Posted on 02/03/2014 12:16:22 PM PST by Kaslin
A scam that repeats itself in modified forms every few years is once again spreading throughout the United Sates. Don’t be a victim!
Criminals target people simply by calling them. Intended victims receive a call on their phones from area code 473 which rings once and then disconnects, thereby arousing the call-recipient’s natural curiosity – “who just called me and from where?” Sometimes the caller actually allows the phone to ring long enough for the victim to answer -- after which the caller (or the caller’s robocaller system) makes groaning sounds or otherwise indicates that he or she is in distress and then hangs up, enticing the victim to wonder what is going on and call back.
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I thought it was about the Nigerian scam.
Suggestion: Let the horses think, they have larger heads
Maybe it's just me, but I don't have such a curiosity.
I got a hang up from 601 about an hour ago. Not on the list but could be an addition as of late.
Or the Kenyan healthcare scam.
From Wiki:
Area code 473 is the local telephone area code of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The 473 area code, or “(GRE)” was created during a split from the original 809 area code which was completed in October 1997.
I never answer calls from numbers I do not recognize. My house phone has a audible caller ID that announces the number, and I have a specific ringtone on my smart phone for numbers that are not in my list and that I do not recognize.
I have MajicJack for my house phone and when the numbers pop up, I do a search to find out who called
If it’s important, they’ll call back. A good assumption to go on. If you don’t know the call back number, it’s likely a scam of one sort or another even when they ring more than once or leave a call back number.
I’ve been getting an unusual number of “Bank account being cancelled” Paypal being cancelled” “Comcast is unable to access your bank account”. Luckily the idiots chose the wrong bank so it saved me the time to call the various places to find out if they were legitimate. I would never follow the links given in these e-mails.
I’ve had similar experiences with the don’t call lists. These fraudsters are outlaws and too elusive to be tracked down. After all, NSA has to keep track of TEA Partiers.
I too have gotten “a number of Bank account being cancelled” email messages.
I suspect that some people who get that mail do have accounts at the bank in question. I dont...
My favorite was the one sent from a yahoo.com account with dozens of other addresses clearly visible in the header.
I filed a formal complaint about telemarketing calls to my cell in violation of the Do Not Call List.
I got a very nice letter from the Attorney General telling me an investigation had determined that these were VOIP calls originating in Bulgaria. And as that is out of his jurisdiction I was SOL.
Another phone scam tried us recently - a guy with an Indian sounding accent says he’s from Microsoft and they have detected a problem with your computer and he needs to access it for repairs. Microsoft doesn’t call you at home, so don’t fall for it.
One more call from Ann or Rachel from Credit Card services about lowering my rates on my Credit Card and someone is going to get hurt.
If a number pops up on caller ID with which I am not familiar, I type it into BING and see reports from others who clarify the nature of the beast. Rarely do the calls turn out to be legit.
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