# Don't fall for the Social Security phone call scam guys **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fall-for-the-social-security-phone-call-scam-guys/939685 "2021-04-09T15:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fall-for-the-social-security-phone-call-scam-guys/939685/16 "2021-04-12T15:31:57Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I got a phone call which started “This is the Amazon Customer Service Department. There have been some unusual charges on your account. Please give me your Credit Card details so we can sort things out.” > > So I noted the number, told the caller that he was a crook and hung up. > > Later the same day, the same number rang.again. 😲 😡 > > So I answered the phone “Amazon Customer Service Department - how may I help you?” > After a short pause, the scammer stammered “No, I’m from Amazon Customer Service.” > In the best Monty Python tradition, I continued “No, I’m Amazon Customer Service!” > The scammer hung up. That’s a particularly nasty scam and if you’re the type of person that might fall for a scam, it’s very likely you won’t even realize it’s a scam in the first place. Mark Rober did a video on it. Now, it’s a Mark Rober video, so it’s worth watching the entire thing, but I have it cued up (6:55) to where he gets into the scam. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VrKW58MS12g/maxresdefault.jpg "Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrKW58MS12g&t=415) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fall-for-the-social-security-phone-call-scam-guys/939685)._