Avoid Scams – Beware of Bogus Rug Cleaning Inquiries – Text Relay Calls
ByBogus Rug Cleaning Inquiries
Received the bogus rug cleaning inquiry below from several of our website forms.
Name: Deb Adams
City: LOUISIANA
Email: debell002@gmail.com
Comment: Hello good day this Deb Adams and i would like to know if you do rug cleaning at the office and accept credit cards and can i speak with the owner .ok fine actually am relocating from my old house from LA LOUISIANA down to your city and i would like to know how much will 10 x 14 rug cost for cleaning and actually i have 15 rugs of that, can you do the total calculation for the cleaning for the 15 rugs sized 2500 square feet
Text Relay Calls
Received several Text Relay calls from i770.com lately. This is a legitimate service for the hearing impaired that is being abused by scam artists, prisoners, as well as pranksters.
In some cases they offer “payment” for more than the asking price, with a request for the mark to send them the balance as a refund (an example of the 419 fraud, which is commonly committed via email and is named after the section of the Nigerian legal code that outlaws it).
The only way to fight against the scammers is by educating everyone on this issue.