Another interesting scam

I was speaking with a gentleman in the elevator earlier today and he told me that he had recently received a call from the 'social security' scamers.  They startled him a little when they told him they had frozen his account, but when they asked him to give them his checking account routing number or a credit card number, he caught on and hung up.  According to this evening's news this 'social security' scam is one of the newest and very prevelant.  Be warned.  Coincidentally, there was a notice posted in our elevator about another sneaky scam.  Evidently someone is calling renters telling them that, because of their excellent payment history, they will be receiving a $500 rebate.  Then of course they ask for your checking account routing number so they can "make a deposit." Yeah, right.  Like so many friends I know, I am really never exposed to these scams because I don't answer my phone unless I recognize the caller.  Thank goodness for caller ID.  I do think it's funny when the caller ID gives the name of a city.  I really doubt that an entire city wants to talk to me.  A friend made the point earlier today that many people our age find it difficult not to answer the phone.  We learned, early in our lives, to answer after two rings, and to answer politely. How times change.