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turbo
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For several months I got weekly or twice-weekly calls from some outfit in Arizona that collects overdue student debts. The problem is that my college years are 40 years in the past and I never borrowed a cent, anyway. Eventually, those calls stopped, but I started to get robo-calls from "Cardholder Services" at least once a week. Apparently the scammers had no idea what card I have or any of my account information, and just wanted to fool an ignorant sod into revealing private information. Today, I got another robo-call from "Cat" wanting to alert me to the dangers of identity theft. This time, there was a new wrinkle. The call was made from a mobile phone (probably pre-paid and untraceable) with a Maine area code.
I'm getting really sick of this crap. Is anybody else having crooks trying to pull off scams of this type? If it wasn't for elderly parents (one with dementia and in shaky health) I'd seriously consider pulling the land-line and going all cellular.
I'm getting really sick of this crap. Is anybody else having crooks trying to pull off scams of this type? If it wasn't for elderly parents (one with dementia and in shaky health) I'd seriously consider pulling the land-line and going all cellular.