| Author |
|
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132234
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 8:30am | IP Logged | 1
|
post reply
|
|
Just got a call from something that showed up as this on my Caller ID. Mind you, when they got my answering machine, they hung up, so I guess their concern wasn't TOO great!
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Doug Centers
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014
Location: United States
Posts: 5458
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 8:55am | IP Logged | 2
|
post reply
|
|
Telemarketers playing their tricks.
For a while now they've managed to route calls thru local area codes and even prefixes to get you to think it's a local caller.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Robbie Parry
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 June 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 12186
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 9:33am | IP Logged | 3
|
post reply
|
|
We have similar over here.
One has to continually be on guard against scammers. Someone rang to claim my car had been bumped - but the model/make he was giving was not my car. Obviously attempting to get some personal details from me!
Best one years ago was from a 'bank'.
"Hello, Mr Parry, we are calling from your bank. To progress the call, we'll need some personal details." "This is Robert Parry, but what bank did you say you were from?" "I cannot tell you that, sir, until I get some details from you." "Bye!"
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132234
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 9:44am | IP Logged | 4
|
post reply
|
|
Indeed, most telemarketer calls come from my exchange. How dumb do these maggots think we are?
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Robbie Parry
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 June 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 12186
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 9:48am | IP Logged | 5
|
post reply
|
|
The funniest ones are when someone from an 'IT department' rings to scam you. One rang my late father, informing him that there was a laptop virus that needed rectifying.
My father, a complete technophobe, never owned or used a laptop/PC/digital device in his life.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Andrew Bitner
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 June 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 7480
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 10:24am | IP Logged | 6
|
post reply
|
|
I was one of those who got the IRS robocall scam.
We called back to mess with them. Once I said, "He knows you were messing around with his girl, man, and he said he's coming for both of us. You gotta get outta town now, man!"
And once a girl answered. I told her, "You know impersonating an IRS agent is a felony, right?" She hung up immediately.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
John Popa
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 March 2008
Posts: 4368
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 11:57am | IP Logged | 7
|
post reply
|
|
I work in bank fraud and it's downright terrifying how often people fall for this kind of thing. They only need one sucker!
Granted, I don't even answer the phone when people I know are calling so I'm not their target audience.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
John Cole
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 March 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 504
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 12:10pm | IP Logged | 8
|
post reply
|
|
I've had caller ID for the last ten years I don't recognize the number I don't pick up the phone.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Michael Roberts
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 14812
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | 9
|
post reply
|
|
I like the calls saying that I owe money to the IRS and that they'll send the sheriff's department to arrest me if I don't pay immediately. It's obvious that the call is from a call center in India, as you can hear other calls being made in the background. Also, the "IRS" takes payment in the form of Apple iTunes gift cards.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
James Woodcock
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 7604
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 10
|
post reply
|
|
My wife is connected to a charity. Three workers at that charity fell for this big time pretty much a year ago. It was sophisticated - they claimed to be the bank. They seemed to be able to see transactions. The caller I’d number was the number from the bank.
Something seemed wrong but they kept going with the call.
They lost over £100,000. My wife was not informed for a couple of days and then it all hit the fan as she tried to sort the mess out. The charity is still dealing with the fall out as it nearly collapsed having to let nearly everyone go.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Joie Simmons
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 July 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 288
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | 11
|
post reply
|
|
We got to talking about this kind of thing at work today, and in the
time it took to search and download an app, one of my coworkers
used her phone to call another coworker and used the free app to
have the caller ID display a third coworker's number. And that was
one of many free apps she saw.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
| www
e-mail
|
| |
Steve Coates
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 November 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 745
|
| Posted: 21 November 2017 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | 12
|
post reply
|
|
I've managed to aggravated a couple of "Windows Warning" scam callers enough to command me to #$%* OFF. Which brings joy to my day. :)
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
