:

"There's a sucker born every minute."

When I filed for social security retirement 2 years ago, I did so in person at my local SSA beneficiary assistance center.

One week later I got a call from SSA's chicago office, asking for the last 4 digits of my SS# and my mother's maiden name.

All I could think about was all the warnings given about how the government will "never call you soliciting information", but I felt with the timing and all, it would be extremely unlikely that a crook would just happen to know I had just filed AND know the phone number at my place of employ...so, I gave the requested info. And the call was legit. They were just verifying I was who I claimed to be. She told me exactly my benefit amount, and the date of the first payment.

So, not ALL the warnings are legit, either.

But you least initiated some kind of contact by going to the SSA Beneficiary Assistance Center on your own volition in the first place. It would be weird if some random Caller called you out of the blue without you ever initiating any contact and asking you for your Social Security number in order to help you out with suspicious activity on your credit card.

But you least initiated some kind of contact by going to the SSA Beneficiary Assistance Center on your own volition in the first place. It would be weird if some random Caller called you out of the blue without you ever initiating any contact and asking you for your Social Security number in order to help you out with suspicious activity on your credit card.

You're right. The timing seemed too close to be coincidence, plus I had never given anyone but the IRS and the SSA my daytime work number. So the likelihood that some haxxor may have "pulled out a plumb" like that at such a perfect time, made it seem like a safe risk.

But even still, think about all the official announcements that insist that NO GOVERNMENT AGENT WILL EVER ask you to disclose personal data over the phone....yet here was one doing just that.

In retrospect I should have explained my concern, and asked for a phone number I could have called them right back on, just to create an additional layer of certainty. But I didn't think about that until days later.

Especially seniors. I feel so bad when I hear about seniors falling for these. May scammers fry in hell.

A guy said something like, "My 78 year old Mother who lived alone called me in a stressed state of panic telling me the IRS called her and told her she owed them $1,000 in back taxes and if she didn't pay it, she would be going to Prison for Tax Evasion. She told me they told her she could pay with iTunes gift cards, but she had no idea how to pay with iTunes gift cards.

She told me she was scared of going to Prison for Tax Evasion." I was flabbergasted and couldn't believe Mom ACTUALLY fell for this obvious scam and thanked God Mom didn't know how to buy iTunes gift cards or she would have done it! I ACTUALLY wasn't mad at the Scammer for trying to scam Mom, but thankful the Scammer tried to scam Mom because this was the catalyst for me knowing Mom was too "innocent," to live on her own and I thought,"Mom doesn't need to be targeted by Scammers! She should be living her life in peace! I put her in a nursing home and now her biggest concern is when meal times are and hanging out with her elderly Friends, not being targeted for a scam/scams, the way it should be."

There are a couple more similar scams. They call and mention some large amount that's been charged on your Amazon account--if it's not correct, call them back (this stuff is always on voicemail--I never answer these unknown numbers). Of course, if you call or had answered, just happily supply them with your charge card number, and they'll remove the charge (uh-huh).

Another common one is the same sort of scam, but it involves a large charge for renewing your computer virus protection--something like $399. Yeah, right. Got it.

There are a couple more similar scams. They call and mention some large amount that's been charged on your Amazon account--if it's not correct, call them back (this stuff is always on voicemail--I never answer these unknown numbers). Of course, if you call or had answered, just happily supply them with your charge card number, and they'll remove the charge (uh-huh).

Another common one is the same sort of scam, but it involves a large charge for renewing your computer virus protection--something like $399. Yeah, right. Got it.

I recently got a text message from Chase asking me if I made a purchase of $92. Press 1 for yes, 2 for no. I haven't had Chase in about 4 years! :lol: This message came from a 10 digit phone number. REAL text messages from Fraud Warnings come from a five digit number, not a 10 digit phone number. I was given a link to view my activities and for fun I clicked on it. I got the red red flag screen of warning telling me this was a shady Website. I clicked something like,"I still want to go to shady Website at my own risk," :lol:and I was sent to Chase's Login Screen. It looked Legitimate but I had read warnings of Scammers creating look alike Bank Websites and then stealing Bank Account information from innocent Bank Account Owners who thought they were logging into their REAL Bank Account. I ignored this login page and exited the Website.

How about spam emails saying your Chase credit card account has been limited. All u have to do is click on Show Details link next to the sender, see an email that doesn’t say chase.com to determine that it’s a scam.

How about spam emails saying your Chase credit card account has been limited. All u have to do is click on Show Details link next to the sender, see an email that doesn’t say chase.com to determine that it’s a scam.


I could see someone who ACTUALLY has a Chase Credit Card being alarmed, but anyone who doesn't have a Chase Credit Card is REALLY gullible if they fall for this.

My tv is on the blink. I call Comcast and a recorded voice comes on which I have heard before and I trust. They say they will reboot the tv system and call in 10 minutes. I say ok and I wait. 10 minutes pass and they asked, is the problem fixed? I say no. The gal said a tech will call you back. The phone rings and something must of happened for another call comes and it looks to be Comcast or Xfinity. This 2nd call has a background of people taking and the voice sounded foreign. I say It seems noisy where you are and I having trouble hearing. Then I ask where are you located. The female voice rattled off an asian place. She asked for account numbers and I felt so uncomfortable I said I will call another time. It could have been Comcast but I was hoping the help would come from United States. As one of my relatives says, What is Everything so difficult???

I got a random call and a female human voice warmly asked me how I was doing. I answered fine, how are you. She warmly responded something like,"I'm fine, thank you for asking." Then a Robot voice told me I qualified for Medicare/Medicaid . I responded to the Robot,"You're a Robot! Goodbye!" The other party hung up! :lol::crazy:

One call I get all the time is. "Hi this is Amy from Medical Alert, you have been approved by your doctor to receive a gadget free of charge." I think yeah I like to know what doctor of mine told you that. I push button 1 to find out more, not that I need the gadget, but when I do the number one button connection goes dead. I say to myself even if a screwball was baited, the call still goes nowhere. I think what a waste of time for this.

One call I get all the time is. "Hi this is Amy from Medical Alert, you have been approved by your doctor to receive a gadget free of charge." I think yeah I like to know what doctor of mine told you that. I push button 1 to find out more, not that I need the gadget, but when I do the number one button connection goes dead. I say to myself even if a screwball was baited, the call still goes nowhere. I think what a waste of time for this.

I got random text messages telling me I ordered back braces, which I didn't. I responded something like,"I did not order back braces, I would appreciate it if you would stop messaging my phone. I got a call asking me about the back braces. I said in no uncertain terms,"I did not order back braces. Please leave me alone or I will be reporting this phone number to the Authorities." The phone number FINALLY stopped harassing me. I looked up back brace scam and there were Multiple reports of People claiming they were harassed by an unsolicited phone number falsely claiming they ordered back braces just like what happened to me.

On the scam and hacker issue, on my radio yesterday and youngish sounding woman called in about being called by Amazon that they were taking $1000 or so from her account and they needed more info from her so this "stupid" woman, and I don't like to call people stupid but they are out there....she gave them all kinds of bank info and said she was hacked to a tune of $8000 or, I could n't believe my ears, JUST HANG UP WHEN THEY CALL....these are scammers.....

Her banks got involved and she got her money back.......How true all this is I'm not sure but there are suckers out there....

This was generated by Amazon and I went thru this too on a smaller scale....boy did I learn...