Call From Amazon/Vanity

[bk1000]

Pressing one will connect you to someone in the third world who will ask for some form of personal identification. It is a scam.

[Bob434]

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-300-8009

Always look the number up online by typing something like “800-300-8009 Scam”

Many times it will prove to be a scam-

[Bob434]

doh- looksl ike many already said that- disregard my post- sorry-

[Bob434]

[[Pressing one will connect you to someone in the third world who will ask for some form of personal identification.]]

Yes, but they are such nice people, sure, they get a little testy- demanding i give them my bank account number, but hey- they are probably just a little tired an irritable- so i gives them the number to help calm them down- and i often times offer to make them cosigners on my account just to cement the friendship

[thefactor]

Given what you know about Amazon, what makes you think anyone from there would EVER call someone over the phone??? Lol.

[I want the USA back]

Why would Amazon call? “talk to an Amazon rep?” What kind of rep? I would not answer or reply.

[catnipman]

all you have to do for any questionable number, is search for it on the internet; example:

https://www.google.com/search?q=800-300-8009

[Leaning Right]

> I don’t think I can reveal too much of anything just by pressing ‘1’. <

You’ll be revealing a lot. You’ll be telling them that your phone was answered by a live person. And that would probably put you on even more scammer lists. Same goes when they say “press 5 (or whatever) to be removed from our calling list”.

It’s best to just hang up. Or you could just talk to them in an obscure foreign language. That’s what I do.

[Lurkinanloomin]

LOL, I should try Klingon next time.

[Starcitizen]

Yet another Indian scam. The FCC and FTC should block all inbound and robocalls originating from India. India is the new Nigeria when it comes to scams. It can trace IP headers and the origination point.

[NYAmerican]

“Amazon hunts these people and tries to shut them down... It’s bad for their business.”

YOU help Bezos eliminate whats bad for his “business”. Personally, I hope his global cadre DESTROY the business of this elite leftist globalist emperor.

[NYAmerican]

“Or you could just talk to them in an obscure foreign language. That’s what I do.”

I literally BEG them to take my credit card number....I say I want to buy what they are selling and I have my credit card out and am ready to read them the number. Amazingly, they hang up on me rather than take my (fake) number. Seems if you deviate from their script even one bit, they just hang up. Amazing.

[Chode]

pressing anything could easily be answering YES to any question of their choosing...

[HotHunt]

My rule:

If I receive a recorded call, I hang up immediately. I don't talk to recordings.

There is no risk of being caught up in a scam if you don't play their games.

[Svartalfiar]

I keep getting a call that says press '1' to talk to an Amazon rep.

First thing with any of these scam calls - do you even have any connection to the scam? Do you have an Amazon account? Have you had any recent activity? Is there any reason the company would even bother calling you? If you login to your account, does it show a notification or something related to what the call is about? Most sites will send you an email about the issue as well?
I generally always assume these are spam calls, as most any companies I have any kind of relationship with don't initiate calls - I have an issue in an email/mail/on my account, and I call their help number.