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re: How did all these telemarketers get our cell numbers?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:44 am to kjanchild
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:44 am to kjanchild
I just got 2 back to back, googled the numbers, one is from a horse stable in Covington and the other was from a boat dealer in Galiano. Both left blank 4 second voicemails, which is what these scam calls always do. So now it seems they're ghosting actual businesses, making it impossible to block them or have them be identified as spam. 
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Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:49 am to Hussss
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Banks / credit card companies mop up by selling your info. Do business with a credit union instead.
Yarp. I'd never gotten a phone call from an 866 number before. Looked into refinancing a loan with Chase a few weeks ago and now I get 3 or 4 866 calls per day (and only one has been from Chase). That on top of the usual calls from the fake 504 numbers.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:55 am to slackster
Yep. I use truecaller. It helps a lot. It doesn't block all of them, but it does get a lot.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:55 am to weagle99
I bought a Google Pixel.
I'm not sure if its the phone application on the Pixel that I use or the Pixel itself, but the phone automatically identifies Spam numbers for me and my phone won't ring or let them leave a voicemail if it thinks it is spam.
It just shows up "Suspected Spam Caller" and lets me reject it.
Love the feature. The calls have basically stopped at this point.
I'm not sure if its the phone application on the Pixel that I use or the Pixel itself, but the phone automatically identifies Spam numbers for me and my phone won't ring or let them leave a voicemail if it thinks it is spam.
It just shows up "Suspected Spam Caller" and lets me reject it.
Love the feature. The calls have basically stopped at this point.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 12:39 pm to Cosmo
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Heather from account services is a bitch
Stopped calling me.
It's now either Rachal or Dasheika that pesters me everyday to lower my credit card interest rate.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 12:42 pm to weagle99
Call Protect app from AT&T works ok
Posted on 8/22/17 at 1:41 pm to Will Cover
At least heather sounded hot
Dasheka does not
Dasheka does not
Posted on 8/22/17 at 2:16 pm to Cosmo
We get about 10 calls a day at my office asking to update our google maps listing
Posted on 8/22/17 at 2:30 pm to weagle99
Here's the thing...putting your number on a "do not call registry" is never gonna work. Your numbers are all over the internet for anyone to find anytime, especially for those that are business owners. It's not like there's a red flag on a BBB, Facebook, Google or any other page that says "DO NOT CALL THIS # OR YOU'LL BE STRUNG UP BY YOUR TOES"
It's fricking annoying but it's the world we live in. Best you can do is to block them individually when they come in, but that won't prevent other people from getting it. Just let it go to vm if you can. I never answer calls from numbers I don't know, they'll leave me a message if it's important and I'll call back. 95% of the time they don't.
It's fricking annoying but it's the world we live in. Best you can do is to block them individually when they come in, but that won't prevent other people from getting it. Just let it go to vm if you can. I never answer calls from numbers I don't know, they'll leave me a message if it's important and I'll call back. 95% of the time they don't.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 2:34 pm to weagle99
I never answer if I don't know who's calling. Half the time I don't answer when I know who's calling.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 3:26 pm to weagle99
It's been real bad for me lately. I get several a day now. Some are only a few digits off of my number as well.
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 8/22/17 at 3:31 pm to weagle99
Never give your number at a real estate closing cock gobblers sell youbtibthe devil
Hiya app is free and works ok
Hiya app is free and works ok
Posted on 8/22/17 at 4:01 pm to weagle99
Any local number that begins with the same prefix as my phone 225-937 will never be answered. Always hang ups after 4 rings.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 4:02 pm to Broke
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ETA: $1.99 per month for iphone
Thats cheap. On principle I refuse to pay a red cent.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:32 pm to weagle99
That fricking cúnt Rachel from Card Services used to call me at least once a day several years ago.
I did some research on the net and found out it was a scam business in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The next time they called me I stayed on the line and a guy answered.
I told him that I was a combat vet that just got back from my 3rd tour in Afghanistan and I've got a serious case of PTSD. "I'm considering killing myself, but before I do, I'm going to drive to Ft. Lauderdale and find your office and put chains on the doors. Then I'm gonna pour gasoline all around the building and set it on fire and stand back and watch y'all burn to death. And I'm gonna have my AR-15 with me to shoot any of you who try to climb out the windows. If I get one more call from y'all, I'll be on my way to kill you all."
There was silence for about 5 seconds then he hung up. Never got a call again from Rachel.
I did some research on the net and found out it was a scam business in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The next time they called me I stayed on the line and a guy answered.
I told him that I was a combat vet that just got back from my 3rd tour in Afghanistan and I've got a serious case of PTSD. "I'm considering killing myself, but before I do, I'm going to drive to Ft. Lauderdale and find your office and put chains on the doors. Then I'm gonna pour gasoline all around the building and set it on fire and stand back and watch y'all burn to death. And I'm gonna have my AR-15 with me to shoot any of you who try to climb out the windows. If I get one more call from y'all, I'll be on my way to kill you all."
There was silence for about 5 seconds then he hung up. Never got a call again from Rachel.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:40 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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If you ever want to get back at someone for something, just do one of the online insurance searches under their phone number. They will get multiple calls per day for years.
Had a random black dude calling me on my business cell multiple times a day, often between 3am and 6am for a couple weeks. Left a message a couple times of him basically mumbling and mouth breathing for five-plus minutes. He finally calls during the day one time and I ask him who he is. He replies with something like "who are you?" I tell him he "ought to know for the number of times he's been calling me" and that if he keeps "that shite up, he'll wish he hadn't."
He called once more and I proceeded to sign his number up for Democratic National Committee donor lists and a few used car dealers looking for a Dodge Grand Caravan (and using his real first name since it was on his voicemail). Never heard from the dumbass again.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:45 pm to weagle99
I thought it was just me. I used to rarely get calls and now I'm getting the typical out of state calls and now local ones. Now I'm not even picking up if it's a local number that I don't recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:51 pm to weagle99
Some of them dial every possible number.
If I'm not busy I pretend to be interested so I can waste their time. Good thing about foreigners is they don't get suspicious of names like Pete Moss or Jack Mehoff.
If I'm not busy I pretend to be interested so I can waste their time. Good thing about foreigners is they don't get suspicious of names like Pete Moss or Jack Mehoff.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 6:52 pm to boxcarbarney
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I get daily calls from "American Pharmacy" offering me discount Cialis or Viagra. No thanks Habib, my pecker works just fine.
What was the number...asking for a friend.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:24 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
They've spoofed my cell number too. I get multiple calls per day of someone saying they have a missed call from my number, or they're pissed because they think that I have spam called them. This shite needs to end!!
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 7:35 pm
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