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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 08:57 PM Original message |
Possible Scam? I got a call from an Obama Bill Collector |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. sounds like a scam. Was the Obama campaign on your caller ID? |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. hmmm. I just looked and it says "unavailable" |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Call the campaign and the non-emergency police number and report it. |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. This sounds like Rovian dirty tricks. Need to find out if the Obama campaign really made that call. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yup, that shit has "ROVE" written all over it. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Didn't the GOP try something like this before? |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. OR....was it someone wanting you to believe it was the Obama campaign?? n/t |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. This sounds fishy |
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phoenixriz (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Scam |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. good idea, I will |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Now that I think about it - If I had been so inclined, I could have |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Yep, they caught you off guard with that amount |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. It does sound like a dirty trick. ...I wouldn't put it pass the GOP, to try something like this. |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like a scam to me. n/t |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm still waiting for my T-shirt that I gave $30 fot weeks ago. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Must be like when you order from their store |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. . |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:14 PM Original message |
I wonder if you'd be willing to change your subject line so people just skimming |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. that sounds ridiculous |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. There were bogus scams to bilk people for Kerry contribs in 2004 |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. No politician is that stupid. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Smells like a scam to me too. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's most likely a scam. But I don't accept phone solicitations. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. There is no law that says you have to pay anything even if |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sounds to me like someone phishing for your credit card number. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. I got a solicitation call today as well. I told the very persistent young man |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yep, they have your info from online donation records |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. For anyone wondering what I am talking about |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That's some creepy shit |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Wow, I found actors who donated addies. We need to remove this stuff offline. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. thanks! Very interesing. Fell like I am prying ! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. And please keep in mind |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't know why I was called to make a pledge to donate |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. was it from Obama? |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. yes the person said he was, I can't remember the name, from the Obama campaign |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Not likely if you didn't commit. I don't know if he/she counted you |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Tell them to send an official invoice & you will mail it to them. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. DON'T DONATE MORE THAN 195 DOLLARS AT ONE TIME. When you do your names goes on a list of donors for |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I donate $200 or more to Democrats when I can afford it... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. They need all they can get to pay off Hillary's debt. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. Scam. No volunteer would do that and hurt their candidate's name. Report it... |
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