You’ll never take me alive copper

[Hertervillian]

This is Ronan Graves with the national compliance enforcement task force I'm contacting you because your unresolved federal tax issue has now detonated into a tier one enforcement emergency and forced collection actions can ignite at any moment with zero additional warning this is not a generic notification your case has been escalated for immediately legal strike deployment and your rapidly vanishing window to block aggressive enforcement is seconds from closure if you've brushed off past alerts understand this this may be your last moment before federal power slams down you are now wide open to wage garnishments full scale bank levees and enforced property confiscation and once triggered undoing these measures is next to impossible call me now at 814-731-2670 there are still sanctioned high impact relief options that could crush or eliminate your old balance but only if you act before the federal enforcement engine activates delay by even a day and you're risking irreversible asset seizure protocols again this is Ronan Graves with the national compliance enforcement task force call now at 814-7312670 once more 814-731-2670 this is critical time is nearly up to opt out of future contact simply notify us…"

Brother bought himself a Thesaurus

 

[s4s4u]

national compliance enforcement task force

There's a new one....

 

[jimbo1096]

Wish I had an auto dialer. Just turn that sucker on that number and let it run.

 

[Al James]

World record length run on sentence. This scammers English teachers took early retirement.

 

[3manfan]

No speakie de Englie. Click.

 

[GasGuzzler]

No punctuation in the title or the first post makes it very difficult to read.

 

[Wvfarrier]

"detenonated into a tier one enforcement"

 

[Hvymax]

Wish I had an auto dialer. Just turn that sucker on that number and let it run.

They have something that can spoof any number they want. I got a call that came up Verizon Customer Service about people in Jersey trying to buy phones on my account. When they started asking me for passwords so they could track the crooks I figured something was up and headed to the Verizon store in town.

 

[Kevin]

They have something that can spoof any number they want. I got a call that came up Verizon Customer Service about people in Jersey trying to buy phones on my account. When they started asking me for passwords so they could track the crooks I figured something was up and headed to the Verizon store in town.

Smart move.

Never ever give passwords over the phone. I know this is common sense, but needs to be said

Also, the One Time Codes. I use that for my Schwab account. When logging in, they text a six digit code.

Well they must have had trouble, because now it comes with a warning about "Don't share this with anyone, even Schwab customer service."

I bet someone got hacked.

 

[RoninPA]

814 is a central PA area code

 

[s4s4u]

They have something that can spoof any number they want. I got a call that came up Verizon Customer Service about people in Jersey trying to buy phones on my account. When they started asking me for passwords so they could track the crooks I figured something was up and headed to the Verizon store in town.

Yep, my number got "cloned" a few weeks ago. I started getting all kinds of return calls and texts from people I didn't know, stating things like sorry we missed your call and such. It lasted one full day and then stopped.

It does no good to block those numbers either, because they just move on to the next one and the number you block isn't the probem.

I simply do not answer calls from within the same state unless I recognize the name attached to the number. Leave a message ;)

 

[blume357]

You would think with all the technology our government has they could track these scums down and give 'em a good hard push....

 

[Jeepnik]

They could but remember like junk mail some large company or the government itself is making money on it.
Remember the no call list? How many prosecutions took place?

Why not hire a bunch of retired spec ops types and after easily locating the scammers send them out to eliminate the problem. Word would get out. Only the very foolish would continue. But again someone with clout would oppose it.

 

[Johnnu2]

I just never answer our phone....
Easy peasy......

J.

 

[NC FNS]

I just never answer our phone....
Easy peasy......

J.

I accidentally hit the callback option for a spam call last month, hung up real quick, but they called right back so I thought maybe it was legit. Talked to Indian accent guy for about a minute, must’ve been pissed that I hung up on him mid-sentence, and put my number on the "special" list or something.
It started the next day, about 8 calls a day since. The iphone has an option to silence calls not in your contacts, so I use that, since nobody else ever calls me anyway. Works like a charm. Any legit calls that get silenced can leave a voicemail, I figure.

 

[redhawker]

Brother bought himself a Thesaurus

However, he was apparently never taught about run-on sentences or punctuation.

 

[redhawker]

It does no good to block those numbers either, because they just move on to the next one and the number you block isn't the probem.

Yeah, and that can cause problems too. I was unable to log into my cellphone provider's website, as the procedure required me to enter my username and password, then they would text me a verification code. Well, this worked fine until one day, the verification code never came through. No text from the cell phone company. I called their customer service, and they tried several "fixes" with me, but still no return text with the verification code. I tried the customer service route a couple of more times over the next several weeks, and even visited the local store, but they couldn't figure it out. Then, one day, I gave customer service one more try, and I got hold of someone who actually knew what they were doing (for a change). He had me go through my blocked number list and unblock five-digit numbers that were previously blocked (apparently, they text back via a five-digit number), and that fixed the issue. Apparently, I'd received a scam/spam call from a scammer who had cloned the cell phone company's five-digit return text number, and I'd blocked it. So, even blocking scam numbers can cause you problems if they happen to clone a number you actually use.

 

[vito]

I normally disconnect calls without answering unless I recognize the name/number that shows on the phone and my Apple Watch. But the other day I was awaiting a call back from the motorcycle dealership that would tell me that the service was completed and that I could pick up my bike. I know that sometimes the caller is using a cell phone and that the name of the dealership might not show up. So I was answering calls. Twice during that morning I told the caller that I was not interested in whatever they were offering, and then hung up. And twice they called back, each one asking in a different way why I hung up on them. I didn't reply but just hung up again.

The latest calls all seem to be offering some type of plan under Medicare or at least that is what they are claiming in the voice mail left for me.

 

[Hertervillian]

I’m a serial procrastinator, as such I rarely answer the phone waiting on voicemail to get a feel for the call. Probably not unique but what you read is the automatic voice to text feature of my phone, I like it a lot. There is no need to re listen just read the thing until you get the gist.

I ought to listen to this clown but on principle I haven’t. I posted this as an example of what you should expect from the clowns of the scam circus. 1 guilty conscience could yield a great payday.

There should be a modern version of “letters of marque”, where these pirates could be targeted for immediate justice.