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This is awful. Scammers are convincing people to hand over their Social Security Number and date of birth while promising to help them with their finances. What they are really doing is gathering information that can be sold for identity theft purposes. It looks as if the calls originate in Connecticut but that's fake.
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That's such a low thing to do. These kinds of people make me sick! I don't know how they sleep at night preying on the public like that. Savannah, I appreciate the headsup and will email it to my friends as well . Thanks very much. :)
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There's never any reason to hand over information like your SSN to strangers, especially not over the phone. Don't think that it's rude to refuse to do so! It's incredible the information people will part with out of politeness simply because a question was voiced.
Ask them to give you a name and contact address instead and phone number. Don't call the number they give you because it'll be bogus too probably. Look in your phone book for a company listing and check their information out with the Better Business Bureau.
That is awful right enough, Savannah. Thank you for the warning. There's always some bad rascal out there willing to take advantage of vulnerable people. I hope they find them and put them behind bars very soon. As if times aren't hard enough! I'll be passing this thread link on to my nearest and dearest. You never know where they'll come out of the woodwork next.
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. - Alfred Austin