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I got a robo call yesterday from Kroger about Jif. I do buy it and it doesn't have the codes they mentioned. I've gotten other calls from them about other products in the past but it's been years.

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Yikes I eat peanut butter daily on toast, and but different brands. Will check to see if have Jiff brand.
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Yikes I eat peanut butter daily on toast, and but different brands. Will check to see if have Jiff brand.

I get Jif all the time and never had trouble. It turns out my jar DOES have one of the codes in the sequence (I didn't look closely enough before and it's so TINY). BUT I've eaten half the jar already with no bad effects.

It's also delicious with bananas or apples.

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I think it s a case of hysteria

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I got one of those recently, with a phone number not local. I'm cautious by nature and don't trust anybody pretty much now. And I don't get this instant gratification culture we now live in. I was never in a hurry for much of anything and even less so now.

After 2 years of waiting for everything, now I'm used to waiting.

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I got a phone call that rang once and went right to voicemail. Yellow Flag

Recording said I qualified for Student Loan Forgiveness.
Red Flag I haven't had student loans in the decade

Recording "Call us back immediately so we can fill out the application"
Translation - tell us all your personal information so we can scam you.

Reporting those is no longer fruitful. They say to just delete them.

Basically if I do not know you personally - delete delete delete

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I got a phone call that rang once and went right to voicemail. Yellow Flag

Recording said I qualified for Student Loan Forgiveness.
Red Flag I haven't had student loans in the decade

Recording "Call us back immediately so we can fill out the application"
Translation - tell us all your personal information so we can scam you.

Reporting those is no longer fruitful. They say to just delete them.

Basically if I do not know you personally - delete delete delete
I like how you write "translation."

I don't report anything because whatever agency (FTC, FCC, whatnot) and well-known company/bank (FedEx, Apple, Amazon, Wells Fargo, Chase, etc.) or the post office already know about them. And they seem powerless to stop scammers from posing as them.

Since our primary thankfully passed, I haven't been getting non-stop calls from unknown numbers without even a recorded message. Just rang 3 times and stopped or went to my machine and hung up.

I've gotten every scam out call there I think: Fix your computer (I don't have one), car warranty scam (my car is over 20 years old), SSN scam, IRS scam....

Getting a lot of scam texts though.....they aren't blocked or silenced like calls are. No, I don't want a bed partner, a delivery status on my package, or a unlocking of my account by giving my password. And besides it's really about something else: Stealing your sensitive info.

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Yes translation means don't look at what they say look at what they mean

And then run

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Yep, they're just after secure info.....

If I talk to a person (and I likely won't even answer the call to start with), I ask them to send me a letter/information because I don't make transactions over the phone. Of course, they never send me anything.

I once got a call telling me I'd won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I said I thought they were a scam, because first of all, I didn't think they would call me first. They could never convince me. The caller sounded foreign, and that always makes me suspicious. He didn't sound at all like Ed McMahon (sp?).
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I thought publisher’s clearinghouse came to the door? In any case you have to inter it to win it. The odds of winning that are even less than the state lottery! I daydream what I’d do with the money if I won when I’m watching the HGTV but I know I’d never win cause I don’t play.

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Yep, they're just after secure info.....

If I talk to a person (and I likely won't even answer the call to start with), I ask them to send me a letter/information because I don't make transactions over the phone. Of course, they never send me anything.

I once got a call telling me I'd won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I said I thought they were a scam, because first of all, I didn't think they would call me first. They could never convince me. The caller sounded foreign, and that always makes me suspicious. He didn't sound at all like Ed McMahon (sp?).
Is Ed McMahon still alive?? I think Nammu is right, you have to enter to win. I never enter anything because I never believe I'd win. I don't play the lottery either. Just realized what I need is not millions of dollars but millions of REAL FRIENDS. With money I'd be able to get a lot of material things and a nice place to live. But still alone. As they say you can't buy happiness.

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Yes, I think they just show up at your door. I used to "play'' but I felt I had to buy some of the trinkets they always wanted me to buy, so I quit. I don't think I'd be happier with all that money, anyway--and the winners tend to lose friends, marriages, etc. as a result.

I don't know who shows up at the door now. I haven't seen any of their commercials lately.
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Yes, I think they just show up at your door. I used to "play'' but I felt I had to buy some of the trinkets they always wanted me to buy, so I quit. I don't think I'd be happier with all that money, anyway--and the winners tend to lose friends, marriages, etc. as a result.

I don't know who shows up at the door now. I haven't seen any of their commercials lately.

You’re right, if you win you don’t know if people like you for you or your money….Cautions for us seniors

I haven’t seen their commercials in years either. So wonder if they are even still around?

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I seem to remember I got a mailing from them not too long ago.
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