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AverageOldGuy

(4,430 posts)
3. Over the past six month . . .
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 03:18 PM
17 hrs ago

I live in Virginia. We moved from VA to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and were wiped out by Hurricane Katrina. Moved to Tennessee then to VA. My cell phone is a southern MS area code, I never changed to TN or VA.

Over the past six months I have received via text or email:

From Mississippi:
-- Unpaid toll notice, my driver's license will be suspended and I will be arrested. Got 3 of these
-- Past due property tax on property we sold after leaving.

From Tennessee:
-- Unpaid toll notice, my driver's license will be suspended and I will be arrested. Got 2 of these.
-- Unpaid toll notice for my mother, her driver's license will be suspended and she will be arrested. Got 1 of these. She died in 2007, I cancelled her DL, voter registration, etc. within a week of her death.
-- Unpaid toll notice for my father, his driver's license will be suspended and he will be arrested. Got 1 of these. He died in 2005, I cancelled his DL, voter registration, etc. within a week of his death.

From Virginia:
-- Unpaid toll notice, my driver's license will be suspended and I will be arrested. Got 4 of these.
-- Unpaid property taxes. Good friend of mine is the county tax administrator, these things are driving him and his staff nuts from answering questions.
-- Four offers to refinance the house I sold two years ago.

And this does not count the daily emails "Your photos, files, and all you saved in your Cloud account will be deleted at midnight tonight unless you pay your past due fee."

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13 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Attention California DUers and all [View all] Randomthought 18 hrs ago OP
Thanks!.................. Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
You an also check online using your parcel number. xuplate 17 hrs ago #2
Over the past six month . . . AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #3
Geez, time to get a new phone number!!! AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #9
I work for Medicaid. I cannot just change my phone number MerryBlooms 15 hrs ago #18
Omgosh, I get that unpaid toll threat sporadically form IL MerryBlooms 16 hrs ago #10
I think technology can come up with a solution - after all they've created a bit of this mess. erronis 15 hrs ago #12
Good point, hadn't come up with that one. Business lines paying more, MerryBlooms 15 hrs ago #14
Not quite so many Randomthought 15 hrs ago #16
Hubby needs to take you out to dinner! Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #4
Tax collectors of any kind don't make unsolicited phone calls. They send letters, Registered Letters if you're Exp 17 hrs ago #5
Hope there is a special place in hell for scammers. Sun-Moon 17 hrs ago #6
Good advice. Thanks! calimary 17 hrs ago #7
Ouch! Seems like if you move, things are generated that trigger off other actions that result in you getting spam SWBTATTReg 17 hrs ago #8
I've noticed that the PO Change-of-Address packets include a lot of private company material erronis 15 hrs ago #13
I heard yesterday a new AI scam is using your voice. BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #11
Don't say "Yes" madamesilverspurs 15 hrs ago #15
I've screened my calls for years... BigmanPigman 15 hrs ago #17
Which is why I only answer calls from my contact list. niyad 13 hrs ago #20
America has become the perfect target. Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #19
How'd they even know you had a time share? Ouch! Scary times. C Moon 7 hrs ago #21
So many Americans in different levels of vulnerability wolfie001 1 hr ago #22
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