Friday, November 2, 2018
Can't East Indians Get Real Jobs?
I received a voice mail the morning of Nov. 2, 2018 from an 800 number which was obviously spoofed, because they left a Washington State phone number. The message was with a correct American accent, but there were minor defects in wording that told me the script was written by a non-native speaker. The voicemail said that there had been irregularities with my Social Security account which might require legal action. When I called the number that was in the voicemail, a guy with an East Indian accent answered it "Social Security" and asked for my Social Security number. I assume that if Social Security called me, they would know it.
When I questioned whether he was really part of the Social Security Administration, he said that if I doubted it, he would pass my file to the local office for legal enforcement. There are a lot of gullible sorts who would hand off their Social Security number.
I have reported this to SSA as fraud.
The next call from the spoofed number with Social Security as the caller ID was a message from Officer Jack Dawson warning that I needed to get back to them to avoid turning off my Social Security check.
The callback number is in Port Angeles, Washington. I called the sheriff's department and they tell me that they are getting a lot of calls about this fraud, and the number is not actually in Port Angeles at all, although the exchange is. Somehow they are re-routing calls from a Port Angeles exchange to somewhere else. I would love to know how. Have they taken control of the phone company switches?
Today's call: still defective grammar and word use, but the American accent is a computer-generated voice. Somewhere, there should be a phone company that cares about the security of their phone numbers. But who? Who owns the switch in Port Angeles, WA?
Here's a company that provides local U.S. numbers for India.
Just noticed: the number they are spoofing to call me really does belong to Social Security. These crooks are good at their "job."
When I questioned whether he was really part of the Social Security Administration, he said that if I doubted it, he would pass my file to the local office for legal enforcement. There are a lot of gullible sorts who would hand off their Social Security number.
I have reported this to SSA as fraud.
The next call from the spoofed number with Social Security as the caller ID was a message from Officer Jack Dawson warning that I needed to get back to them to avoid turning off my Social Security check.
The callback number is in Port Angeles, Washington. I called the sheriff's department and they tell me that they are getting a lot of calls about this fraud, and the number is not actually in Port Angeles at all, although the exchange is. Somehow they are re-routing calls from a Port Angeles exchange to somewhere else. I would love to know how. Have they taken control of the phone company switches?
Today's call: still defective grammar and word use, but the American accent is a computer-generated voice. Somewhere, there should be a phone company that cares about the security of their phone numbers. But who? Who owns the switch in Port Angeles, WA?
Here's a company that provides local U.S. numbers for India.
Just noticed: the number they are spoofing to call me really does belong to Social Security. These crooks are good at their "job."
Is There a Stronger Argument For Shall Issue in California?
10/30/18 KPIX:
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A BART rider was placed under arrest Monday after the suspect was accused of pulling out two chainsaws while on a train in the East Bay, authorities confirmed.
A BART commuter shot video that was posted on Twitter Monday afternoon that showed the man waving around a chainsaw on a train. The person posting the clip said it happened on a train traveling from Fremont to Richmond....
Jalina Bluford, the woman who took cell phone video of the man in action, knew something was wrong....
In the clip, the suspect later identified as 47-year-old Patrick Bingham, picked up a red chainsaw and flicked the switch on it several times as he waved it in front of himself, yelling threatening comments.
At one point, he is heard to say “cut your freaking head off.”
“He did say a couple of things. He said something about ‘I’m the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Then he said, ‘No, I’m the BART massacre,'” explained Bluford.Paging Captain Obvious! Now if he had been naked, there would have been no problem.
When Advertising Defeats Itself
Every time I follow a link to the U.K. Mirror, I get so many popups and ads that I do not even end up reading the story or the ads. I have AdBlock installed and an 18Mbps connection. I wonder if they have noticed the counterproductive results.
Why U.S. Troops At Border
Daily Caller reports that Mexican police say that migrant caravan has Molotov cocktails and guns.
And You Thought Hollywood Is Crazy
10/29/18 KOB channel 4:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A local actor is trying to right a wrong after years of pretending to be a wounded veteran, in the hopes of landing roles.
"The film industry obviously took a different angle. That I was different. And so they liked that," said Todd Latourette.
The actor says he is bipolar and wasn't taking his medications 17-years-ago when he decided to cut off and cauterize his own arm.Talk about commitment to your profession!
Thursday, November 1, 2018
PVL Is Not the Dog I Thought
I saw $.0071 per unit at $2.66. But that was a monthly dividend. It is yielding 14.8%. I just bought back my 500 shares at a lower price than I sold it for.
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