tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post5980336842525904201..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: What to make of this telephone call...Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-72543055213833819322017-04-12T04:43:12.839-07:002017-04-12T04:43:12.839-07:00Scammers are increasingly using this phrase to rec...Scammers are increasingly using this phrase to record the word “yes” from unsuspecting consumers. Later, the recording can be used as a voice signature to authorize charges on the victim’s utility or credit card account.Great post.Keep up the good work. Find out more details at <a href="http://seopackagereviews.com/" rel="nofollow">SEO Package Reviews</a>bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466067545408338993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-53671772795517915992016-08-06T03:50:05.286-07:002016-08-06T03:50:05.286-07:00This is a great inspiring article.I am pretty much...This is a great inspiring article.I am pretty much pleased with your good work.You put really very helpful information. Keep it up. Keep blogging. Looking to reading your next post. <a href="http://0800-company.com/" rel="nofollow">0800 call forwarding</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134797845827023258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-29773923495843595992012-07-11T15:47:11.063-07:002012-07-11T15:47:11.063-07:00I never call a phone number I've been given un...I never call a phone number I've been given under those circumstances. Instead, I do my own searching for the so-called agency and see what I get. Alternatively, call straight to local authorities.MHDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-76887206407498730622012-07-11T09:27:55.455-07:002012-07-11T09:27:55.455-07:00There are two essences to the call. One is an acc...There are two essences to the call. One is an accusation, for which you have no evidence, concerning an unknown person's intention to act illegally. Since a question about SSDI does not imply such an intention, you would have no ground for reporting anything to any officialdom.<br /><br />If your caller is concerned, he can attend a public meeting and do his own reporting if he wishes. It is possible that the caller's actual intention was to target an individual for harassment.<br /><br />As recent Congressional discussions and actions have indicated, there is a fringe element that wishes to suppress public access to information about Social Security numbers. Despite the fact that removal of public indexes would make it harder for prospective employers to do a quick check on the SSDI.<br /><br />Some of this fringe element may be trying not to remove the indexes but to make it harder to find out how to consult them. This is the same theory as "if I don't tell my daughter about sex she won't engage in it." In this vein, the aim of the caller may have been to deter your showing how to use SSDI. Since information on how to use SSDI and where to find databases is extremely easy to find, it would make no sense for you to be ill at ease in sharing information.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-42236847958267657662012-07-11T07:34:09.340-07:002012-07-11T07:34:09.340-07:00My husband is a fraud investigator for a major ban...My husband is a fraud investigator for a major bank. Do not attempt to do anything or verify anything yourself. Using someone else's SSN is call Ghosting and is a federal offense. This is something you need to report to the authorities. Contact the OFiice of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration. They take this stuff very seriously. Their website (with hotline number) is http://oig.ssa.gov/report-fraud-waste-or-abuse.Laura Marshallsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387652066471162693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-64515492658813970382012-07-10T21:25:12.080-07:002012-07-10T21:25:12.080-07:00Scam. Perhaps a call to the police is in order. ...Scam. Perhaps a call to the police is in order. Since there is a name and phone number, they may have something on file. Or it could be an investigative reporter as they sometimes fly under the radar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10642814448727104150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-103406874170556082012-07-10T20:06:24.968-07:002012-07-10T20:06:24.968-07:00The person on the phone wouldn't tell you who ...The person on the phone wouldn't tell you who he worked for and wouldn't give you his phone #? Let him do his own leg work or dirty work or whatever. Reeks of scam.QuiltinLibraryLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392850776832804028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-42300793204668112902012-07-10T20:04:09.053-07:002012-07-10T20:04:09.053-07:00Sounds fishy to me too. In fact, I'd bet the p...Sounds fishy to me too. In fact, I'd bet the person who shows up and asks the question at the meeting(if he shows up at all)will be the same person on the phone. Maybe you can tell by the voice. It seems like a setup.Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-19663261498098525502012-07-10T20:02:12.402-07:002012-07-10T20:02:12.402-07:00Sounds like a call from Fakey McFakester.Sounds like a call from Fakey McFakester.Elizabeth O'Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191827688514996520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-21933120193733452202012-07-10T17:56:16.194-07:002012-07-10T17:56:16.194-07:00Sounds stinky to me.
If you have his phone # on...Sounds stinky to me. <br /><br />If you have his phone # on your caller-id, you can just Google the phone # and see if anyone else has reported this, or maybe even who this was. Just enter phone number in the format 999-999-9999 in Google.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484884075457514695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-81456649143819439692012-07-10T17:34:58.398-07:002012-07-10T17:34:58.398-07:00"and implied that he worked for a non-governm..."and implied that he worked for a non-government organization that tries to combat identity theft, but would not tell me the name of the organization or his phone number.."<br /><br />Right then and there I'd have told the caller that unless he gave me full info- his name, his organization's name, address, and phone number, and a telephone number where he could be reached after you verified the information he gave you; that the conversation was at an end.Andrew Hatchetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791173665435280734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-32422775888749452902012-07-10T17:27:23.820-07:002012-07-10T17:27:23.820-07:00If a Social Security inspector (is that really a t...If a Social Security inspector (is that really a title) were looking to catch someone who was stealing identities, wouldn't he call you himself? And wouldn't this inspector give you a full name, badge number, contact information? Why through a secret second party person who would not be up front with you?Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.com