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NFT: ConEd Scam

TunaKing : 10/31/2014 11:28 am
Just got a call from "Robert in the ConEd billing department" telling me that I have 1 hour to pay $1000 deposit otherwise they will be shutting the power off until Tuesday. He was kind enough to give me his direct line so I can call back with my payment and bypass the automated system. Oh and they only take Money Pak gift cards. Unreal that people try and get away with this.
Heh  
Jim in Fairfax : 10/31/2014 11:35 am : link
Got the old "Your computer is infected with a virus" call yesterday.
Especially older folks  
mrvax : 10/31/2014 11:42 am : link
need top be careful. Many scammers will call them and explain why their utilities may be shut off without an immediate payment on their card.

No one wants to risk their power being off so often times they pay. It's a damn shame the scam actually works.

There is another one where they call on behalf of a young relative that has been jailed and needs bail and/or a lawyer.
RE: Heh  
TheBigBlueOne : 10/31/2014 11:43 am : link
In comment 11949606 Jim in Fairfax said:
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Got the old "Your computer is infected with a virus" call yesterday.

Was it an Indian guy?
Isn't there some place you can report this crap to?  
Ten Ton Hammer : 10/31/2014 11:46 am : link
It's gonna keep happening until they crack down on it.
A restaurant owner...  
rptl530 : 10/31/2014 11:48 am : link
in Richmond fell for that one yesterday or the day before.

Same scam.
Do you ever think  
Dr Pepper : 10/31/2014 11:50 am : link
there is a point while making one of these calls that the guy thinks "fuck I really am a scumbag"
Link...  
rptl530 : 10/31/2014 11:52 am : link
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Dr Pepper  
TunaKing : 10/31/2014 11:58 am : link
I actually called the guy back and asked him that same question. His response was, "you gotta do what you gotta do to make a living."
My wife  
Gene : 10/31/2014 12:01 pm : link
keeps getting pre-recorded calls from some a-holes saying there's something wrong with her Social Security and she should call them immediately to straighten things out . It's been going on for over a week now and we sure as hell wish there was a way to block these calls.

Even more annoying are the derps who ring my doorbell. Anyone get guys coming to your house asking to see you gas or electric bills, because if you sign up with them they'll save you a bundle? (I've had both)

Times like that make me long for the days when we had a 100lb German Shepherd living with us.

Want to avoid these scams?  
Stan from LA : 10/31/2014 12:12 pm : link
Don't answer your phone.

Simple.
Stan you phucker.  
BlueLou : 10/31/2014 12:18 pm : link
I'be been trying to get you on the phone for weeks.
RE: My wife  
pmmanning : 10/31/2014 1:40 pm : link
In comment 11949653 Gene said:
[quote] keeps getting pre-recorded calls from some a-holes saying there's something wrong with her Social Security and she should call them immediately to straighten things out . It's been going on for over a week now and we sure as hell wish there was a way to block these calls.

Even more annoying are the derps who ring my doorbell. Anyone get guys coming to your house asking to see you gas or electric bills, because if you sign up with them they'll save you a bundle? (I've had both)

Times like that make me long for the days when we had a 100lb German Shepherd living with us.


I would never open the front door unless it's someone you know. There have been a number of home invasions on Long Island as of late.




I have gotten a few repeat messages  
steve in ky : 10/31/2014 1:42 pm : link
from some legal sounding named company with an important stern message to return the call referencing some case number. I think they finally have given up.
ONe thing I have done  
ron in new mexico : 10/31/2014 1:57 pm : link
in the past in that specific was a debt collection service trying to get me to pay the debt of another relative(fancy that) consistently calling me with threats of legal action implied …..call the attorney generals office.

It varies from state to state however. In NM they actually got me on a conference call with the company and in unequivocal terms told them to cut it out, or else.

Got a lot of satisfaction from that. In Texas however the AG's office seems to do nothing at all for anyone, near as I can tell, checked on that in reference to a potential car sale that went wrong…so I guess it depends on where you live.

It is always for their families they are doing these things the people who do…their kids need to eat and all that.
Might as well be a animal or dog if that is the situation. What good would be life if you always had to steal to live….? And then why have kids?

Makes no sense to me.
i got that computer scam  
Bleedin Blue : 10/31/2014 5:15 pm : link
Yesterday, I played along making the guy think I was doing all the keystrokes he told me to do. When it got to the point where he asked me what message on my screen said, I told him" it says to go f%ck yourself and stop calling me" he got mad and said he was sending the police to my house Lol! I told him I'll be waiting for them!
Years ago they had home phone calls  
ron in new mexico : 10/31/2014 5:23 pm : link
advertiseing things like crazy, befor they passed a law against it.

I was trying to get bids on a project and couldn't as the message thing was filled with adds.
I picked the worst one and called them up trying to get off their list. That was back then impossible. So I started calling them over and over and hanging up..Sure enough I got a call from a local detective saying basically to cut it out.
I said all they have to do to make me stop is stop calling me….no she said…. cut it out.

Showed me what side things like that…. the butter is placed. They were out of state to boot.
So I may be a bit careful... seems like we shouldn't have to be but it is the way of things here to my opinion.
RE: Years ago they had home phone calls  
Hammer : 10/31/2014 8:28 pm : link
In comment 11950169 ron in new mexico said:
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advertiseing things like crazy, befor they passed a law against it.

I was trying to get bids on a project and couldn't as the message thing was filled with adds.
I picked the worst one and called them up trying to get off their list. That was back then impossible. So I started calling them over and over and hanging up..Sure enough I got a call from a local detective saying basically to cut it out.
I said all they have to do to make me stop is stop calling me….no she said…. cut it out.

Showed me what side things like that…. the butter is placed. They were out of state to boot.
So I may be a bit careful... seems like we shouldn't have to be but it is the way of things here to my opinion.


How do you know it was a detective telling you to stop making the calls?
Just curious...
Caller  
ron in new mexico : 10/31/2014 8:36 pm : link
I.D.
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