Old scams making the rounds, because they work.
Your day in court
This one is a phone call. It tells you you’ve missed a court date. Do you know anything about any court dates? No? Ask questions. This is important because a real call will give you info and probably give you the opportunity to reschedule with no penalty. The worst part of this scam is that they tell you if you pay up, the problem goes away. If you miss a court date, its not the end of the world, they could issue a bench warrant, but its probably not going to be on the first missed date. Note that I’m not an attorney, please consult one!
The Delivery Text Snare
Had a package you missed? Probably not. This scam says that you need to correct your address. I’ve seen these nd they don’t go to any legitimate delivery service. Know where your packages come from, when they’re to be delivered, and use a package tracking app if available.
The gas pump scam
This one is more for those of you who drive. If you see something funny at your pump when you want to pay, go inside or another pump.
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I’ve gotten the ones where someone will call you caliming they’re from the police department and want you to pay to continue services. No police departments will ever call you, unless you call first.
Yes, the court date may not be so familiar to most, but I think I’ve seen samples of this in newsletters through the years.
Its always a good thing to be up to date with them, whether you’ve seen it or not.
I don’t even answer my phone anymore because most calls now are potential scams, or the ones where I pick up and a U.K. phone starts ringing. That’s suspicious to me. If you’re going to call me, be on the line to talk, and don’t take 5 minutes to say hello if I say hello.
Hmmm the court date or the pump ones are new and so far haven’t seen them.
None of us are in trouble with the law and when we have had our infractions we have payed up promptly.
If you pay for your chrime to go away then you are probably a fool from the start but its situation dependant.
The delivery one, yeah I often auto track my packages from the services that allow it and I get tracking via email.
When it works it means I know when I get something.
So lock down was one, or if I am sick.
Mostly I like the process, but also if its pouring then I can just get the package from outside my door.
It also knows I know when items are coming.
But yeah many address scams exist now.
What I do feel for are the poor people that do cold calls for marketing or try to sell stuff over the phone or other places.
I don’t care if you are indian or what ever race but if you call me saying you have something and I didn’t ask for it my first responce will be to tell you to go fuck yourself automatically.
I can’t risk it and 99.9% of these are scams, and I can’t let my guard down.
cold calls have been killed by scams, you can thank the scammers for destroying your industry mind you it was never officient to begin with.