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re: Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging

Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:45 pm to
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146900 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:45 pm to
What is a VoIP phone call?
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

What is a VoIP phone call?


Voice over Internet Protocol.

Skype and Google Hangouts will both let you make phone calls online. Apple probably has something similar. Basically, so long as you have a live internet connection you can make phone calls, video conferences, whatever your connection will support.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146900 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:04 am to
Okay thanks wasn't sure.
Posted by Jimmy2shoes
The South
Member since Mar 2014
11004 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:29 am to
If I ever catch Bridget from Card Services I'm gonna smack that bitch!!
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54719 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:41 am to
Problem is they spoof numbers of folks you actually know. Grandma shows up on the ID but it is a spoofer when you pick it up.

Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15765 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:45 am to
Well two of those people are already dead...
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9651 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:51 am to
quote:

have been getting calls from people saying that I have called them. The robocalls are using my number.


I’ve gotten 3 calls like this. The people don’t believe that i didn’t call them. I hang up and block the number so it doesn’t happen again.

It’s just a matter of time until they figure out how to access our contacts and use those.
Posted by bamafan1001
Member since Jun 2011
15783 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:58 am to
quote:

I get 3-5 calls a week from my area code and prefix. It's just hard to imagine they're profitable (assuming they are) given how most people simply ignore them


Do you have a business or a website? I get those calls all the damn time "This is (some female name) calling about your Google business listing" so annoying
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
12818 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:15 am to
Get the Hiya app, you can now block spam and telemarketers instead of just getting a warning. You can block spoof calls but I have it to get a warning, you can add your contacts to a white list where they don’t get blocked also
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17163 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:19 am to
I get the card holder service call and car warranty call daily.
Posted by lsu1919
Member since May 2017
3244 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:20 am to
quote:

If I was in a room with Adolph Hitler, Ajit Pai, and Osama Bin Laden, and I had a gun with three bullets, I would shoot Ajit Pai in the dick three times and beat him to death with the handgun.


Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
22739 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 9:30 am to
These guys offer a service where you can waste the scammer's time. You have to pay for it though, which I'm not willing to do. The recordings of their bots keeping the scammers on the line are pretty funny though. LINK LINK

But, yes, I get daily calls from American Pharmacy offering me discount Viagra or Cialis. It gets old fast.
This post was edited on 5/7/18 at 9:36 am
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
25008 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 9:58 am to
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I get 3-5 calls a week from my area code and prefix.

fricking this. And I don't wanna report the number bc odds are it's another victim who has had his/her number cloned by a scammer.

That and "John" or "Joe" bots who call for the Police Action Fund. I work all over the State, and don't you know they always manage to call from the area code I'm working in, whether it be 504, 985, 225, or 337.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25622 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:01 pm to
The news in ATL tonight will be going over a reply-bot.

It will probably be on the Clark Howard website tomorrow. Most of his recommendations are free or low cost.
Posted by 4WHLN
Drinking at the Cottage Inn
Member since Mar 2013
7581 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:23 pm to
Shits gotten way out of hand. Just today alone the phone has rung here at the office 6 times. 3 were bullshite robo calls..

Ive been using the Hiya app for my cell and at least I can see if its telemarketer, spoof or legit number
Posted by BruslyTiger
Waiting on 420...
Member since Oct 2003
4610 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

If I ever catch Bridget from Card Services I'm gonna smack that bitch!!
If it is a female I just start talking dirty to them, like "Dear Penthouse" kind shite and pretend I'm fapping.
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