[nfb-talk] scams and scheemes

Ray Foret Jr rforetjr at comcast.net
Thu Apr 22 11:34:07 UTC 2010


The calls I most hate are the ones where they act like you're their best friend and have known them all your life.  Then, they get to the point where they ask you for money, and, when you say no, they get all nasty on you and curse and swear at you and everything.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!!!

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On Apr 22, 2010, at 2:22 AM, qubit wrote:

> Not necessarily --
> I also got another one of those sweepstakes calls claiming to be indeed 
> Publishers Clearing House.  Here's what happened.
> I smelled a scam because they were asking me for too much information and 
> wanted me to do something in order to claim the prize.  I followed along 
> taking down the phone numbers they gave me.
> Then I called Publishers Clearinghouse themselves to verify.  This is what I 
> learned:
> First of all, PCH requires you to enter by sending an application to them in 
> a supplied envelope so you know when you have entered.
> Second, since they already have your relevant information, they do not call 
> you beforehand to tell you you have won. Instead, since it is a big media 
> event when someone wins, they want to catch you by surprise.   So they come 
> by your home at a time when you are most likely home, such as before work 
> and will never call you, either to fish information or announce anything.
> So beware of any caller claiming to be a sweepstakes, especially PCH as they 
> are a reputable company who does not operate that way.
> --le
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Aldrich" <jajkaldrich at gmail.com>
> To: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" 
> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [NFB-talk] New List for Blind Conservatives
> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I think Dar's call came from publisher's clearing house which is one company
> I easily understand.  They are in the business of selling magazines.  They
> run various contests and sweepstakes and in the end they hope one subscribes
> to various magazines.  These do us no good since they are in print and we
> can get a number of them through NLS, Newsline  and some other sources.  The
> likely hood of winning is indeed slim!  That is as bad as entering the
> lottery.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [NFB-talk] New List for Blind Conservatives
> 
> 
>> Dar, excuse me but if you bite on that you may find yourself "helping out"
>> a
>> scammer.
>> It is an old one -- someone calls and says you have won a prize, but can't
>> tell you when you entered this sweepstakes -- they keep you on the phone
>> talking to various people to get you trusting them, then very carefully
>> they
>> tell you that in order to claim this prize you need to cover the cost of
>> the
>> insurance, which is provided by Lloyds of London at a cost of 1% of the
>> prize -- so for $25000 that would be $250.  Usually it's more than that.
>> You pay them the money by giving them your bank account number and you
>> never
>> hear from them again, but you soon find your identity has been stolen.  It
>> has happened to a friend of mine.  They lost thousands of dollars.  I got
>> one of those calls last January. I knew it was a scam as it smelled like
>> one
>> from the first, but I kept him on the line just to try and smoke him out.
>> He
>> had me take a code number and call someone else who said yes, it was for
>> real, I had won--then the first guy called me back.  They pestered me from
>> many different phone numbers from various places in the country--but on
>> the
>> caller ID my mother said the calls were coming from someone called
>> "Albitross Marketing".  That was too funny.  Next time he called me I
>> asked
>> him what Albitross Marketting was. He was surprised about the caller id.
>> Then he gave me his office number, which had a 202 area code. I called it
>> and he answered. But it is easy using skype or other phone software to get
>> phone numbers that appear to be from different locations. It is hard to
>> trace these guys.
>> In the end he came to the Lloyds of London business, wanting $2000.  I
>> cried
>> scam and he continued calling saying threatening things like "You don't
>> understand what happening -- we have your address, you know that..."
>> I haven't heard from them for a while.
>> 
>> But this is why I want a talking caller id with a tts that will read the
>> names without me recording them.
>> I can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know of one?
>> 
>> Sorry about the long message. Just warning about the scamorama surrounding
>> sweepstakes.
>> Take care.
>> --le
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>> To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [NFB-talk] New List for Blind Conservatives
>> 
>> 
>> Smile,
>> I got a call yesterday saying that I was on the winners list for
>> $25,000 so if I truly could help someone first helping myself, then I
>> would help others.
>> I have to see it happen first.
>> smile.
>> 
>> -- 
>> --Dar
>> skype: dmgina23
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>> every sinner has a future
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