A Scam
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From: 407 Miles E of the Dragon
the same from BMW last week! 
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I recently read about a pretty good scam.
You get a call from the clerk of your county's superior court telling you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest. You ask why, and the reply is that you failed to show up for jury duty. You say you never got a notice, and the clerk tries to help you straighten things out, maybe recites your address, and maybe even a phony social security number. You will say that's the problem, it isn't my number, and they ask for your correct number and date of birth to get this warrant pulled. This is just an outline. These guys are smooth talkers.
Would you fall for it? No?
How about your 87 year old mother?
You get a call from the clerk of your county's superior court telling you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest. You ask why, and the reply is that you failed to show up for jury duty. You say you never got a notice, and the clerk tries to help you straighten things out, maybe recites your address, and maybe even a phony social security number. You will say that's the problem, it isn't my number, and they ask for your correct number and date of birth to get this warrant pulled. This is just an outline. These guys are smooth talkers.
Would you fall for it? No?
How about your 87 year old mother?
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From: 407 Miles E of the Dragon
Originally Posted by Morris,Feb 21 2006, 12:06 PM
I recently read about a pretty good scam.
You get a call from the clerk of your county's superior court telling you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest. You ask why, and the reply is that you failed to show up for jury duty. You say you never got a notice, and the clerk tries to help you straighten things out, maybe recites your address, and maybe even a phony social security number. You will say that's the problem, it isn't my number, and they ask for your correct number and date of birth to get this warrant pulled. This is just an outline. These guys are smooth talkers.
Would you fall for it? No?
How about your 87 year old mother?
You get a call from the clerk of your county's superior court telling you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest. You ask why, and the reply is that you failed to show up for jury duty. You say you never got a notice, and the clerk tries to help you straighten things out, maybe recites your address, and maybe even a phony social security number. You will say that's the problem, it isn't my number, and they ask for your correct number and date of birth to get this warrant pulled. This is just an outline. These guys are smooth talkers.
Would you fall for it? No?
How about your 87 year old mother?
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Not just that - but the scams are getting more and more realistic. I got a request from information from someone the other day, and it looks like the real thing from my bank. The logo is correct, as is the website.
We're going down to the bank first before answering anything like this though.
We're going down to the bank first before answering anything like this though.
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I sold a piano over e-Bay last week. In the course of the auction I received a request from a buyer stating that she was an agent for an overseas buyer who would send me a money order for the piano plus the agents commission. Upon depositing the money order I was to pay the agents commission and ship the piano.
Of course this is an old scam. The foreign money order is a fake, but it takes a few weeks to bounce. By that time my commission payment and the piano would both be gone.
Of course this is an old scam. The foreign money order is a fake, but it takes a few weeks to bounce. By that time my commission payment and the piano would both be gone.
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