• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it sounds (or looks) 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, 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 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 "green dot", MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites.
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.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.
i just had a call from this number and noticed they have called my home phone before also when i answered today he said he was tech support and said i needed to be at my computer cause they detected something on my computer for like the last couple of days and i said my comp was in the other room and that i cant get to it thru our home phone when i gave my number to have them call me back when the caller id took on our home phone said it was from san antonio texas well when he called me back on my cell it was a different number calling from florida and i asked why it came up florida when he just called me calling from san antonio and he was like well that number dont work and i asked well why from florida and he said basically round about way oh were still calling from texas now lol whats wrong with this picture and then i went to tell him that i have been receiving these kind of calls off and on for a while and im already starting to report these numbers to the fbi and i said you will be reported to the fbi you call here again and dont call back
Got a call from this #.everyday. this week so I called back got the Micosoft bs then I said I don't have a computer then he tells. Me why you keep calling. WTF lol