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spartan61

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2. I have received this call several

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 12:49 PM

Sep 2019

times. I just laugh and hang up because they can't "suspend" my account. I'm a retired teacher from Connecticut and teachers in CT don't get SS nor can I receive my deceased husband's SS. What account are they going to suspend?

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A new scam? From the Social Security Administration? [View all] question everything Sep 2019 OP

Apparently this scam is a big one: The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1

Yes, this was it. question everything Sep 2019 #5

I have received this call several spartan61 Sep 2019 #2

Just got the same call HAB911 Sep 2019 #3

That was funny, but I never say "yes" or "sure" Ilsa Sep 2019 #21

Yeah, both my wife and I have gotten those calls. MineralMan Sep 2019 #4

Same here with the "Grandpa" one. Archae Sep 2019 #7

I don't answer the phone any more unless it is from somebody I know MiniMe Sep 2019 #6

I got one of these calls yesterday and didn't answer because it was an unknown number mnhtnbb Sep 2019 #8

Thanks for posting this. NT raccoon Sep 2019 #9

Is it just me or Andy823 Sep 2019 #10

The thing is that the scams work often enough to make them profitable. n/t elocs Sep 2019 #11

A man with an Indian accent told me that my Scarsdale Sep 2019 #13

I use call block on my cell oswaldactedalone Sep 2019 #12

I get quite afew calls asking for "Maria" or other name BSdetect Sep 2019 #14

You got off easy! My robo-calls tell me that US Marshals are coming to my house! BamaRefugee Sep 2019 #15

I got that one once. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #18

This is NOT NEW.. Scam has been around a while. Another post on it from MAY 13. 2019 Stuart G Sep 2019 #16

I get messages wanting to contact a name I don't recognize kskiska Sep 2019 #17

Block them all..... coolcat_riley Sep 2019 #19

I got a call today LoveMyCali Sep 2019 #20