HOW SHOULD I SPEND MY $5000?

Last month, I said that I got a phone call saying that I failed to report for jury duty and that I would be arrested unless I paid a fine in Walmart gift cards. Last week, I got a phone call from a Mr. Rollins who said he works for the ‘Department of Distributions’. He said that they sued my bank and got a class action settlement and that I am entitled to receive a portion of it. He said that my bank reported that I used their ATM last year, so I am entitled to receive $5,000 as my share of the settlement, and they will mail me a check as soon as they receive $200 from me for the processing fee, payable in Starbucks gift cards. It seems hard to believe that anyone is gullible enough to fall for a scam this obvious, but lots of people do. I think the federal government should be putting serious resources into stopping these telephone frauds. Federal law enforcement agencies don’t need new legislation to do that. Telephone scams have been a federal crime for a long time, but I very rarely hear of anyone getting arrested or going to prison for running these boiler room operations.