Just cleared the old list of Caller ID missed calls on my panasonic phone, and the ID actually showed TAX REFUND SCAM - pretty hilarious, but our Boulder Colo. news and police announced this phone scam about a week ago, so they got the word out just about when these guys must have been calling. A few who did answer got the heavy-accented hard line, regarding owed taxes, threats, and demand for immediate credit card payment over the phone. The assessment was the number is likely spoofed, so was from out of the country in reality.
They also were SPOOFING the Boulder Police non-emergency number, so that showed up on caller IDs locally!
This proves that you can never trust/believe the apparent number has anything to do with the actual source or even country of origin. Using a call-block system would then block actual calls from that police line, should that unlikely event occur, so the insidious nature of phone-scamming just expands.
Be Careful Out There - no level of paranoia is unwarranted.
this phone number called me 5 minutes ago, from New Jersey, left no message, and i checked it out told my husband, he said the same phone # called him about tax refund and credit card.....
so be careful you all out there, it['s a scammer.
The card service scammers WILL 'service' our credit cards, BUT, when they finish 'servicing' them, they will have NO available credit remaining! People that are fooled into having their cards 'serviced' will be charged a MINIMUM of $795.00, and many times the ENTIRE amount remaining on the card. The card service scammers are a disgusting group of degenerates, who prey mainly on the low income, and the elderly, but will cheat anyone that they can!
Just cleared the old list of Caller ID missed calls on my panasonic phone, and the ID actually showed TAX REFUND SCAM - pretty hilarious, but our Boulder Colo. news and police announced this phone scam about a week ago, so they got the word out just about when these guys must have been calling. A few who did answer got the heavy-accented hard line, regarding owed taxes, threats, and demand for immediate credit card payment over the phone. The assessment was the number is likely spoofed, so was from out of the country in reality.
They also were SPOOFING the Boulder Police non-emergency number, so that showed up on caller IDs locally!
This proves that you can never trust/believe the apparent number has anything to do with the actual source or even country of origin. Using a call-block system would then block actual calls from that police line, should that unlikely event occur, so the insidious nature of phone-scamming just expands.
Be Careful Out There - no level of paranoia is unwarranted.