I just turned down $1000.

[madamesilverspurs]

Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd utter. But chances are I wouldn't have turned it down if I hadn't just seen a news story on this particular scam.

Phone rings, I answer. It's a recording, male voice that sounds like a game show announcer. He's congratulating me because "someone" referred me to receive a free medical alert device (as in I've fallen and I can't get up) AND $1000 in groceries!!! Uh huh. Then he directs me to press a certain key to 'accept' this largesse. Instead of responding or pressing any keys I just let the phone sit there; after a minute it clicks a few times, then disconnects.

Too bad, he just sounded sooooo happy! But I'll bet there are enough seniors who bite on this. Let them know not to bite, because this one bites back. Scary.

[yeoman6987]

1. They could never keep up the funding of the program

if people didn't accept the offers. I would imagine 10 percent of all callers fall for the "scam".

[BlueJazz]

2. I got one the other day. This (b word) calls me up and says "Your perscription is ready at Walgreens

Ha!...can't fool this guy.

[Art_from_Ark]

6. My mom got the same kind of call.

but Walgreen's denied making the call.

[4now]

3. That is a good way to handle it

[LiberalElite]

4. iIve gotten the same voicemail message

I've never been able to listen to it till I get home from work. I keep meaning to report it to the don't call registry.

[hollysmom]

5. Ihave decided I am on the scammers list. Ihave the openthis letter, you have been called to court

and stuff lie that, I get all the e-mail scams out there. interestingly enough I get the paypal schemes in non-paypal e-mails and I get e-bay scams in non-e-bay mail accounts - I keep each of those to only have single purpose. and do not use them for any other -e-mail.

The latest thing and I don't think it is a scam is getting a call from a pharmacy that says my ex-s name and says his prescription is ready for pick up. I find that weird, I have no gotten any phone calls for him for over 15 years now and suddenly this one over and over. I wonder if he gave them the number? Of course I am listed under my name only, he and his new family are not listed at all. It is just weird.
I would discontinue all the bank statements with his name but I figure if he did not care enough to change the address he probably did not change the beneficiary, so looking forward to that 50K. And no, I don't feel bad that his family won't get that money, I put up with a lot of crap for 25 years with that man, including having to tell him he was about to lose some money in a CD I set up for him that he never checked on and you have to check on your money every so many years or it reverts to the state. And then he said that could not be true and did not want to believe me and I had to argue with the idiot. To get him some money, so no , if he did not change the beneficiary, I do deserve that money.