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Is There an Insurance Telephone Scam Going On?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:08 pm
Over the past week, I have received 4 calls from individuals saying that they work for 4 different very reputable insurance companies claiming that they have the insurance quotes that I requested on line...trouble is, I have never requested an insurance quote on line.
I have no problem pretty quickly disposing of these folks...however, this appears to be just too much of a coincidence at this point.
is anyone else getting these calls?.....
I have no problem pretty quickly disposing of these folks...however, this appears to be just too much of a coincidence at this point.
is anyone else getting these calls?.....
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:10 pm to Spankum
Identity theft
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:10 pm to Spankum
Clicked on any adds recently? It's almost definitely not a scam. It's just your info being sold by some lead generation company. Insurance agencies buy them and the leads are sold multiple times, so probably Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, etc., all have the same info. And they're generating quotes and calling you.
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:13 pm to Spankum
I've gotten about the same number of calls this past week.
They're scams for sure. Robocalls ranging from insurance to credit card debt consolidation, etc.
Just don't answer calls that you don't recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message. Then block sales/scam numbers as you get them.
Just an FYI- the more calls you answer, the more calls you'll be added to.
They're scams for sure. Robocalls ranging from insurance to credit card debt consolidation, etc.
Just don't answer calls that you don't recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message. Then block sales/scam numbers as you get them.
Just an FYI- the more calls you answer, the more calls you'll be added to.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:17 pm to Spankum
A friend of mine had an IRS scam over the phone yesterday fwiw.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:48 pm to Spankum
As mentioned above, if you've clicked on some ads, it can do that, or if you or anybody else on your computer took a survey, that is usually the reason for it.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:49 pm to crtodd
crtodd, how've you been? 
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:06 pm to bayoubengals88
Got the same IRS call as well
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:15 pm to Spankum
"Google Plus" keeps calling me to update my "business profile"
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:18 pm to Sev09
Also got the "IRS" call. How can they not catch these frickers? Don't even know why I keep a landline
Posted on 7/9/15 at 2:35 am to IonaTiger
I'm good! How are things there?
Posted on 7/9/15 at 4:01 am to Spankum
I got a couple of the IRS ones. Call now to pay or they are seizing your accounts.
I guess people don't realize the IRS computers spit out letters for a year or more or field agents shows up at your door if you're really doing bad stuff.
The insurance quote ones would be good to use to harrass someone, I suppose.
I guess people don't realize the IRS computers spit out letters for a year or more or field agents shows up at your door if you're really doing bad stuff.
The insurance quote ones would be good to use to harrass someone, I suppose.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 5:17 am to tigerskin
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Also got the "IRS" call. How can they not catch these frickers? Don't even know why I keep a landline
It's not just on landlines as I get tons of sales calls/scams on my cell phone.
We've gotten calls on our caller ID from Jenny (867-5309) as well as spoofs of our own phone number with the correct name associated with same.
These F'ers need to be shut down. The powers that be should crack down on telephone harassment
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