Watch Out! These 10 Phone Call Scams Could Steal Your Money

Readers Digest ^ | no date given | Marissa Laliberte

[Dawgreg]

It’s predatory behaviour.

Yeah and those predators need to be flogged and thrown in prison for the rest of their miserable lives.....;(

[oldbill]

Your telephone has nothing to do with your webcam.

[mountainlion]

Your telephone has nothing to do with your webcam. ....

Not really. My DSL and internet comes in on my telephone line. There is no cell service in the area and actually my centurylink service is quite poor.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Bump....

[nicollo]

I’m not sure how a VPN is going to protect you from hackers. It will protect you from Google, which is the larger threat, imho.

[Irish Eyes]

What is really freaky is when your own number calls you, our when your landline calls your cell.

[metmom]

I set my contact list to one ringtone and let everything else go to the default ringtone.

That way I can tell just by the ring whether it’s someone I know or not.

Rarely some unknown number will leave a message and it’s something relevant, like an appointment reminder.

[gnickgnack2]

I like a ref’s whistle.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Using "Pakistani peasant" covers the bases pretty well for pests from southwestern Asia - if they're Indian, you're calling them a Pakistani - if they're Pakistani, you're basically calling them a low caste peon not worthy of shining an Indian's shoes.

 

 

[EinNYC]

I get calls frequently with a computer voice telling me that my Microsoft tech support is expiring because “the company has been ordered closed.”

I get occasional calls supposedly from Microsoft tech support. I usually laugh really loud in the phone, then hit my faithful call block button. I don't need their stinkin' scam tech service.

[EinNYC]

How to disable your camera? I put a big piece of black opaque electricians tape over it.

[budj]

OK, that will blind the cam. You’d better also make sure your mic’s off, too. I’d strongly recommend software for that:

https://zapier.com/blog/disable-mic-webcam-notifications/