I have gotten a great many of these annoying calls. Anything from me being sued and my wages are going to be garnished to my computer made a call and said that it needed help and even the IRS garnishing my wages. These would be all laughable, if they weren't so annoying. Sometimes they will call several times in one day. Just yesterday I received about 7 phone calls that were either dead air or recordings for whatever or scammers.
A friend of mine, fell for one of the computer calls that said her computer needed help. She paid them $350 and then they 'fixed' her computer. They fixed her computer alright. When they got through with fixing it, the computer crashed. She had to call the Dell company for them to fix it and it cost her cost her another $400 to undo the mess the scammers made of her computer. She contacted her credit card and they stopped payment of the original charge from the scammers. But, she was still out $400 to have the computer fixed.
Unfortunately, I don't have caller ID and since the telephone ringing really bothers my husband, we answer all our phone calls. Sometimes I feel a little mischievous and enjoying 'playing' with these scammers to antagonize them, but mostly I find them a royal pain in the...