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ANOTHER SCAM CALL

Cats3000 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:47:32 GMT

We both just received calls from "our anti-virus security department". Don't know what the problem was supposed to be. We hung up right away.

Just a heads up.

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Spacrazy — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:53:54 GMT

They are driving me CRAZY (and believe me, it’s a short trip).

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Foxxee — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:09:54 GMT

Last year I received numerous calls from India identifying themselves as Dell's tech support saying they detected a serious virus on my computer and wanted to fix it. I know when I might have a virus, am covered by an anti-viral program and run 3 stand alone virus programs weekly. Probably, overkill, but better to be safe than sorry.

When questioned, they even gave me my address, customer number, model and serial number of my computer.

Of course, I was suspicious, Dell doesn't do that, so I hung up. Called Dell and reported. Dell knew about it and was trying to find out who it was.

I suspect they had worked at Dell India tech support and stole customer information. Unless they hacked Dell, how would they have gotten it?

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Bridgegal — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:33:02 GMT

@Spacrazy wrote:
They are driving me CRAZY (and believe me, it’s a short trip).

There is zero reason today for this to drive you crazy. There are soooo many options that block these calls. I haven't been bothered by one in ages. If someone calls and they are in my contact list, the call gets through. If not, it goes to voice mail and is marked 'unknown caller'. My phone doesn't even ring. Nothing driving me crazy.

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kivah — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:53:38 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
Last year I received numerous calls from India identifying themselves as Dell's tech support saying they detected a serious virus on my computer and wanted to fix it. I know when I might have a virus, am covered by an anti-viral program and run 3 stand alone virus programs weekly. Probably, overkill, but better to be safe than sorry.

When questioned, they even gave me my address, customer number, model and serial number of my computer.

Of course, I was suspicious, Dell doesn't do that, so I hung up. Called Dell and reported. Dell knew about it and was trying to find out who it was.

I suspect they had worked at Dell India tech support and stole customer information. Unless they hacked Dell, how would they have gotten it?

I had a call from a guy with an Indian accent - he said something about the IRS. I told him to go back to India (and then I thought he could be calling from India.) Most of the time now, I let the calls go on my answering machine - of course, they NEVER leave a message. I realized that yesterday and today - the calls have dropped way off. I think the gov't is setting up roadblocks.

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walkingal — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 01:56:49 GMT

@Spacrazy wrote:
They are driving me CRAZY (and believe me, it’s a short trip).

Me too! I've decided to let all calls go to voice mail. AARP magazine has a good article this month on scam calls. It said people are not answering their phones, and letting everything go to voice mail.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:47:17 GMT

I've gotten a lot of calls this week from "Apple." And I don't even own any Apple devices. One even said Apple on the caller ID and had an 800 number. I looked up the number and it was a known scammer.

I didn't answer any of the calls - they went to voicemail. But I'd better warn my mother who has a new iPhone.

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Alter Ego — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:56:17 GMT

My cell phone has been blowing up this morning. Ten calls in a two hour period - and I’m supposed to have something that blocks them. I just know it’s going to continue all day. At least two came up as “Spam Risk”. I’ve never had this happen before - in fact, I’ve historically been lucky on this phone.

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Suziepeach — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:56:24 GMT

The amount of calls has increased quite the bit this week at our house too, both cellphones and both landlines (one being my husband's company number). There has to be has to be a reasonable solution to it all..

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cotto22 — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:01:50 GMT

They are relentless. We are planning on getting rid of our landline, which does NOT have an option for blocking calls. One day, there were about 5 calls from the same number, which was a fake Microsoft spam call. Yesterday, a bunch from "Social Security". Congress needs to pass a law to prohibit this type of harrassment, or to make phone companies do it for us.

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Jinlei — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:01:54 GMT

I do not answer my landline anymore either. Let voice mail get it. A lot more easy not to get irritated. Most of the time they are, or I should say, all of the time they are junk calls.

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Spacrazy — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:59:59 GMT

@Cats3000 Thank you for the heads up - I appreciate your help and hope the rest of your day is great!

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Spacrazy — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:20:35 GMT

@cotto22 Bless your heart. Sometimes it’s good to know you’re not alone. I agree we must get Congress more involved and action for legislation against these intruders. It’s a slow go but I’ll keep writing to our rep and hope for change.

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Spacrazy — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:25:30 GMT

@Alter Ego @Suziepeach Me too !?!?

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nekodaisy — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:38:03 GMT

We just got a call on our landline not to long ago from a computer virus company. The robot told us that if we did not call them to cancel our subscription to their virus program our credit card would be charged 299.00. We don't even bother answering it anymore. Every once in awhile I get one on my cell phone. Since that is the number I give out now I answer it if it looks to be in my area, . Most are from Jamica and I just block those calls.

I don't think anyone can do anything about them. They will just find another way to scam people. The one from Microsoft had called my Aunt a few years back. She told me this and said she had written the number down and needed to call them back. I explained how it was spam and her computer has no virus protection on it as it is and is super old. If they had ever gotten into her computer they would have probably had all her viruses downloaded into their computer.

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Spacrazy — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:44:45 GMT

@nekodaisy That’s a new one on me and and scary. I agree, it’s unbelievable that in today’s technology more progress cannot be made.

Stay strong and let’s hope for the best.

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Spurt — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:30:58 GMT

@Bridgegal wrote:
@Spacrazy wrote:
They are driving me CRAZY (and believe me, it’s a short trip).
There is zero reason today for this to drive you crazy. There are soooo many options that block these calls. I haven't been bothered by one in ages. If someone calls and they are in my contact list, the call gets through. If not, it goes to voice mail and is marked 'unknown caller'. My phone doesn't even ring. Nothing driving me crazy.

@Bridgegal

Your a VERY lucky person!!!!

All the fancy call blockers Ive used dont stop them from calling on my cell phone....I go to block the number and it is one Ive supposedly already have blocked.....Its because they spoof numbers so the number displayed isnt even really the number they called from......Also I get voice mail and its in Chinese....

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Spurt — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:39:25 GMT

@walkingal wrote:
@Spacrazy wrote:
They are driving me CRAZY (and believe me, it’s a short trip).
Me too! I've decided to let all calls go to voice mail. AARP magazine has a good article this month on scam calls. It said people are not answering their phones, and letting everything go to voice mail.

@walkingal

I'm sorry I just have to laugh...AARP..I find them a bit hypiocritical one of the biggest offenders of telemarketing calls--especially those from United Health Care and all their other third party affiliates...and I never asked for info, nor contacted them nor even was a member of AARP....Someone told me about opting out of AARP. The minute I opted out of AARP solicitations for them and their 3rd party affiliates on AARP'S website my robo calls and telemarketing calls were cut in half......

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Bridgegal — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 02:48:33 GMT

@Spurt

Hi Spurt. If your cell phone is an iPhone, use the "Do not disturb" feature. It will let all calls coming in ring IF it is in your contact list. You can answer or let it go to VM. If the call is from someone not in your contacts list, it will go to voice mail. They can leave a message (which friends and family will) or not leave one (most robo calls). You don't even hear the phone ring with the latter.

I did add people to my contacts list that I wanted to know were calling but I didn't have to because they could have left a VM for me. It has made a huge difference for us. No ringing from robo or spam calls.

If your phone isn't an iPhone , I don't know but I suspect many smartphones have the Do Not Disturb feature. Good luck.