Comments on: IA: Scammers are nationwide

By: Media

Media — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:41:46 +0000

Florida does nothing to warn people about these scams but look what Pennsylvania does:

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/08/27/pennsylvania-registered-sex-offender-scam/

https://www.readingeagle.com/2021/08/27/state-police-phone-scam-registered-sex-offenders/

http://levittownnow.com/2021/08/27/troopers-warn-of-scam-targeting-sex-offenders/

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:41:18 +0000

I get about a dozen scam calls everyday. When I have time I like to play games with them. I have fun seeing how long it takes me to get them to hang up on me. They have now come up with a system to make their calls look like a local calls. I will sometimes start off by asking them how the weather is in Bangladesh? That closes them down pretty fast. I also like the calls to lower my interest rate on a credit card I have never had. I tell them my current rate is zero and I would like to get it down to negative five percent. That brings the call to a pretty swift end. I also tell the Social Security officer to go get a real job.

By: Eric brunner

Eric brunner — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:08:43 +0000

Currently going through a second scammer scenario as I’m writing this.
Second time in about two months,I get a call from a person claiming to be a detective, telling me a father made a complaint about me and his so called underage daughter, says I can clear it up with the father and his lawyer, long story short, there just looking to extort money for keeping there silence.
In both cases I called the actual sheriff’s dept to check on the so called detective.
One was from ashville North Carolina and the current one is claiming the ocala florida police dept.
There trying to extort offenders for thousands of dollars on scare tactics. In both cases I just told them,you want to arrest me then do it. I’ll fight it in court,plain and simple.
These people look to fear of the law to accomplish there goal.
Like was previously said, if it was a real leo, I wouldn’t get a call,been told they would get a warrent, I would just be picked up and charged with no warning.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:16:19 +0000

In reply to Doctor Wizard. You can INSIST on filing a police report.

By: Doctor Wizard

Doctor Wizard — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:54:02 +0000

I’ve had 3 of these scam calls so far. I’ve reported all 3 of them to Clay County Sheriff’s Office which didn’t care. They wouldn’t even take a report and weren’t interested in (valid) return phone number or any details. I’d think they’d at least like to go after them for impersonating a police officer.

By: Larry C

Larry C — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:19:54 +0000

In reply to Bob. Yes, you are technically correct, but I did not post the comment to be corrected in such an insignificant fashion. I made a correct statement about our rights as citizens, then asked a question regarding that right as applies to registered citizens. Thank you.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:05:26 +0000

In reply to Larry C. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is actually a phrase written in the Declaration of Independence, not the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights are enumerated rights derived from the US Constitution.

By: Larry C

Larry C — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:43:44 +0000

In reply to Jerry.

To Jerry, this is stretching the topic, but I read this in a Document which seems to not apply to registrants; it is called The Bill Of Rights. It contains these words……life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness (emphasis mine). Liberty is defined as “The state of being free from control and restriction”. I’ve done my time, paid the price for my despicable transgressions. But unlike other felons who have completed the terms of their sentence, I am still being CONTROLLED AND RESTRICTED. I wonder if that has been challenged in the courts. I am not “free”. I am being told where I can and cannot live, have to notify the authorities any time I travel, under the constant threat of the registration laws. How is that free from control or restriction, or Liberty?
If anyone has information on this having been challenged, or the efficacy of challenging it, please reply to my post. I’ve been trying to find a precedent for this but haven’t found anything.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:29:02 +0000

and they say that the registry is not punishment!! Yeah Right!!

By: Detroit

Detroit — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:43:14 +0000

Also, keep a record of all scam attempts. These are needed for our court challenges.