Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747
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@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
So check this out, a 2018 passport says for the hotline to get immunization information for the CDC to dial (877) 347-8747. But that's a scam phone number. It is totally fake and goes to some sales line trying to collect your information for some prize. How does a US Passport get printed with fake phone numbers in it? This is crazy.
And this is what you get for buying a "passport" for $10 from the guy on the corner with the beady eyes and a skullet...
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@scottalanmiller a changed phone number is not a scam. Bad government control of resources? Certainly.
Passports are valid for 10 years (adult), so the government should plan a 10 year cycle to change a phone number.
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@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
Passports are valid for 10 years (adult), so the government should plan a 10 year cycle to change a phone number.
Even those less than a year, though! And there is no record anywhere of that having been a CDC number. Try Googling it!
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@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
Passports are valid for 10 years (adult), so the government should plan a 10 year cycle to change a phone number.
Printing one without doing so would constitute negligence at best, one could say that's a scam. Printing something official for a duration without any attempt to do anything about it, not posting information about it, and not responding to queries about it... hard to excuse as anything but a scam.
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And it goes to a phone number that is clearly harvesting information without saying who they are. The resulting IVR makes no sense if it were a legit business. It's someone harvesting information knowing that they are getting calls solely from people calling for the official government hotline.
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@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
And it goes to a phone number that is clearly harvesting information without saying who they are. The resulting IVR makes no sense if it were a legit business. It's someone harvesting information knowing that they are getting calls solely from people calling for the official government hotline.
Well if I knew this number was in the passport, I would likely have tried to acquire it too. In order to resell it to a scammer for a profit.
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But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
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@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
And it goes to a phone number that is clearly harvesting information without saying who they are. The resulting IVR makes no sense if it were a legit business. It's someone harvesting information knowing that they are getting calls solely from people calling for the official government hotline.
Well if I knew this number was in the passport, I would likely have tried to acquire it too. In order to resell it to a scammer for a profit.
That's what it seems like.
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@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
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@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
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@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
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@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
CCWTech even sent it to Trump!
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@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
CCWTech even sent it to Trump!
LOL - just wow.
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@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
CCWTech even sent it to Trump!
LOL - just wow.
LOL, yeah, I'm sure I'll have 12 angry men in black pajamas kicking down my door any day!
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@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
Reddit will know what to do
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Almost a week and no response from any of the agencies contacted. Still rings to spam/scam phone number.
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Never a response from ANYONE. Still goes to scammers. But, I'll bet the CDC is a bit busy right now.
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@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@CCWTech said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@Dashrender said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@scottalanmiller said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
@JaredBusch said in Scam CDC Phone Number in US Passports - (877) 347-8747:
But seriously, my money is on the odds that the number was slammed.
If so, you'd expect there to be some record of the government announcing not to call it.
No more - I would expect the government to use eminent domain to demand it turned over to them.. but surprisingly, they haven't even don that..
As of right now, we aren't even sure they know. Scott and I have both tried to report this and so far... crickets.
That's the biggest issue - I'm sure it's been reported.. but whoever received the reports didn't know what to do with the information.
CCWTech even sent it to Trump!
Well, shit. Now we know it will get fixed. I mean, he'll delegate it to the best person, a really terrific guy (no women allowed in the clubhouse), just a fantastic individual. Then in about a month, he'll fire that person and hire someone else as an interim, or maybe no one at all, but by then, we'll all have forgotten about the issue, until the person that first brought it up goes to a committee after 4 months and then ...wait, what was the original problem here?
