Posted on 03/16/2019 6:25:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right
I then call them out, tell them that I will not talk to someone who has tried to deceive me and to not call here again.
Simple. Give no info over the phone. Have caller ID
Kudos to the guys and gals out there who are fighting back. Some are able to use bots and such to make the render the call centers useless. Others can hack scammers computers.
The SS letter wouldn’t hurt. Of course not everyone can and will read it.
The government has just changed Medicare cards so that the number on the cards is random- they have used SSN’s on those forever. I still encounter people who have no clue what the new card is for, even with billboards, posters up in places like the post office, etc.
The good news is, not everyone is vulnerable. I had one gentleman who received a variation of the “grandchild” phone call. “Uncle Joe, this is your nephew Fred from Houston. I was on my way to visit you and got in an accident and a child was hurt and if I don’t pay RIGHT NOW I’m going to jail! Send me $$$$.” “Uncle Joe” promptly growled “You’re no nephew of mine!” and hung up the phone. What the “nephew” didn’t know (and he did have nephews in Houston) was that “Uncle Joe” was known to his whole family as “Peanut,” a childhood nickname that was still used by his family. He wasn’t sure his actual nephews even knew his real name! He was sure they wouldn’t use it.
I get calls frequently with a computer voice telling me that my Microsoft tech support is expiring because “the company has been ordered closed.”
How stupid are they to think people will fall for that? They should change their sales pitch. But I suppose it reels in enough dumb people to be worth it.
I never answer unfamiliar numbers but they hijack the numbers too. I actually had a call from my grandson’s number, my son got a call from a family friend’s number.
GS #2 was visiting from across the country this week, he got calls from local numbers while he was here.
I set my phone to “Do not disturb mode”. If you are not in my directory, my phone doesn’t ring.
I’ve never had that happen, thank goodness.
Thanks.
In two days the calls dropped off noticeably. I’ve not heard one after a week of installing it. I wonder if there is one database, or only just a few, that the robos subscribe to?
If so, wouldn’t it be nice if you could somehow subscribe some of your favorite people to that database?
Things that make ya go, “Hmmmmm.”
***Direct TV.***
I got several calls from ATT just after they took over DTV. They’ve really messed up my on line payment for DTV.
I also got the “GRANDPA, I’M IN JAIL!” scam call. Recognized it right off as a scam.
Stop answering the phone
> The good news is, not everyone is vulnerable. <
True. I have an older relative (80+) who knows all about these phone scams. So when they call, she will pleasantly talk to them. In Hawaiian.
She’s not Hawaiian. And she doesn’t know a word of Hawaiian. She just makes the words up as she goes along.
You’ll need to take it to computer repair to get it off.
The cell companies want to encourage the scam callers. Then they can sell you ‘solutions’. NoMoRobo has frozen the landline companies out of profiting from the scams.
I never answer my cell phone. I rarely listen to voicemail.
Another funny thing: Many (maybe not the Microsoft fake calls) of these will spit a message into your answering service without even waiting for your message to finish. In other words, as soon as your phone picks up, a recorded message starts talking, and when you listen to it, there’s half a message, because the part where it was talking over your message isn’t there.
I got 5 on my cell yesterday. TMobile uses a “Scam Likely” caller ID so I immediately disconnect. Some still get through tho.
Gosh! I remember back decades ago when the TV lost control and a voice came over the TV...”There is nothing wrong with your set! We will control the Horizontal...We will control the Vertical...”
Then I realized I was watching THE OUTER LIMITS.
Hacking into your computer is next to impossible. That’s why scammers want you to use TeamViewer. They would have to know your IP address and find an open port and bypass password security. They would not know your phone number.
If someone can access your camera, they can access everything else and they still have access unless you changed something.
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