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(34,195 posts) Mon Jun 3, 2019, 01:20 PM Jun 2019

Spam phone call [View all]

Got a call (recording) that my Social Security number has been 'frozen' due to criminal activity.

If this is a mistake, I can 'unfreeze' it by calling a toll free number
and paying a fee using my bank account info to pay the fee.
(They'll just take the money for the fee out of my bank account)

Paying them this way is the only way (it said) for me to again be able to use my Social Security number,
ever again,
and to prevent legal action against me for criminal activity.

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Spam phone call [View all] left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 OP

I just responded to this in the lounge. nt lillypaddle Jun 2019 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Stuart G Jun 2019 #22

got the same phone call lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #2

"I'm not on SS" left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #7

certainly... but to access the SS services you must file lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #8

The call does not mention SS services left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #10

you think this is legit? What garbage lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #12

Why do you say I think it's legit? left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #15

Services involving access to your account before you retire. So you know what you are going to get. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #14

They must have mistaken you Turbineguy Jun 2019 #3

I got that a couple of weeks ago. MuseRider Jun 2019 #4

I hope that you hung up! question everything Jun 2019 #5

I got the same call about three weeks ago. Meadowoak Jun 2019 #6

Threads on this at least every other week. Now that phone calls from India... TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 #9

I got a letter that is a new one, murielm99 Jun 2019 #11

Well, in 2015, Experian (one of the credit bureaus) was breached and resulted woodsprite Jun 2019 #21

Please take a look:..from the Social Security Office, a warning, it's legit, please hit the link Stuart G Jun 2019 #13

Yep. It's a real spam phone call left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #16

I had my old truck for sale and listed on Craigslist. I had assholes trying to scam me on brewens Jun 2019 #17

I got the exact same call, I posted this in the lounge, Stuart G Jun 2019 #18

About this con, Here is the saddest thing about it: some people get taken in by it. It works. Stuart G Jun 2019 #19

I get so many daily spam calls--8 on Friday--that I don't answer my phone anymore. Straight to Hassler Jun 2019 #20

I have been screening all calls since 1986. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #23

I got a call from the widow of a Nigerian prince SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #24

The problem here is that you're living BETWEEN the mansion and the yacht, Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #29

After my 3rd bottle of MD 2020 SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #30

I like my method: CaptYossarian Jun 2019 #25

I have gotten several from my oldest grandson. Srkdqltr Jun 2019 #26

I don't have grandchildren, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #31

I have received this one 3 times this year. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #27

Depending on how much time I have TlalocW Jun 2019 #28