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Utility rebate check for over billing scam....

jlkz — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:14:35 GMT

Just answered my phone. It was a recording so I was on alert for some scam. Got it: a fellow apologized for an over billing on my utility bill and when he said for my rebate ( not “ refund “ ) check that I would need to press 1, I hung up. Then i

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shaggygirl — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:26:33 GMT

What will they think of next? Yesterday was a banner day for me w/the scam calls. I got the social security account being cancelled one, the microsoft detected problems on my computer one, the IRS is going to send me to jail one, the lower my credit card rate one and the lower my energy bill one and the back brace one.....oh and last but not least the cancer screening one. Not one live person, all robo calls directing me to press whatever to speak to someone or to call such & such a number IMMEDIATELY to avoid some horrible fate.

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jackthebear — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:43:37 GMT

please, ladies, stop answering the phone, let the machine do the work

they like that you do, shows there is an actual person there,

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:50:51 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
please, ladies, stop answering the phone, let the machine do the work

they like that you do, shows there is an actual person there,

@jackthebear you can say that til the cows come home.

When my m-i-l starts complaining I have to walk away.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:54:05 GMT

Business as usual. Calls like that should surprise anyone now. We all get them, lots of them and they aren't going away anytime soon. It's our new reality. I don't have a landline but I get them on my cell phone. I've never listened to the whole call, I can always tell where the call is going by the second sentence. Click, delete, move on.

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Lipstickdiva — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:56:28 GMT

I get more junk calls on my cell phone now than real calls. I never answer a number I don't recognize.

I have been getting a call at least 3 times a day for the last 2 weeks from the same number. They never leave a message. Last night I blocked the number. Enough is enough.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:27:53 GMT

The relentless one about buying an extended warranty for my vehicle and spoofs local phone numbers hoping you'll answer, reached a new low yesterday, when they used the name and number of a local church in my area.

I never answer, but the recording leaves a message and I keep blocking their spoofed numbers.

C'mon, pretending to be a local church is a new low, IMO.

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ID2 — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:20:37 GMT

I simply just press a button on my cell phone that reports the call and blocks it from calling back.

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:27:15 GMT

I get more junk on my home phones than my cell. BUT, I HATE it when I get a call or text from someone and they say, 'Who are you?'

It must mean that someone used my cell number to spam them and they didn't answer--but do call my number to find out.

Has that ever happened to anyone?

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geezerette — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:43:18 GMT

I normally don’t answer a number I don’t recognize, but I have been expecting a call from a company that will come from an extension and area code unknown to me. So I’ve been answering all calls. Most are robos, so I block and hang up.

But since I’ve been answering, I do notice that the scam and recorded calls have drastically increased. I’ll be glad when my call finally comes and I can go back to ignoring most calls so they’ll taper off again.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:02:43 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote:
I get more junk on my home phones than my cell. BUT, I HATE it when I get a call or text from someone and they say, 'Who are you?'

It must mean that someone used my cell number to spam them and they didn't answer--but do call my number to find out.

Has that ever happened to anyone?

Our land line was spoofed and we got a message left on voicemail, calling us various body parts and dropping a few F bombs that she didn't want whatever it was they were selling!

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shaggygirl — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:48:27 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
please, ladies, stop answering the phone, let the machine do the work

they like that you do, shows there is an actual person there,

@jackthebear

We're NOT all answering the phone. They leave those pre-recorded messages on our answering machine so the machine IS doing the work.

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1Snickers — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:48:08 GMT

I had an e mail this morning from India. DELETE!

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jackthebear — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:15:29 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
please, ladies, stop answering the phone, let the machine do the work

they like that you do, shows there is an actual person there,

@jackthebear
We're NOT all answering the phone. They leave those pre-recorded messages on our answering machine so the machine IS doing the work.

I know but there are some who are picking up the phone,

so I just keep posting it, not sure why

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x Hedge — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:00:15 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@shaggygirl wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
please, ladies, stop answering the phone, let the machine do the work

they like that you do, shows there is an actual person there,

@jackthebear
We're NOT all answering the phone. They leave those pre-recorded messages on our answering machine so the machine IS doing the work.
I know but there are some who are picking up the phone,
so I just keep posting it, not sure why

That's my sister.

She answers just because it's ringing.

She answered a call when I was in the car with her and had a 2 minute chat with a *wrong number" caller.

Can you hear my eyes rolling?

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Sage04 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:05:16 GMT

Watched Judge Judy this afternoon. There were two guys who did driveways and anything that involved concrete. One of the guys received a call from someone who wanted to have his driveway dug up and a new one put in. He quoted the guy who called 6,000 and he agreed. But first he told the ¨fixer¨ to send him 300 so that he would know that he could trust him. The fool sent the 300 and went to the address the caller gave him and dug up a driveway.

He did this even before he received the 6,000 and when he tried to get in touch with the caller about the 6,000, the phone number was disconnected. Judge Judy couldn´t stop laughing. So the homeowner had to hire an investigator to find the guys who dug up her driveway.

They had to pay her over 3,000 because she had someone repair it. Were these guys living under a rock? That was a funny episode.

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LyndaGee — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:12:09 GMT

Would be satisfying to hear about more of these scammers being caught and brought to justice. Hate the thought of them taking advantage of people.

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Cats3000 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:44:32 GMT

Hey!!!! That's a new one on me. Gotta watch out. Thanks for the information.

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Spurt — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:15:16 GMT

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
I get more junk calls on my cell phone now than real calls. I never answer a number I don't recognize.

I have been getting a call at least 3 times a day for the last 2 weeks from the same number. They never leave a message. Last night I blocked the number. Enough is enough.

@Lipstickdiva @ID2

But whats bad, you block the number and guess what theres yet another call from the same number, because the scammers "spoof" what number they are actually calling from....

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Spurt — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:17:44 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
The relentless one about buying an extended warranty for my vehicle and spoofs local phone numbers hoping you'll answer, reached a new low yesterday, when they used the name and number of a local church in my area.

I never answer, but the recording leaves a message and I keep blocking their spoofed numbers.

C'mon, pretending to be a local church is a new low, IMO.

@KingstonsMom

Not only churches but hospitals too.....