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Have You Received a Scam or Unexpected Phone Call?

Did you receive an unexpected phone call from an unknown source? Was the caller abusive or asking for confidential information, like your social security number or driver's license number? Scammers are not just busy on the internet, they are burning up the phone lines in attempts to scam people. See below for consumer reports of these calls:

800-909-9095
800-211-1435, Wells Fargo
800-809-0923, Microsoft
205-408-4817, Ebsco Industries

There are a number of common telephone scams, such as:

and some new and as yet, uncommon scams.

What to do about it

See these pages for guidance as applicable to your specific situation:

If you are certain you don't owe a debt: What to do about harassing phone calls
If you may owe a debt: Debt collection phone calls - what they may do, what the may not do and how to stop them
If you are being harassed by the collector: file a compliant against a debt collector with the FTC - Use this form to submit a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection about a particular company or organization..
How to stop telemarketers

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