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Tompor: Scam artists dial for dollars by threatening jail time
By sunherald.com
Published: 10/27/2015

A ringing phone too often is just one more sign of a scam. Uh oh, who is it now? The IRS demanding cash on the spot? A guy yelling at me and threatening to lock me up if I don't pay up? That whacked out guy who calls to "fix" your computer?

Sure, things aren't quite that bad. Every single phone call you receive isn't really from a con artist.

But seriously, the fraudsters are dialing for dollars big time.

My 17-year-old son said a caller told him he won a trip to the Bahamas. Of course, he had a special Social Security number to offer them in case anyone asked: "1-2-3-Go-2."

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