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I don't understand with all the scam warning information out in the public domain how someone can still fall for the "gift card" ploy.....but they do. There was a minister here locally that was led to believe that he owed money to the IRS. He was on...
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@GailL1 wrote: So it is difficult for one to know if the scam calls are originating here or somewhere outside the US. @GailL1, As is noted on a couple of @zapatero's comments, there is a connection to INDIA on many of these scam operations. This i...
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@GailL1, I believe that @zapatero did their homework. Read their links and you will see the same pattern I have seen.
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@Travis55Chevy wrote:I have been in law enforcement for 40 years I have seen loads of people arrested for these crimes and they are in the states not over seas. I have seen and read FBI reports about this and your statements are not true. @Travis55C...
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Re: renewal membership discount for $49. i cannot find the area to renew , it wants to charge me $61
Hey @PaulT548576, I still have a year or two left but I called AARP about three years ago, negotiated a membership fee of $31 for 5 years. They were pushing some kind of discount then but I don't remember what it was.... it certainly wasn't the $31 I...
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I don't understand with all the scam warning information out in the public domain how someone can still fall for the "gift card" ploy.....but they do. There was a minister here locally that was led to believe that he owed money to the IRS. He was on...
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@GailL1 wrote: So it is difficult for one to know if the scam calls are originating here or somewhere outside the US. @GailL1, As is noted on a couple of @zapatero's comments, there is a connection to INDIA on many of these scam operations. This i...
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@GailL1, I believe that @zapatero did their homework. Read their links and you will see the same pattern I have seen.
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@Travis55Chevy wrote:I have been in law enforcement for 40 years I have seen loads of people arrested for these crimes and they are in the states not over seas. I have seen and read FBI reports about this and your statements are not true. @Travis55C...
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Re: renewal membership discount for $49. i cannot find the area to renew , it wants to charge me $61
Hey @PaulT548576, I still have a year or two left but I called AARP about three years ago, negotiated a membership fee of $31 for 5 years. They were pushing some kind of discount then but I don't remember what it was.... it certainly wasn't the $31 I...
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I don't understand with all the scam warning information out in the public domain how someone can still fall for the "gift card" ploy.....but they do. There was a minister here locally that was led to believe that he owed money to the IRS. He was on...
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@GailL1 wrote: So it is difficult for one to know if the scam calls are originating here or somewhere outside the US. @GailL1, As is noted on a couple of @zapatero's comments, there is a connection to INDIA on many of these scam operations. This i...
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@GailL1, I believe that @zapatero did their homework. Read their links and you will see the same pattern I have seen.
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@Travis55Chevy wrote:I have been in law enforcement for 40 years I have seen loads of people arrested for these crimes and they are in the states not over seas. I have seen and read FBI reports about this and your statements are not true. @Travis55C...
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Re: renewal membership discount for $49. i cannot find the area to renew , it wants to charge me $61
Hey @PaulT548576, I still have a year or two left but I called AARP about three years ago, negotiated a membership fee of $31 for 5 years. They were pushing some kind of discount then but I don't remember what it was.... it certainly wasn't the $31 I...
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