• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, a car from a caller, or a grant from a gracious government ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize!
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or a different famous software company, or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you Vanilla Card, MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Geeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites, or a statement that your computer is infected.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
• The number you see on your Caller ID may not be the number of the person who called you!
• The Do Not Call List works as intended. It is NOT a call blocker!
More information on those facts (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.
Got the same call, Gary Johnson, told me to to come down to eds cash exchange and transfer 212 dollars to them and they'd send back 9,400$.. Me being just a kid I called my mom and she said to ignore it. Only thing bugging me is that he knew my full name address and where I worked. He know that much about anyone else?
was told to call with a Approval ID # JA191 and would get $9000 in free money could wire to a money gram..
Sounded foreign in origin and could hear others in background talking too.
Pretends to be the IRS. Yet don't realize the IRS doesn't call people like that. They either mail you a notification or certified mail through the USPS. I called the real IRS number and that is what I was told as well. They asked for my social security number I refused so the Indian guy hung up on me. Also if you call back a lady or Indian guy answer and I'm sorry but I was on hold and the IRS real number is a 1800 nuover and I was on hold forever. So this is a total fraud.