…criminals have been marching across the country, making their way from state to state, persuading victims that a special federal government assistance program — sometimes described as a bailout authorized by President Barack Obama’s administration — is available to pay their utility bills. Victims are given bank account and routing numbers to use when paying their bills online, but only after they “register” by surrendering their Social Security numbers and other personal information….
…The continued spread of the “Obama utility bill scam,” as some have dubbed it, means it’s likely coming to a neighborhood near you. Scammers find victims through all the usual digital channels — emails, bogus tweets, even Facebook messages. But in an unusual twist, the scam also has a real-world element. Agents for the criminals are going block by block, knocking on doors and handing out leaflets, encouraging people to pay their bills with the bogus account information.
One reason the scam is spreading: It seems to work…
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Your cell phone is spying on you.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/us/cell-carriers-see-uptick-in-requests-to-aid-surveillance.html?hp
Aaaaaannnd…
Welcome to MindHead. Here’s your accordion.
Probably the Obama campaign’s newest tactic for raising money.
Too many gravy bowls and toaster ovens on the market already.
Has anybody cross-checked the roster of these con artists with the DNC roster?
Back in the ’60s-’70s, Jack Webb’s “Dragnet” series would spend several shows a year with Sgt.Friday in the Bunco Squad demonstrating the various way these sh*ts would use to separate people from their money. And the same scams have been taught from generation to generation because stupid people fall for them willingly.
Time for Hollyweird to step up and use their power again to show people what to avoid…
I’m sure I have an opinion about this, but you’re gonna have to show me your butt first.*
*not you, DougM. I don’t wanna see your butt. Sorry.
This perfectly describes the Obama presidency….
TANSTAAFL.
But the Stuck On Stupid never learn that. If they did, it would be worse than discovering Santa isn’t real, and they would be without Hope, and just the Change in their pockets.
At some point, the Ponzi cornucopia of the Federal government is going to run dry, and then there will be real pain, fear, and chaos for tens of millions.
Beans, bandaids, bullets and water are the best investment of the times.
Dang! Dick beat me to Tanstaafl.
My only other thought is to express dismay at Hog’s narrow minded refusal to see Doug’s butt.
Maybe Doug should post a pic of a goat butt and claim it’s his.
So showing our shoes wasn’t enough now we have to show are butts?
Ironic (9), dick, NQDWG (1) made me start a bookmarks folder for
alla the lengthy & complikated ‘ACRONYMS’ that are increasingly
being scattered all over da Porch! Ack-chew-alley, I suspect that
our Claire, ppb,e, is one of the chief instigators of this acronymania!
I know that so far, she holds the record for the longest acronym
used here on da Porch, IYKWIMAITTYD!
Head Missy, why is that article calling those ‘benefits’ workers,
‘criminals’??? That’s discrimination & possibly ‘rayyyy-cissst’
I couldn’t help noticing in the article that most, if not all, the
persons that got sucked into the scam referred to ‘Obama’ & not
the gubbmint! He and his ‘leftist’ gang plus the complicit MFM
have done a brilliant job of creating a “Cult of Personality”, which
comes from Karl Marx & used by Adolph & Benito, etc, etc.
Wikipedia has great article about it! I’ve wondered for some time
why the emphasis has always been on him & not the gubbmint!
Now I know & this is how I’m hearing him referred to more & more
on the street! This is difficult societal brainwashing to overcome
for many reasons. Eg, WWII! IAFMVBITTTWI.
Obama has a stash and he’s going to pay –
and he’s going to pay –
Oh I hope so. I’ve already scoped out an Esso (now Exxon) station in DC to put his last payment on display.
Anudder kvestshun! Any youz Porch Minkees think that BamBam
will create a quiet little program to reimburse all those poor victims
of the big bad utility companies. Yanno, getting ripped off by
“Da Man”! We know that most if not all those poor, helpless,
exploited victims will then vote for Obama who “saved them from
the evil corporations, etc, etc!”
I wonder what the demographics of the ‘victims’ are???
I also wonder how the MFM will treat this, if they mention it at all?
Then how many hours &/or minutes before they & BamBam blame
the whole scam on Mitt, Right Wing Repubs, Rushbo, Racist Tea
Partiers, Bush, Sarah’cuda, Whitey & ‘Da Man’???
How many tea Partiers have fallen for this?
I suspect that comparing the victim list to the voter registration rolls would be somewhat eye opening. or not.
*Scrolls up to rollover*
hey, it’s right below the “wish list” button.
geezerette…*I* did!
( thanks mech :)
DougM (4), I’d check the Acorn & associated organizations (gangs)
before the DNC, jus’ sayin’!
All’s ya gotta’ do is assk:
Yah- butt Sondra if I had your butt I’d show it to.
First off, I would like to apologize to The Man! hisself for this, butt somebody had to say it…
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/heavenlycreatures/2011/11/image-of-jesus-on-dogs-butt-gods-second-appearance/
Whoa Boy. The Election night is gona be a Bloddy Battle. Demon-crats vote springing up from every prison and graveyard in America.
The Ironing is that the most likely victims will be among the 50% that are below average and think Obama is just swell.
Yeah, but how many of ‘em will fail to realize that this is a private industry scam; believe it’s just another guv’t program working like any gov’t program doesn’t, and not vote for Teh iW∅n “Cuz he didn’t pay my bills like he said!!!”
One wonders just who the people are that fall for this.
P. T. Barnum was right.
DougM (19), izzaat the plumber over at Head Missy’s Asylum
installing the new plumbing for her fancy-dancy bafftub??
I remember a few years back a guy was going around knocking on doors and giving free breast exams, courtesy of the gummint. They finally got him.