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GemDigger

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6. I had the same kind of call here in Montana using our local energy suppliers name.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:45 AM

Oct 2020

I asked them to call me on the cell phone because my landline phone had no battery left. I gave them the number to the local police station.

I do that with every scam call I get.

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Beware--just got a whopper fraudelent call from Duke Energy [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 OP

Good for the both of you to make the effort to stop these scams DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #1

This was the first time something this bad came through, Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 #2

Since it came through the phone lines, it's wire fraud DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #3

The calls are from overseas, out of reach of US law enforcement. PSPS Oct 2020 #4

FBI works with international law enforcement n/t DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #5

Not on these. PSPS Oct 2020 #8

Let them guide the OP on what they do or don't do DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #9

Same scam I think: FBI in India DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #10

I had the same kind of call here in Montana using our local energy suppliers name. GemDigger Oct 2020 #6

I think we're going to get wiser. It's just unnerving in these uncertain times. Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 #7