army judge
Super Moderator
I am a Ham radio operator, and also listen to police calls when I'm working, or pretending to work. :yes:
Be very careful, today I heard a call for police services.
It piqued my curiosity because its only a few blocks away from my office.
It seems a woman received a call and was told she had won a new car.
Before the car could be delivered to her, she needed to pay a $400 delivery fee and sales taxes of $500.
She gave the caller/scammer two credit card numbers.
The scammer sucked off $400 & $500 and told her the car would be there in 30 minutes.
After waiting 90 minutes, trying to call the scammer back, it dawned on her; maybe she'd been scammed.
She insisted on speaking to a patrol officer.
The scammers are getting more creative. :blush
My standard advice stands: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LEGAL DUTY OR REQUIREMENT TO SPEAK TO ANYONE ON THE TELEPHONE OR AT YOUR FRONT DOOR.
Don't ever give out your credit card number to people or entities you don't trust 1,000,000%! :no: