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Old 07-21-2018, 06:22 PM
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I wouldn't call them back - sometimes these scams are coming from a masked phone number that pretends to be a different phone number. I've had calls to my house, with the caller ID saying they're - actually my own phone number. I've had calls from people who live in my town, and when I call the number back, they have no idea who I am, why I'm calling, and they never called me. It's called spoofing.

Best way to handle these calls is to hang up as SOON as you realize it's another fraud. Don't respond, don't acknowledge that you're the person they're looking for, don't negotiate, don't harrass, don't do anything. Just hang up.

"Hello, Jazuela?"
Me: "Who's calling?" (note I don't say "yes that's me.")
Them: "Oh there you are! Trying to catch up with you is like trying to catch an outfielder catching a baseball, hah hah!"
Me: HANG UP


Again, caller ID isn't helpful if it's a spoofed phone number, and you have no way of knowing for sure unless it's a phone number you recognize.