What a scam!!!
10-01-2018, 12:21 PM
#31
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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I have a free app on my phone called "Should I Answer". I was getting a dozen calls a day from the same telemarketer. I haven't had but a few calls since I got it. When you get a call with a number it doesn't recognize, it asks if you want to answer. If I do and it is a robocall, I leave a negative review for that number and now it blocks it and alerts others who have it.
10-01-2018, 03:39 PM
#32
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: California, USA
Posts: 1,318
The funniest ones that I have gotten recently, from the so-called 'Microsoft' people, is that Microsoft owes me a refund. Yeah, right. I am sure that they will want my credit card number so that they can put the 'credit' on it and then help themselves to my credit card. NO way, no how.
10-01-2018, 04:30 PM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Western North Carolina
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Originally Posted by quilterpurpledog
All of this is a sad story about the deviousness of all too many people. We get half a dozen of these calls a day. Mostly, we just don't pick up!
10-01-2018, 08:10 PM
#34
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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I got two calls today from 'Microsoft Security Department'. Each call had the exact same robo-message. Apparently I or my computer is committing fraud! Seems If i don't respond, eventually there will be a warrant for my arrest. I deleted both messages from my messages.
You know what is really nervy? They don't even put a real human on the call!
You know what is really nervy? They don't even put a real human on the call!
10-02-2018, 08:41 AM
#36
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 9,269
Originally Posted by Onebyone
Apparently my car warranty is scheduled to expire-- every month for the last year. LOL
Last edited by Chasing Hawk; 10-02-2018 at 08:47 AM.
10-03-2018, 03:18 AM
#38
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Vermont
Posts: 6,984
Well I may have a gold mine on my hands - a phone number that seems to be immune from telemarketing calls. I have had it for a year and a half (tracfone) and after a few calls the first month, that I did not answer, NOTHING.
Who would like to start the bidding at $500?
Who would like to start the bidding at $500?
10-03-2018, 04:08 AM
#39
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 8,135
those car warranty ones crack me up. I started getting calls when my car was near 7 years old and the factory warranty was 100,000 or 7 years. I put a lot of miles on my car so at the time it had 185,000 and the warranty had expired long ago. They keep promising that it's my "last chance" and if I don't respond I'll miss out. But they keep calling back.
10-03-2018, 01:35 PM
#40
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: California, USA
Posts: 1,318
I just got a scary call this morning. This was a recording that used my first and last name and said that there was a legal action being taken against me. That not continuing on with the phone call would be considered a 'non-compliance' and legal proceedings would be started immediately.
Of course, I hung up. The scary part was that they used my first and last name. That is a little more sophisticated than I am used to getting.
Of course, I hung up. The scary part was that they used my first and last name. That is a little more sophisticated than I am used to getting.
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