Scam Phone Calls
Feb 1, 2022 10:49:44 #
Scam call are a way of life on my phones. Now they are international Here are origins of a few over the last several days.
Germany
India
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Plus one other that I don’t recall.
Guess I will have to learn a bunch of foreign languages so I can call them dirty names in their native tongues.
Germany
India
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Plus one other that I don’t recall.
Guess I will have to learn a bunch of foreign languages so I can call them dirty names in their native tongues.
Feb 1, 2022 10:54:52 #
I never answer the phone unless I know who the caller is.
Feb 1, 2022 11:00:09 #
Feb 1, 2022 11:01:35 #
I use an App called RoboBlocker. Kills most of the spam and telemarketer calls. Asks the caller for their name and reason for calling and if legit, lets the call through.
Feb 1, 2022 11:04:17 #
boberic wrote:
I never answer the phone unless I know who the caller is.
I often play games with them just to enjoy their reaction when they determine I am not one of their suckers.
Feb 1, 2022 11:07:28 #
Feb 1, 2022 11:12:39 #
boberic wrote:
I never answer the phone unless I know who the caller is.
We usually have done the same thing. It can cause problems though. We got a call last week from a number we did not recognize in a city where we did not know anyone. My wife quickly answered and hung up so she didn't have to listen to the phone ring. The next day, I got a message that an appliance store from which we had ordered a range 6 months before was trying to set up a delivery date, and they had called 3 times but the line got disconnected every time!
Feb 1, 2022 11:13:42 #
pdsdville wrote:
I use an App called RoboBlocker. Kills most of the spam and telemarketer calls. Asks the caller for their name and reason for calling and if legit, lets the call through.
Robo killers don't work on copper land lines, so I'll guess that you are talking about your cell.
Feb 1, 2022 11:16:19 #
boberic wrote:
I never answer the phone unless I know who the caller is.
I don't have Caller ID on my land line.
For my cell, I look at the area code and just don't answer.
If it is real, they will leave a message.
Feb 1, 2022 11:25:09 #
Feb 1, 2022 11:29:33 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't have Caller ID on my land line.
For my cell, I look at the area code and just don't answer.
If it is real, they will leave a message.
For my cell, I look at the area code and just don't answer.
If it is real, they will leave a message.
Most of my bogus calls display spoofed pnone nbrs, usually my local area code.
Feb 1, 2022 11:34:43 #
I have my cell phone set to accept calls only from entries in my contact list - if I do business with a new company, I get their numbers and add them to my contact list. All other calls don't even ring - they go straight to voice mail... And Verizon is filtering spam calls through their own system so we don't get a lot anymore...
Feb 1, 2022 11:41:49 #
I was searching the Apple website thinking of buying a new iPhone a couple of days ago. The next day I get a robocall purporting to be from amazon asking yes or no about charging $999 for a new iPhone. I dumped that one like a hot potato. A few hours later I received another same call.
Someone (or many someones) was obviously shadowing me on the Apple web site collecting my data and apparently sold the info, perhaps to Amazon, perhaps not. Anyway it's getting pretty scary out there in cyberspace.
Someone (or many someones) was obviously shadowing me on the Apple web site collecting my data and apparently sold the info, perhaps to Amazon, perhaps not. Anyway it's getting pretty scary out there in cyberspace.
Feb 1, 2022 11:45:38 #
DeanS wrote:
Most of my bogus calls display spoofed pnone nbrs, usually my local area code.
I only get maybe three a month on my cell. Occasionally from my area code. If the number is not in my phone, it says "unavailable" for who is calling. I turn my phone over to stop the ringing.
Car shop, vet, doctors, hospitals, etc. are all in my phone so they get ID'd.
Our land line is totally different.
Some call so often that I can recognize the voice in a word or three.
"Hi, <wife's name>?" (Usually I hang up here.)
"No."
<robo pause analyzing what I said> "That's okay, I can speak to either one of you."
"No you can't!" <click>
Feb 1, 2022 11:46:37 #
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