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[MurphOnMillerAve]

The punctuation and wording/grammar on that spindle sign reminds me of some of the bogus e-mails allegedly sent to me by iphones, itunes, Paypal, and some others, urgently requiring passwords and other "important" information. And the worst aspect of that BS is that I don't even dare get to (...didn't really say all that, but wold have liked to)..... The same goes for the bogus phone calls urgently requesting my computer passwords, etc. I keep asking them for their addresses and where they park their cars ...or rikshaws (sp? Whatever!), but they just keep saying "Huh?' That's when I get to tell them...(didn't really say all that either...just using hyperbole to be ridiculous).....

[rogruth]

Ooooh. Gonna start calling you Murph the Mouth.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ooooh. Gonna start calling you Murph the Mouth.

It comes out when I am attacked, especially at my bank accounts level.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The punctuation and wording/grammar on that spindle sign reminds me of some of the bogus e-mails allegedly sent to me by iphones, itunes, Paypal, and some others, urgently requiring passwords and other "important" information.

I get very few of these now -- I try to minimize the exposure of my e-mail address and that seems to help

The same goes for the bogus phone calls urgently requesting............

Only on the land line and few there that we simply don't block - the number pops up on the TV screen otherwise and we add it to the block list. Alomst none to my cell number...

....nd what a toilet (but not flushable) their whole country is.

How do you know they are not calling from the US? A very large percentage of scam calls are coming from right here.

[aterry11]

We just had a new area code added in Nebraska and the scammers were right on top of it with lots of people refusing to answer my calls based on the sudden upsurge of bogus stuff coming from NE. With the new technology does an actual landline still require a transfer station box ?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly
How do you know they are not calling from the US? A very large percentage of scam calls are coming from right here.[/quote]
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That's why I have often asked them for their address and parking spot, so I can pay them a personal visit, only out of courtesy, o'course. Some say they are calling from California. Otherwise, I go by the thick accent.

Also, I'm continuing to get phone calls from Nairobi, exactly the place I'd like to do my banking through. In fact, the next time they send me an e-mail to help them inherit millions from their dead sister and only need a few thousand from me to help out, may I refer them to your good offices?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly
How do you know they are not calling from the US? A very large percentage of scam calls are coming from right here.

Some say they are calling from California. Otherwise, I go by the thick accent.

Probably one of your neighbors...... Accent means very little and might even be fake. Hard to trust much of anything anymore.

New scam now is to capture your voice when you say "yes" and use that to bill you for stuff.

Don't answer the phone and if you do, don't speak unless you know who's on the other end.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly
How do you know they are not calling from the US? A very large percentage of scam calls are coming from right here.

Some say they are calling from California. Otherwise, I go by the thick accent.

Probably one of your neighbors...... Accent means very little and might even be fake. Hard to trust much of anything anymore.

New scam now is to capture your voice when you say "yes" and use that to bill you for stuff.

Don't answer the phone and if you do, don't speak unless you know who's on the other end.

We heard that on the news recently, and have decided to try to do just like you have advised. Yet, it is difficult for me to control my mouth, esp. since the one guy is so familiar a voice, by now, though he changes his name, so I have been answering using "alternative greetings," such as......(oh, never mind.....)
MurphtheMouth

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...... so I have been answering.......

I used to answer and had a looooooooong list of questions that usually got me hung up on after about the 3rd one.

Name?
Company?
(if charity soliciting - license number in my state)?
Address?
Phone number"
Supervisor's name and number?
Home address
SS #
Bank name and account number
Children?
Names?
Physical location right now?
Where do you keep the rope and cleaning supplies?
Shoe Size?
Favorite Color?
.
.
.

Now I don't waste even that much energy and let the machine answer -- no message left; erase the silence and move on.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...... so I have been answering.......

I used to answer and had a looooooooong list of questions that usually got me hung up on after about the 3rd one.

Name?
Company?
(if charity soliciting - license number in my state)?
Address?
Phone number"
Supervisor's name and number?
Home address
SS #
Bank name and account number
Children?
Names?
Physical location right now?
Where do you keep the rope and cleaning supplies?
Shoe Size?
Favorite Color?
.
.
.

Now I don't waste even that much energy and let the machine answer -- no message left; erase the silence and move on.

That's prettydamgood. My wife and I are howling having read that list aloud! I can't wait to get a call, now!!!!!!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The other thing to answer with is this in a raspy whisper: "I told you not to call. It's done. Where do you want the bodies?"

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ok. My version of that will be:
Beeyahtch, I told you not to call. We put her in the snowblower but it made an awful mess in the yard.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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That is priceless!!! I'll be he'd vote for "mor wellfair an fre gobermet stuf".

BH

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That is priceless!!! I'll be he'd vote for "mor wellfair an fre gobermet stuf".

BH

Big supporter of DeVos -- who needs an education,