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The Latest Telephone Scam.


The latest telephone scam. 

I’m not sure what their profit was to be, or how they would use information, but here is what happened to me. 

A call came in on my cell phone.  The caller told me that someone (and gave a name) was trying to set up a separate account on my cell phone charges.  What I needed to do was give her the security code from T-Mobile to prevent this. Presto, the code was sent by text to my phone.  Do I give the code number to this voice?

Note, keep in mind the voice was muffled, and I had trouble hearing everything she said.  So, I said I would not send any info.  I asked for her name. It was Marie Homhs. When I asked for her phone number, the line went dead.  End of call. Conclusion? A scam - for sure.  Probably, I would be authorizing a new account, and this scammer would be making possible thousands of calls on my account. 

It pays to be circumspect about giving information. To anyone. For anything. Online or by phone.

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Obama Legacy?

I’m not sure if you’ll consider this good or bad, pro or con, but most insurance companies these days advertise you only have to pay for what you need.  (Recall, Obamacare was “one size fits all.”)  Alternatively, they advertise a plan that’s “right for you.” Mostly this is automobile insurance.

BTW, insurance companies are among the most prolific advertisers on television.  To the point of oboxiouness. Also, insurance companies have lots of money to advertise.

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Hong Kong

Written on a wall at a campus in Hong Kong, "Ideas are Bulletproof." Yet, there is a never ending stream of those who prefer using bullets.
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Are you a Velveeta American?

Do you celebrate bulk cheese goo, or volume of salty taste, or artificial taste, or inexpensive cost?  If yes, you may be a Velveeta American.  Forget your cheddar afficiandos, your gooda good feelings, or your mozzarella manifestations. Break out the crackers, load them up with gobs of melted Velveeta and enjoy the game. 
Now for Velveeta politics?  Do you confuse taste with quality, or quality with bulk, or bulk with deliciousness?  Then you’re party is the Velveeticans.

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