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[Goodie2shoes]

My cell phone rang noting a Potential Scam so I didn't answer. They left a vm that said it was Spectrum calling to advise me they were ending the 40% discount and if I wanted to keep it I should give them a call.  I remember getting a one time discount on my bill last month because of a power outage. I didn't call the number back but called the customer service number on my bill and when I told the rep of the call she told me they never call customers about a 40% discount it was a scammer calling me.

She commended me for not calling the number left on my cell phone and agreed it was a scam.  So to all who read this post, beware ! I know others have noted these idiots who constantly attempt to take advantage. I just wanted to pass along my experience today.  They just don't stop do they ? Why don't they find a honest way of living ? Makes me so angry !!

[Tori3569]

If my phone said potential spam, I would neither answer nor listen to a message.  I don't look at my spam email folder either. We're all better off letting technology do its job.  

[kze]

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@Tori3569 wrote:

If my phone said potential spam, I would neither answer nor listen to a message.  I don't look at my spam email folder either. We're all better off letting technology do its job.  

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@Tori3569 

Half of my spam email folder is NOT spam so I always glance at it.  But I  never answer a phone call that I don't recognize.

[Venezia]

@Goodie2shoes - We're with Spectrum, so I appreciate your post.  I never answer the phone, if I don't recognize the number and, if the caller doesn't leave a message, I just block the number for the future.

If a message said Spectrum was offering me a 40% discount, I'd go online into my account to check on things.  ("If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!")

@Tori3569 - However, I do check my spam email folder every day because, for whatever reason, legitimate emails (from regular sources) sometimes end up there.  I recently found two emails from a best friend with whom I email every day, in my spam folder!

I've also found emails from companies I have accounts with in the spam folder (just this week).

Technology isn't perfect and sometimes there's no rhyme or reason why something ends up in the spam folder.  I always hover over the sender's address just to make sure.

[4kitties]

I have received that same voice mail and I have no idea what Spectrum is!  We do not have anything called Spectrum.

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[Tori3569]

I really don't check my spam folder, but I use outlook and generally add companies I register with to the safe list.  Maybe that's why I don't feel a need to look there.  
If there have been emails there from anyone I know, I haven't heard about it or missed anything in many, many years.  

[Carmie]

For the past three days, I have received several calls daily  from an 800 number that I don't answer.

They leave a message in Spanish for me to call back and press #2. The voice mail is sent to my email.

Weird.  Though I am able to read a little Spanish, I am not  fluent.  Not by a long shot.

I am blocking the number.  They are now bothering me.

[Goodie2shoes]

@ 4kitties wrote:

I have received that same voice mail and I have no idea what Spectrum is! We do not have anything called Spectrum.

Spectrum is a TV internet streaming service and they also provide wifi phone service etc.  It used to be called charter network in my area.

[qualitygal]

Reminds me of...."if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't".  Glad you called and checked on it.  

[4kitties]

@Goodie2shoes 

Thank you!  I have received several voice mails from them and since we had nothing called Spectrum here, it was an obvious scam.

I have my phone set so that only calls from my contact list will ring and others do not ring, but can leave a voice mail.  I always listen to voice mails since I could receive a legitimate call that i need to hear.