Another Phone Scam?
May 17, 2019 08:47:24 #
ragatazz
Loc: Michigan
For my apple account, I go to Costco and buy the gift pack of $25 gift cards. Then I load them one at a time on my apple account, thus I never have a credit card with them, and the most I would ever get ripped off would be $25.
May 17, 2019 09:41:43 #
philo wrote:
we get these calls all day long. they even use local numbers. it gets to the point that we don't answer the phone anymore.
I don't answer the phone unless the number is in my contact list. If is important enough they can leave a message.
Will
May 17, 2019 10:23:35 #
tuatara
Loc: Orig. NZ - currently SF area
my wife got a couple of them. The latest phone scam I've been getting is my SS# has been suspended due to possible questionable activity press 1 to get help to unblock etc. etc.
I notice that scam callers are getting easier to ID despite the area code spoofing. I have noticed that the first 3 digits after the area code are always the same on a particular con. For instance the SS# scam is (###)815-####, with the area code being either 888 or 800 and the caller ID is SSn or SSc
I don't answer these unknown numbers but they leave a voice message anyway, automated so the first part is always missing
I notice that scam callers are getting easier to ID despite the area code spoofing. I have noticed that the first 3 digits after the area code are always the same on a particular con. For instance the SS# scam is (###)815-####, with the area code being either 888 or 800 and the caller ID is SSn or SSc
I don't answer these unknown numbers but they leave a voice message anyway, automated so the first part is always missing
May 17, 2019 11:27:20 #
So far this year I've been getting social security scam calls. 5 so far. All I say is you are being recorded and the recording is being sent to the FBI. "Click".
May 17, 2019 11:40:40 #
Manny Jay
Loc: Colorado
My neighbor said a young man came to her door and said he was looking for wood ticks. He sid, "Take off your clothes and dance around."
She said, "Don't to it! It is a scam! I wish I had known that. I feel so stpid."
She said, "Don't to it! It is a scam! I wish I had known that. I feel so stpid."
May 17, 2019 12:00:24 #
RRS
Loc: Not sure
philo wrote:
we get these calls all day long. they even use local numbers. it gets to the point that we don't answer the phone anymore.
They do better then that, I get calls with the caller ID as me and the number that they are calling from is my number. We don't answer the phone either and I have the record turned off too. If they can leave a message it goes down as a good number to be sold again to another scammer.
May 17, 2019 14:25:59 #
SAVH
Loc: La Jolla, CA
A close friend got the same call but did not respond. He did call Apple to check and they confirmed it as a scam. What was amusing was that the person he called at Apple said he, too, had received such a call. He said he played along for almost 30 minutes by playing dumb and needing a "lot" of help. Finally the caller said, "you can't be THAT dumb!" To which the Apple guy said, "Gotcha! No Apple employee would ever call a customer dumb!" Must have been a fun way to extract at least a little inconvenience on the part of the scammer.
May 17, 2019 15:50:25 #
Jerry, it sounds like we both are enjoying our device with the big Red "Block Now" button. I cannot imagine being with it.
Bill
Bill
May 19, 2019 20:07:26 #
May 19, 2019 20:24:03 #
elliott937 wrote:
Jerry, it sounds like we both are enjoying our device with the big Red "Block Now" button. I cannot imagine being with it.
Bill
Bill
I would look carefully at the number in caller ID before pushing that button. The spoofer apps may be showing a number of a business or person you know - I have even gotten spam/sales calls with caller ID showing them as being from my wife, daughter, son, several friends and businesses I patronize. I have even gotten calls from myself, both home and cell number.
May 20, 2019 20:23:34 #
When I receive Apple emails requesting info I forward them to the following: reportphishing@apple.com
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