11-07-14, 07:03 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: NE
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Yet another scam...
I received a call this afternoon from a man saying I was going to receive a large compensation for a surgery involving a bladder sling/vaginal mesh. We didn't get very far because I immediately started asking questions. Who are you? Where are you calling from? Who are you looking for? etc. He said he was calling from a medical center in Georgia. I didn't understand him too well because he was getting upset with all my questions (sighing) and speaking too fast and also had a heavy East Indian accent. I finally hung up, but he called back. He gave me the spiel again and I asked 'Didn't I just talk to you?' He said they had information saying I would be compensated for a surgery involving bladder mesh/sling. He then asked if I'd had a bladder surgery. I said, 'Didn't you just say you had that information?' He hung up...I guess he got frustrated. By the way, I have not had bladder surgery.
I did find this information online: BBB warns of scams promising payouts for medical device settlements |
11-10-14, 01:34 AM | ||
Join Date: Sep 2010
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11-10-14, 10:43 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, CA
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Anyone get the IRS stating they've initiated a lawsuit against you?
I got a robocall the other day. "We have been trying to reach you. (Really? I'm not that hard to reach!) This is your final notice. This is the IRS and we have initiated a lawsuit against you. (I thought you just notified me BY MAIL if I owe taxes, now you start lawsuits?) To get information on this claim, you must call 808-???-????" I imagine that if I called that number, the first thing they would ask for would be my social security number.
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11-10-14, 10:58 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2006
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I got an email claiming I was being sued for not paying the toll on a toll road.
There are no toll roads in Arizona (or if there are, I've not traveled them, ever, in 57+ years). I had, earlier in the summer, rented a car in Pittsburg to drive to West Virginia. The kid behind the counter asked me if I were going to travel on toll roads. I must have looked very confused because the young woman standing next to him asked me where I was headed. Then she said, 'She won't be on any toll roads.' The only sense this spam email makes is if somehow they hacked Enterprise and got my email along with my rental car reservation. I hit the spam button and deleted the email. I haven't heard from them since. Oh, and I hate using the phone for almost any reason, so I answer the phone ONLY if I know the person AND I want to talk with that person. Otherwise, leave a message. That seems to eliminate those robocall/scammers. |
11-10-14, 12:36 PM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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If there is a problem with your return, the IRS always notifies you by mail, NOT by phone.
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