Ob1 Loc: Utah

The other day I was in my house, the cell phone rang. Caller ID on my cell phone said it was my own home calling me. I was home alone. I had to block my own home phone number for three days. I then unblocked it. Two days later the same thing happened, it is still blocked. Someone really needed to do something about the call spoofing.

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

Wow, I seem to have hit a nerve with this topic. Yes, we all experience the frustration of not having total control of our phones. Luckily with the iPhone I can set it up so only my contacts can call me. Have not yet had someone use my own number on me. That would drive me bonkers.

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

I received those calls also and I reported it to the SS. Since then I have received no scam calls.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

I had that happen to me twice.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

I received four phone calls in the same day on my land line from the same number. Each call was a mechanical voice telling me my social security number had been compromised and I should call back the same number. The third call, I did call and the person answered as the Security Social Administration.
I told them that Social Security Administration doesn't make phone calls, they send letters, then called him an idiot and hung up. Half an hour later I got the fourth call. So again I called back and tried to keep the guy on the line for a little time by asking why I was called in the first place. He wanted my name, address and phone number, which I declined to give because he had called me. In the end without giving out any information he informed me that my Social Security number had been used for fraudulent purposes, including money laundering, in Texas. After only about two or three minutes he hung up on me. I've not received another call from that number. Also, I reported it to the Office of the Inspecter General of the Social Security Admininstration. Maybe they tracked them down and shut it down.

I personally believe the phone companies can and should do something about the spoofed numbers and the scam calls. Whoever suggested a fine on the phone cmpanies for each spoofed/scam call, I agree, that is a good idea, maybe the phone companies would stop them then. If the scammers can spoof the number, the phone company can stop it.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Yes, the other day I got a live one wanting to reduce the interest I pay on my credit cards. After a couple of questions he asked how many cards I had. I told him two. He said Master Card and Visa -- to which I replied no they are both Visa cards. He wanted to know how much I owed and I told him nothing that I pay them off each month. He then asked why I hit the button to speak to someone about lowering my interest rate ----- I told him just to mess with you guys like you mess with me. He replied F*** you, have a nice day and hung up!

Popeye Loc: LifIno

Just received a phone call from a robo caller. Second one in two days. I let the answering machine pick it up. Rather than hang up after going through their speel, the person on the other end started going through it a second time. Then it started for a third time. guess three times is the magic number as they hung up after that.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

It has so many errors that it would take a POTUS to fall for it.

Virgil Loc: The Hoosier State

The thing that irks me is that they can show their ID as your 'hospital or local school' when it is neither of them.

Charlie Schomer

I've gotten this scam also. I also have received the one about having out standing warrants and if I don't call about them the police will come and arrest within a certain time frame...

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

I liked the one where the guy said my grandson was in jail and needed money to bail him out. Funny I said, I don’t remember ever having children. For a reply I got the click of the phone.