The Scamming Continues
Yesterday we got 3 notifications that they were scam targets. One would think that with enough complaints the FDLE would take measures to track these scammers down, but apparently they don’t.
This was from a member:
I wanted to let you know about a scam that has been targeting registrants. Recently I got a call from someone pretending to be a deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office. They claimed that I had not registered, even though I had, and there was a warrant out for my arrest. I could avoid this by staying on the phone with them and going to purchase $750 worth of Google Play Gift Cards and send them money via that way. I knew then that this was not a real deputy and just a scammer. This is not real in any way and is a scam targeting SO’s. I thought I should alert you all so you could potentially get the word out and protect others from getting scammed in such a way.
All the best!
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I got a call.it was in a robotic voice saying they were from law enforcement. That’s as far as I got I said f you and hung up. Was from an 813 area code which I’m in but had registered in May in person.
Please post the phone number of the person who called you, posing as a cop…
Thanks
The problem is that these scammers use the same trick as other scammers: posing as someone or something in the intended-victim’s area. If they pose as a legitimate company or pretend to be in your town, it’s not too hard for them to spoof the sheriff’s office, police department, etc. Either way, it’s illegal, but if they’re out to take your money through deceit, then pretending to be one’s credit card company vs one’s sheriff’s office makes no difference.
I usually ask the spammer how the weather is in Bangladesh?
I’ve gotten scam calls (not this one) from A-hole spoofing legit numbers like law enforcement agencies. Most scams are also utilizing the Google Voice throwaway numbers.
Derek
Most of the time if you say “Let me call the Sheriff’s office, Police department, State police (Where ever they state they work) Number and ask for you, they will agree. If they threaten you when you state that, they are full of brown stuff that comes out of your butt.
I do not judge anyone who gets scammed or almost gets scammed. I always pride myself with being smarter than the scammers. Having said that, I once came within seconds of losing my computer. I was having issues and out of the blue HP calls me, knows my name and states my serial # of my registered computer.(Yes my computer is even on a registry lol)
Anyway, The guy (With Indian accent like all HP tech support do) tells me he noticed I was having computer issues and says he will help me. He was having me do all this stuff then said he needed access remotely to my computer. I was just seconds from allowing this when it popped into my head some thoughts.
First off, my computer had been out of warranty for over 5 years. Secondly, even when my computer WAS in warranty, they do not call you to offer to help. In fact even in warranty, you play hell and jump through hoops to get any help. When I told him I would call back into the HP # and ask for him, he started cussing saying he would ruin me. I finally hung up and took a deep breath.
Many of the numbers turn out to be spoof numbers. I use an app called Hiya that screens calls. When you look up the numbers online, there is no information for them or you get a lot of middle eastern or Russian groupings for the number. My guess is there must be a spoofing service out there.
Thanks, I noticed the other day when i was contacted by bill’s carpet service and when i picked up the phone, it was a lady selling auto warrantys…..
I reversed the number, it was bill’s carpet being spoofed …
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Rick
I keep getting those car warranty calls. Everytime I hit #2 to stop the calls (Per their instructions) it hangs up. The next day they just call with another phone #. My vehicle has been out of warranty since Abe Lincoln was in office LOL
LoL…..ours too…
I just block all the numbers I don’t recognize.
Having only a cell phone, I get 5 or 6 scam calls a day. I don’t answer any call from numbers not in my contact list. The “Do Not Call” list is a big fu¢king joke. Scammers and telemarketers ignore it. I have nearly 500 blocked numbers on my phone. I’ve had to block entire series’ of numbers, i.e. (904) 298-9*** because they are all auto-dialed robocalls.
Nobody in government or business cares enough to put a stop to it. As to how they are getting our numbers, any company you have ever given your phone number to either sells your information or it is hacked off their servers. My personal computers have never been hacked.
Stop answering your phones folks.
JZ I always answer. Many many times I have seen this message pop up “Incoming potential spam”. So I didn’t answer and then get a voice message from one of my doctors etc.
Even though listening to a voice message is a way to vett these, I have missed money making opportunities by not answering. One time I missed out on a $1500 study on health issues before I did not answer. I called them back and they had already filled up the openings by time I was able to reach them.
A good way though my parents do it, they let any unknown calls go to the answering machine (Yes some still have those) and if important they can pick up before they hang up.
Too bad there wasn’t a way to give them a card tied to an FBI trace or something.
I’ve gotten these calls beofre. I asked them to meet me at the sherrifs office so I could pay in cash. They never seem to wanna do that for some reason lol..
Who falls for this garbage anymore?.
At least 2-3 calls a week from people who fell for this and wished they had found our warning first.
If it wasn’t immensely profitable it would not be surviving for years.