Comments on: WARNING: Scams targeting persons required to register.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:16:02 +0000

You know, phone numbers aren’t available from the registry. Cell numbers aren’t listed in the phone book, even the online version. Betting many registrants use prepaid service (like myself), so their numbers won’t be listed anywhere.

What I’m getting at is that these scams probably involve parole/probation officers or someone in the SO tracking units. Are we really shocked?

By: obvious answers

obvious answers — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 03:21:06 +0000

hmmm..if these could be documented I wonder if it is not possible to file a lawsuit against the government as being complacent in the act of the crime, since it is the government that is starting the scenario for the crime..or at the very least use these actions as further evidence of the punitive and vigilante aspects of the registry, helping to cement it as not only punitive AND cruel and inhumane BUT also decidedly dangerous.The governments failed responsibility is to protect citizens not harm them. It can very simply be argued these crimes and attempts at crimes are directly related to the behavior of the government violating citizens rights to privacy and making this collected information available. I dont know.. just a thought..often when government can not be brought to justice by making them follow the law sometimes it is possible to do it by hitting the wallet?

By: Buck

Buck — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:34:27 +0000

When is the cops gonna do something about these scammers? My daughter made a 700 deposit for a house after going to look at it. Workers happened to be there and let her in. Seems to be a lot of victims out there. Police told my daughter “it’s too costly to fight the crime” and she’s out the money. Too busy tracking people harness SO than catching people that target the elderly and poor and too wimpy to clean up the growing gang population. SO violations is easy money.

By: JoeM

JoeM — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 18:48:54 +0000

Not sure about other counties, but when Pinellas SO calls you, the deputies use their work cell phone which has a blocked/unavailable caller ID. The way it comes up on AT-T is different than other blocked or unavailable numbers so I generally know who is calling. The scammer that called me showed a 727 area code, but he was still using the old Ulmerton Road SPOT address (one or two offices ago) and didn’t know how to pronounce Ulmerton.

By: DMC

DMC — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:36:45 +0000

I fell for this scam as well. $1800. I knew it was a scam but I could not overcome my fear that there was a mistake. Part of this was there had been a jurisdiction issue with the man in front of me the last time I registered. Let me put this in caps….WHEN THEY ASK FOR $, SIMPLY HANG UP. As for the police, they serve a purpose so report the incident but as I found out they are pretty much powerless. The scammers are a ghost.