Fake Jury Duty Scam (done from inside prison)

[Reverend Conehead]

This article blew my mind. These criminals would call people up and convince them that a warrant was out for their arrest for missing jury duty. Of course, they could make the whole problem go away by paying a hefty fine. It was really a scam run by criminals who were already behind bars. They used contraband cell phones.

It's fascinating how they did this, not that I approve. I can't help but think if they had this much ingenuity, why couldn't they use that for some kind of legitimate enterprise before getting locked up in prison.

It goes back to the same advice. If some company or official from the government calls you up, don't trust them. Hang up and then look up the legitimate phone number and call to find out if the problem is real.

There must be so many scams out there because a lot of them make money.

https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fr...m.html?cmp=SNO-ICM-FB-FRD&socialid=3156588889

 

[Cowpolk]

I was scammed out of 22.74 pounds of bacon by those scum bags Get a rope

 

[Runwildboys]

I was scammed out of 22.74 pounds of bacon by those scum bags Get a rope

Lucky they got to you before you went grocery shopping!

 

[Creeper]

You have to be an idiot to fall for this scams.

I was got called by the IRS scammers. They told me I owed thousands of dollars from my prior years taxes and that they had sent me a letter in the mail explaining it. I do my own taxes so I know this was BS. I asked him if he was from the IRS, what was my adjusted gross income from my tax return. LOL. He had called me on my land line which I keep for a fax machine. (Yup, I still use it from time to time). Anyway, he gave me the same story about paying off the fine immediately or I would be arrested. He instructed me to go to the local CVS and get a money order of some kind. I have no idea what he was talking about. I told him I had to hang up to go to CVS. He told me not to hang up. So I told him I can't take my landline to CVS with me. He might have heard me laughing at that point. I told him to give me his number where I could reach him and I would call him from CVS when I got there. Then he hung up.

This was about 5 or 6 years ago. It is the oldest scam going.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

You have to be an idiot to fall for this scams.

I was got called by the IRS scammers. They told me I owed thousands of dollars from my prior years taxes and that they had sent me a letter in the mail explaining it. I do my own taxes so I know this was BS. I asked him if he was from the IRS, what was my adjusted gross income from my tax return. LOL. He had called me on my land line which I keep for a fax machine. (Yup, I still use it from time to time). Anyway, he gave me the same story about paying off the fine immediately or I would be arrested. He instructed me to go to the local CVS and get a money order of some kind. I have no idea what he was talking about. I told him I had to hang up to go to CVS. He told me not to hang up. So I told him I can't take my landline to CVS with me. He might have heard me laughing at that point. I told him to give me his number where I could reach him and I would call him from CVS when I got there. Then he hung up.

This was about 5 or 6 years ago. It is the oldest scam going.

I don't even pick up my phone if I don't know who's calling. Plus, my anti-spam software identifies most of these calls as "potential spam." Most people aren't falling for this crap, but the thing is, these criminals prey on people with declining cognitive skills, especially the elderly. Most people from the World War II generation were brought up to always be polite to everyone, and it was a different and more naive world. I've been trying to get my mom to just hang up on those crooks. It's tough because it's against what she's known all her life. That, plus the scammers often know how to make things seem really real, like spoofing their phone number so it says "IRS" or whatever. It's the elderly who are getting most hurt by these scammers, which is something that makes me really angry. Elderly people won't be with us that much longer, and they're often on fixed incomes. IMO they deserve to enjoy their remaining years without worry, but one skilled scammer can destroy all that.

You're right that most people don't fall for this stuff, but those that do are suffering a supreme injustice. I hope there's a special spot in the deepest level of hell for these criminals.

 

[Creeper]

I don't even pick up my phone if I don't know who's calling. Plus, my anti-spam software identifies most of these calls as "potential spam." Most people aren't falling for this crap, but the thing is, these criminals prey on people with declining cognitive skills, especially the elderly. Most people from the World War II generation were brought up to always be polite to everyone, and it was a different and more naive world. I've been trying to get my mom to just hang up on those crooks. It's tough because it's against what she's known all her life. That, plus the scammers often know how to make things seem really real, like spoofing their phone number so it says "IRS" or whatever. It's the elderly who are getting most hurt by these scammers, which is something that makes me really angry. Elderly people won't be with us that much longer, and they're often on fixed incomes. IMO they deserve to enjoy their remaining years without worry, but one skilled scammer can destroy all that.

You're right that most people don't fall for this stuff, but those that do are suffering a supreme injustice. I hope there's a special spot in the deepest level of hell for these criminals.

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