Community Chat

[MyBoyRusty]

There's another scam going around it's people with thick accents calling about US Government Grants I received a call from them Friday and another one yesterday. I knew right off that it was a scam I hung up on them both times I'm not going to give them the pleasure of listening to their garbage and playing along with them with some fake answers to questions that they ask I don't believe in pulling their chains the best thing to is to hang up.

[Financialgrl]

Caller ID is my friend. I never answer the phone unless its friends or family.

[Pook]

If the calls are frequent then I toy with them and use big words and even make up some that they won't understand. Doing this insures they won't call again. If they are trying to scam me then they deserve a little torture with a language they don't understand very well.

[jackthebear]

Don't answer the phone unless you know who is calling.

I think answering these calls even to toy with the callers ensures that you number is good and will continue to be passed around.

Get an answering machine and use it.

[Krimpette]

I agree about caller ID. I never answer calls unless I recognize the caller ID.

[Suziepeach]

I wrote the do not call list and told them it was a joke! Now there's a scam..

[sgraham30]

I also have caller ID & don't answer the call unless I recognize the number. If it's a valid call, whoever it is will leave a message.

[Snowpuppy]

I don't answer my phone either unless I recognize the caller.

As others have said if it's a legit call, they'll leave a message. Once you start answering, they'll keep calling.

[lovescats]

I agree about not answering the call if you don't know who it is. And for the do not call list I think a lot of companies follow it but at the same time so many of these calls come from overseas even if the area code is in the USA how can anyone control that? They spoof the numbers that show on caller id and they're not going to pay any fines. For me the number of calls started going down when I stopped answering the phone

[ROMARY]

If I had more patience and time, I'd 'toy around' with them. One thing I know for sure.......I'd love to know a second language. What fun would that be!