Paradise Valley telecom companies accused of placing hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls

[Mike 03]

1. One of the lessons of this article is that if you are told over the phone that

there is a warrant for your arrest, but that you can cancel the warrant by giving them money, hang up.

One was an 84-year-old retired Marine who lost more than $9,000 after fraudsters told him they were with the Social Security Administration and that a car in Houston had been rented using his Social Security number. The fraudsters told him the vehicle had been found by local police with evidence of drugs and money laundering. He was told there was a warrant for his arrest.

Another victim, according to the filings, was a 36-year-old man who had recently received U.S. citizenship. The scammers told the man, who was living in Brooklyn, that there was a warrant for his arrest. He emptied his bank account in an attempt to rectify the situation.

I expect most people here at DU know that, but many people do get confused and scared and fall prey to such scams.