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mermaid 09-05-2014 06:07 AM

No cell phone involved..no cable provider or Bell supplying my land line. I'm not in a panic..just reporting a new spam. Reporting to any authority would be a waste of time...they don't follow up spam reports. And that is what the reverse phone # search described it as???with others reporting as such. This is just a notice to Apple iPad, iPod, iPhone owners to be aware that such pop ups are spam and the Apple support # is not a 1-866 number. Appreciate all the advice re this post.

garysgal 09-05-2014 04:51 PM

according to Google search, area code 866 is a toll free number so you don't pay, they do.

mojo11 09-05-2014 05:19 PM

I let my answering machine get all my calls.

mike'sgirl 09-05-2014 06:03 PM

I got a pop up the other day with an android symbol on my kindle, saying that I had gotten a virus on my phone from looking at porn sites. Well, needless to say, I have not been on any porn sites. Yuck! It wanted me to click here to.take care of it. Not a chance!. We have to be very careful.

sept97 09-06-2014 03:30 AM

you don't get charged for 866#'s

nativetexan 09-06-2014 06:05 AM

some 800 numbers are not free.

Jingle 09-08-2014 01:33 PM

I let my answering machine take calls from people I don't know. If you answer your phone they know it is a working phone and will call again.

ptquilts 09-09-2014 06:35 AM


Originally Posted by Jingle (Post 6880030)
I let my answering machine take calls from people I don't know. If you answer your phone they know it is a working phone and will call again.

yeah, but if your answering machine answers, they also know it is a working phone!

DOTTYMO 09-09-2014 10:43 AM

I have had a phone callin UK, where I was told I had an insurance claim against me, by a my Green and they had a large fill on me. I was supposed the have been driving a vauxhall corsa in 2012 when the problem and case began.
I have never owned a vauxhall corsa and in 2012 I was driving very little as t had a bone removed from my wrist in beginning of year and TVT operation later end. I was driving a Mercedes Benz. A class when I could which was very little.
what should I do about this?


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