Another, Is This A Scam - Page 2

Cats3000 · ‎10-07-2013

I wouldn't deal with those phone calls. I let my answering machine do the work for me.

Yes, I believe they are scams. If I want to make a contribution to my local PD, I'll go the headquarters building and give them some money.

These calls target elderly people for the very reason you gave. The elderly came from a generation where it was rude not to answer and talk to someone. The elderly can be very trusting of the wrong people. That's why they're the target of scams.

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

@Jordan2 wrote:
My mother is elderly and feels the need to answer every phone call even though she has caller ID ( some people who call her the number doesn't come up with a name). Anyway she gets calls asking her to donate to the police. My mother doesn't know how to get rid of a call, I tell her to just hang up. She doesn't want to be rude! They say they will send her material in the mail which never comes. Do you think that these calls soliciting money for the police are on the up and up?

Jordan2,

Give you mother a nice gift called "PRO Call Blocker by HQTelecom", and it will take care of this problem for her. She doesn't even have to answer the phone, just hit "block call/ok", and that number will never ring again.

This particuar device can hold up to 1,500 numbers and 10 area codes all for $39. Now I like playing games with these types of callers or I would consider getting one myself.

hckynut(john)

thisbe · ‎05-04-2010

Many of these calls are scams and/or annoying robo calls. Go to nomorobo.com and sign up your mother's phone number to end such calls.

fortune · ‎03-14-2010

Hmmmmm. I think I'll call people on the phone and ask them for money. Beats working!!

Bookbabe · ‎04-17-2010

I guess I am considered elderly (ugh) and I do not answer if I do not know the number showing up. But when I slip and do answer I just say "I'm not interested, thank you" and hang up.

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

@thisbe wrote:
Many of these calls are scams and/or annoying robo calls. Go to nomorobo.com and sign up your mother's phone number to end such calls.

Does this really help? She is on the no call registry but still gets calls from charities and solicitors.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@ciao_bella wrote:
Before hanging up tell them to take your number off their call list; then HANG UP! (By law, they must remove your phone number off their call list, if you tell them to do so)

And what happens if they don't comply with your request? Nothing.

New Mexico☀️Land Of Enchantment

terriebear · ‎09-26-2010

We finally took out my mother in laws regular phone and bought her a Jitterbug phone, which is recommended for the elderly. She too was making a lot of donations on the phone. With this new phone, solictors did not have her new number and the donations stopped. It was a win win for her and for us as a family.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@Jordan2 wrote:
@thisbe wrote:
Many of these calls are scams and/or annoying robo calls. Go to nomorobo.com and sign up your mother's phone number to end such calls.
Does this really help? She is on the no call registry but still gets calls from charities and solicitors.

Does not work with wireless or landline phone calls.

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

I feel for you in this situation. We went through the same thing.

There isn't a NO CALL list on the planet that will stop it. We changed mom to unlisted and that doesn't help robo calls.

You CAN'T beat them! No matter how many times we told mom not to answer, not to talk...it didn't help. She pledged and promised and sometimes gave out her credit card number...but told them not to charge her until she talked to me....Oh boy!

My best advice is to MONITER her checking accounts and credit card statements. Be looking for transactions to these so called charities. The Police themselves will not phone solicite however, there ARE groups that call themselves Police sounding names in order to scam us.

I had taken over my mom's bill paying and checking account. However, she did have and use a credit card.

The American Cancer Society kept charging her Discover $25/month saying she approved a continual donation. She says she didn't. I disputed it w/ Discover and she was credited back every penny and the ACS called and apoligized since they use an OUTSIDE marketing firm.

My mom lived in a time when ppl could be trusted. She used to buy light bulbs, cleaning fluids and other stuff from a man over the phone in the old days! They were always delivered as promised!

She doesn't understand this day and age.