Newest scam ...

[bobm]

Bob how are you feeling

Thanks for asking NYboy. For the last couple weeks, I have a nurse come to our home to take vitals, etc. I still feel very weak ,but slowly improving on my red blood cell count as my bone marrow is growing them s l o w l y. I haven't done a thing on the house or garden as I do not have the energy yet to be of any use.

 

[Nyboy]

Glad your improving

 

[jackb]

We have a Sentry 2 call blocking system that handles all of the scammers calls, unless the number is on our white list it does not get through. Yesterday, I set the unit to answer in German, so the scammers better
Deutsch sprechen.

 

[catjac1975]

So I had an inmate call me from the correctional facility. A recording that said it was a free call from the jail from "John." I laughed and hung up. I have a brother John in his seventies who has a drug conviction from when he was 19 or so. He has always lived differently from me but I think he has been on the straight and narrow. Though a bit of a con man as in borrowing money from my 2 other brothers and of course never paying them back. Of course it was always in desperation so they knew they would never be repaid. I knew it was not his voice but I still was concerned. All logic told me it was not him. His cell phone was disconnected. Again not unusual as he was often low on money. It took me more than 24 hours to reach him. We were able to laugh about it. But he did say who else might you think would be calling from jail other than your brother John?

 

[thistlebloom]

We have a Sentry 2 call blocking system that handles all of the scammers calls, unless the number is on our white list it does not get through. Yesterday, I set the unit to answer in German, so the scammers better
Deutsch sprechen.

I like your style Jack!

 

[flowerbug]

it's been all politcal BS the past week. we don't even answer the phone any more unless we know who it is. don't have caller id or a cell phone. we live in the dark ages here still. i'm good with that. people that know us know to either leave a message or to talk on the machine for a bit so i can get to the phone and pick up. we don't even have the ringer on often unless we know someone is going to call or returning a call.

scammers for computer stuff are funny. i don't run MS winders and i have too much in my head already about computer softwares so that kind of scam is funny to me.

if someone wants to send me $ they can send cash to the po box. i'll put it to good use... lol

 

[Collector]

The scam calls are getting bad these days. At work I use blue tooth because I work with my hands and they usually busy. The phone is constantly ringing, I usually look at my watch to see who is calling but once in awhile I get caught by answering the phone thinking I know who calling. I don’t even respond, as soon as they start talking I just click off. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

 

[baymule]

We do not answer any nunber we don't know. If it's someone we know, they leave a message. No message, no call back.

 

[Nyboy]

So I had an inmate call me from the correctional facility. A recording that said it was a free call from the jail from "John." I laughed and hung up. I have a brother John in his seventies who has a drug conviction from when he was 19 or so. He has always lived differently from me but I think he has been on the straight and narrow. Though a bit of a con man as in borrowing money from my 2 other brothers and of course never paying them back. Of course it was always in desperation so they knew they would never be repaid. I knew it was not his voice but I still was concerned. All logic told me it was not him. His cell phone was disconnected. Again not unusual as he was often low on money. It took me more than 24 hours to reach him. We were able to laugh about it. But he did say who else might you think would be calling from jail other than your brother John?

Been there I even have accounts in several Floridian prisons for my brother made putting money on his books much easier family

 

[catjac1975]

Been there I even have accounts in several Floridian prisons for my brother made putting money on his books much easier family

Oh, it was not really may brother. He never went to jail. (At least as far as I know.) I was pretty young when he was arrested. Must have gotten probation. It was just a scammer with the same name..