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13. Neither the Social Security, nor the IRS, nor any government agency calls
Mon May 13, 2019, 02:27 PM
May 2019

nor do they email.

If they need to contact you, they send a letter.

And, really, never never use their links or their phone numbers. Even though it is local, it can be routed to a foreign country where you will be charged several dollars a minute!

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Our gov does a LOT of things right. I wish it were COMMON KNOWLEDGE that NO agency will CurtEastPoint May 2019 #1
At least the student loan scam call gave you a reference number. dem4decades May 2019 #2
These jerks have a lot of nerve. But impersonating a government agency is probably Stuart G May 2019 #5
I had one that called saying they were from a government agency and signed off with a god bless you. dem4decades May 2019 #9
Caught by who? The authorities in India? Sri Lanka? ret5hd May 2019 #16
My daughter got one of these calls last week. revmclaren May 2019 #3
I either don't answer calls from numbers I don't reocgnize anymore, or I pick up and say nothing. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2019 #4
Google these numbers, rather than answering. This is a known SS scammer. hlthe2b May 2019 #6
They Never Call Me. May 2019 #7
Me too. Didn't answer the call and it sent to voice mail, Iliyah May 2019 #8
Thank You Iliyah, It is good to know that I am not the only one at DU that got this. Stuart G May 2019 #14
at least you could hear them when they called. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #18
Boy oh boy, Wellstone ruled May 2019 #10
I received one of these the other day SoCalNative May 2019 #11
Yes...a real update on this. I called both the Social Security Admin, and the San Diego Police Dept. Stuart G May 2019 #12
Neither the Social Security, nor the IRS, nor any government agency calls question everything May 2019 #13
Not even sure what that means zipplewrath May 2019 #15
I've heard that one wryter2000 May 2019 #17
Never ever return a call if you don't know who called you. Cold War Spook May 2019 #19
If I'm feeling "feisty" that day mitch96 May 2019 #20
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