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New (to me) Phone Scam

PickyPicky3 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:50:49 GMT

I just got my first text scam . Claims to be from a group of emergency room physicians. Billing department having trouble with my insurance. Very well produced scam. I knew it had to be a scam or error.

Return phone number: eight-three-three 2 one 7 eight 3 two 6

Google that number to find more information on the scam. Block it on your mobile phone if you can.

I have had wrong number texts, but never an actual scam.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

nyc1 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:59:28 GMT

@PickyPicky3 Thanks for the heads up. The problem is, you can block this number, but they probably have so many other versions of it that they'll use in lieu of this one. It happens constantly. It's shameful that there is nothing that can be done about all these criminal calls.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

PickyPicky3 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:04:18 GMT

@nyc1 Of course you're right about the ever-changing phone numbers. Have you ever gotten a text scam? Is this common in other areas of the country and has just reached the Philadelphia area?

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

LonestarBabs — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:06:11 GMT

Text scams are occurring across the country, unfortunately.

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nyc1 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:07:17 GMT

I've received suspicious looking texts and I don't even open them. You have to be so careful of everything, especially LINKS! Never click on those. They tell you not to even click on the banners of ads that you see.

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SloopJohnB — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:13:59 GMT

@PickyPicky3 I've gotten scams on my landline home phone, cell phone, via text and also emails. The scammers pull their scams on all types. They are like EOE.... Equal Opportunity Electronics. ☎📱📲💻

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

shaggygirl — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:51:02 GMT

One of the most incessant never ending ones lately whether by land line, cell phone, or postcard is the car warranty one. And they all say it's your last chance to renew. The one that I keep getting is about a car that my well into adulthood (in his 40's) son hasn't had for at least 6 years and the car was in his name yet the postcards come in my name and to my landline & cell phone numbers.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

icezeus — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:07:33 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
One of the most incessant never ending ones lately whether by land line, cell phone, or postcard is the car warranty one. And they all say it's your last chance to renew. The one that I keep getting is about a car that my well into adulthood (in his 40's) son hasn't had for at least 6 years and the car was in his name yet the postcards come in my name and to my landline & cell phone numbers.

@shaggygirl

I wish these scammers would loose my number. I receive at least two calls a week. I normally do not pick up numbers that I do not recognize on my cell phone, the problem is that I still telecommute for work for the majority of each week, most of the times I can tell if it's a work call coming in but sometimes I cant. I just hang up. By the way my car is 8 years old, and I have never had the said warranty that they keep pestering me to renew.

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walker — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:27:44 GMT

Nice to know I am not alone here but maddening all the same that it continues to happen!!! I seem to be getting more phone calls all the time....landline and cell. I usually do not answer any calls I do not recognize. Leave a message...usually they hang up. These scam artists think they are so smart! Ha! The pattern is obvious! I have blocked so many numbers but they continue to try another number. I have gotten the car warranty calls, credit card calls...."please call back ASAP to clear this up before we take legal action"....and just this week a new one....."I would like to bring the $100 I owe you to your house....please call back."..🙄

Crazy World! Be careful! Thanks for posting @PickyPicky3 ...we need reminders of what to look out for. I have not had text scam....yet.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Nightowlz — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:32:34 GMT

Never received a text scam. Hopefully most people know they would not receive a text for information like this. I'm sure you would receive a letter in the mail or at least a phone call. Even a phone call you have to make sure you are talking to the right people.

When someone used our Visa someone called saying they were Aunt ? so right off I thought this is a scam. She started asking info I was not going to give her. I hung up on her & called the credit union & told them what just happened. They said it was legit. I told them the lady should just say what her name is when she calls not that she's Aunt ?. At any right even dropping the Aunt part I still would have hung up & called my credit union. She called me I did not call her. I could have been talking to anyone.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Spurt — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:36:45 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
One of the most incessant never ending ones lately whether by land line, cell phone, or postcard is the car warranty one. And they all say it's your last chance to renew. The one that I keep getting is about a car that my well into adulthood (in his 40's) son hasn't had for at least 6 years and the car was in his name yet the postcards come in my name and to my landline & cell phone numbers.

@shaggygirl

I heard a news story and the "car warranty" was the #1 scam people have been receiving.....

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Icegoddess — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:47:39 GMT

@LonestarBabs wrote:
Text scams are occurring across the country, unfortunately.

And it seems the Supreme Court has made it easier for them to get away with it in Duguid vs Facebook. I would post a link to a Reuters article, but it would probably get poofed. Here's part of it though

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for businesses to pester consumers with phone calls or text messages by tossing out a lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc of violating a federal anti-robocall law.

The justices, in a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, sided with Facebook over its argument that text messages the social media company sent did not violate a 1991 federal law called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

The case highlighted the challenge for the justices in applying outdated laws to modern technologies. The ruling sparked calls for the U.S. Congress to update the law, enacted three decades ago to curb telemarketing abuse by banning most unauthorized robocalls.

“By narrowing the scope of the TCPA, the court is allowing companies the ability to assault the public with a non-stop wave of unwanted calls and texts, around the clock,” Democratic Senator Edward Markey and Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo said in a joint statement.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Icegoddess — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:49:10 GMT

So far, the only Text scams I've gotten are simply links. Obviously, I'm not going to open an unknown link from an unknown person.

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On It — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:37:40 GMT

I have received texts asking if it is OK to call me. I just don't respond.

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Snoopp — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:41:32 GMT

That's a new one to me. These scammers keep on trying, don't they.

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SharkE — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:44:13 GMT

You ought to see some of the junk emails I get that shows up in my junk file that I delete about 20 times a day.

I didn't know there was that many 'positions'. Nothing but filth.

I'll change places with the ones who gets text scams any day.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

chickenbutt — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:51:30 GMT

Some time back, I went into my Sprint account and designated that only the numbers I list can text me. That's not very many as, although I've had the same cell ph# since 1994, I don't give it out much.

But once I started seeing those texts I decided to just block all but those with permission. The first time it happened was before I got a smart phone and had to pay for the texts.

I just wish I had a way to also block any calls that are not from numbers in my contacts list. I don't get that many on the cell phone but enough that it bugs me.

I wish something could be done about this.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Sage04 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:24:03 GMT

I don't remember receiving Text, but voice messages, oh yes. Car warranty and how about the one where the Sheriff will be coming for you. My desk looks over the driveway and for years I've been waiting and they haven't shown up.

Just received a new Android phone fron AT&T and realize that it tells me what it thinks is a Spam Risk. I like that.

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

PickyPicky3 — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:12:12 GMT

@Sage04 I would like that too. What Android level is your new phone? Does that feature come from your phone manufacturer, AT&T, or Android?

Re: New (to me) Phone Scam

Peaches McPhee — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:51:28 GMT

I sometimes get texts from unknown persons, that contain a link. The scam in in the link, and clicking might harm your phone. Just watch yourselves, everyone.