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"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>> "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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>>>> They do not care if you pickup. They rely on the proportion, however
>>>> small, of those who *do* answer and respond. That is why they use
>>>> robocalling that does not rely on a sales force until a human takes
>>>> the next sucker step. And they do take that step.
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>>>> People send money to Nigeria all the time, too.
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>>> Yes, it was sort of funny (not in the ha ha way) when someone calling
>>> himself Steve Martin left a message saying he was from the IRS and I
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>>> be in trouble for not responding to a summons from the magistrate..blah,
>>> blah, blah. I wondered if anyone actually falls for that crap and within
>>> the next day or two there was a small article in the our local paper
>>> that
>>> some elderly lady had been scammed out of 2400.00 from a man who said he
>>> was from the IRS, so I guess they do grab enough to make it worthwhile.
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>> Poor wee soul We have had many warning about callers who say they are
>> from the bank. The callers advise calling the bank back to check. When
>> they victim calls their bank they don't realise that the callers did not
>> ring off and they were talking to the same people who, of course. assured
>> them it was genuine. The general advice being to call your bank, but
>> from a different phone.
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> What made me laugh was identifying himself as Steve Martin with such a
> mideastern accent, as well as saying failure to appear before a
> *magistrate.*
LOL
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