Posted on 08/23/2014 7:32:59 AM PDT by The Working Man
nomorobo.com works great if your phone supports it.
Yesterday had someone sounding like he was in India not identifying himself but asked if my computer was working okay. Anyone hear of such a thing??
The Feds know that scammers are spoofing phone numbers, but they won’t do anything about it.
Caller ID can be spoofed to say anything the caller wants it to say: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing
I got a call yesterday from a guy from India named “Peter” (right!) saying he was with Microsoft. I hung up on him without saying a word.
Yes. That was Microsoft. They always monitor your computer and tech support will call you from India if they find any problems. /S
I got a call several days ago from my number. I didn’t answer; next time I will and report it.
Along with the usual “Rachel” calls, I’ve been getting daily “press 1 to hear this message in English” calls, and “are you xxxx xxxx (someone’s name) press 1” calls.
Fortunately, the “free security system” calls have stopped for now, but as the political season approaches, the political and polling robocalls are on the increase.
I hope they all die.
You did the right thing.
Sometimes the calls from credit card services are legit. My credit card company is very cautious and theyll call to confirm unusual activity.
I’ve had a few calls from my Credit Union regarding what they thought was unusual activity on my Debit Card. I thanked them.
I can see that we all hate ‘Scammers’. Well now, I feel better after all of the advice. Best of luck to all of you in your endeavor’s. Time to get outside and get more chores done!
I love those calls. Perfect opportunity for split personalities to come out and play.
Steven, the gay, is probably my favorite. Its amazing the ridiculous thing you can say to someone with that gay lisp. It becomes a challenge to see how sick, how awful, how perverse the comments get before they hang up.
Either they’re using a number from your phone’s contact list to call you, or they are calling numbers from your wife’s contact list. The contact list on one of the two phones has been accessed.
This phone scam is no surprise, I get delivery failure notices in my email listing many addresses that have been spammed by someone identifying my address as the sender.
Psst,...the killer is using your bedroom phone,..get out quickly.... (just kidding)
Had a similar problem. Im on do not call list. Contaced fed to alert that company using various numbers to make pitch. I have actually held on to speak to live person. Tried to “walk” them through disclosure. They will hang up. Fed said they cant track them so ignore the numbers. That they robo dialed to avoid detection.
I got a call on my cell phone last week while I was at work. I didnt recognize the number and typically let all calls from unfamiliar numbers go straight to voicemail, but the caller ID said it was from Chico California, and although I havent seen or spoken to them in over 20 years, I do have an uncle and two cousins living there.
So I answered and it was an automated message informing me that my debit card had been locked and to press 1. I hung up.
I also googled the number on the website Who Called and it came up as being the legitimate phone number of a construction company in Chico, but there were many recent posts from people saying they had also gotten the same call I did and that it was a phishing scam. Evidently if you press 1 you are then asked to enter your card number and SSN. Evidently this companys phone number is being spoofed.
Yes, but the Indian sounding guy said he was from MSN and needed to make some adjustments to my computer. I just hung up. They called back a few days later....I hung up again.
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