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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI got a call earlier today from one of those scammers I
know when it is because it shows some off the wall town on my caller Id, I always answer those calls like this,
"Seargent Johnson speaking" and they always sit quietly for a few seconds and hangup and then I call the number back and usually its a busy signal or this is not a working number but I just called this one back and a guy answered and said Police officers support pact how are you today..I hung up.
too funny
the number was 254 647 0949 if you wanna give em a call.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)and also a threat that my electricity would be shut off due to non-payment
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,849 posts)I disabled phone calls for people not on my Contacts.
niyad
(113,364 posts)contact list.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Dave says
(4,618 posts)usonian
(9,816 posts)Scammers almost NEVER leave a VM, and the only one I recall was one in Chinese, having a 510 (Oakland/East Bay) code.
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)They fill up my answering machine. Grrrr.
multigraincracker
(32,690 posts)Pick up and say nothing for a long 5 seconds. Then in my monotone, mechanical voice and say hello. Most hang up, others ask by my name if its me. If they know my name, I apologize.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)I've been inundated with scam calls.
All of a sudden they started and I finally turned the sound off my phone.
When the numbers come up I don't recognize, I google them and google id's them as a scam alert.
LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)Sometimes I say FBI how many I help you.
Sometimes I get recordings. So I ask them why they are threatening the President. Hoping that it gets back to DOJ.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)Me: Who is this?
Him: It's you grandson.
Me: When did you get out of jail?
Him: click!
Dysfunctional
(452 posts)I see how long I can keep them on the phone. I usually end the call by telling them to send all information by mail so I can turn it over to my fiduciary, which I don't have. I have never received any mail from them. As long as they are talking with me, they can't be bothering anyone else.
Leith
(7,809 posts)If it's a legitimate call, they will leave a message. The only ones who do are the ones in Chinese and the robot who wants me to renew the coverage on my car. My car is a 2009 Hyundai.
I don't swipe left. I don't answer and hang up. I don't answer just to keep them on the line. I don't want anyone to get the idea that they found a live number.
I've given up on googling the numbers. More and more, the numbers don't show up as anything.