Scam Alert

[BandJCarm]

Sorry, but keep thinking of things we need to know about.

While traveling, your cell phone is constantly sending out "here I am" signals to towers. That signal is intercepted by scammers/spammers and they then send out a Robocall and spoof the calling number to the Area Code of where you are traveling through. E.G., while going through Nashville last year, my cell blew up with those IRS calls from A/C 615. Then I hit Knoxville, and the same calls (they left voice mails) came from an 865 area code, etc.

You think that you're going through an area, and that area calls you, so it's ok. I know, that sounds crazy but folks buy it..........

[B and B]

The biggest SCAM out there is visiting the local RV Show or RV Dealer.

Just looking means to the "vultures" they are "targets" and will buy a new RV.

Same thing happens at the Truck Dealer or Grocery store with the end display of cheap Beer.

Don't fall for it...

[asquared]

Wait Brian the "cheap price" at the RV Show really isn't that good? Are you sure they marked it up before reducing it to above their usual asking price? And that price is only good for 1 week. I think I will come back the next month the prices have deflated again.

[rockfordroo]

Originally Posted by asquared

Watch out for the IRS scams this time of year too. They will try to threaten you will jail time if you don't pay them right now. My friend is still waiting for the cops to knock on her door from failure to pay the nice foreign gentleman.

They recently arrested a bunch of the IRS scammers here.

Federal Agents Arrest 20 in International IRS Scam with Ties to India - ABC News

Also in India:

India busts 9 bogus call centers that were impersonating IRS agents - Oct. 6, 2016

[SeaDog]

I normally don't answer calls that I don't recognize or that are not ID area code, with that said I got caught off guard by a number the had the ID area code but a 1 in front of it on a cell phone the 1 indicated international calling. They asked if I could hear them and I said nothing and hung up