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Originally Posted by Velvet
Thanks for notifying about this scam. I guess hanging up is best option but since they are using my air time or phone line which I pay for, I also give them a piece of my mind. I know it is a recording but they need to find out somehow what their victim’s response is. And if nothing else, it makes me feel better. In the decades I have been using Amazon and Apple they have not phoned me even once.
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Every time you talk to them, you confirm that you are someone who is willing to engage with them. And every time you do that, your name, phone number, and sometimes even a recording of your voice is sold to thousands of other scammers via lists.
If it makes you feel better to know you are intentionally setting yourself up as a target for more nefarious scams than the ones you engage with, well - I guess whatever floats your boat.
For me, when a call comes in from a phone number I don't recognize, I answer (because sometimes it's someone I'm actually expecting to hear from and just don't know their number) "who dis?" I don't say hello. I don't say yes, I don't engage in conversation.
If I hear a click or a tone (as though a machine is connecting me to a voice on the other end) I disconnect and block the number.
If I hear a foreign accent, I disconnect and block the number. If I hear a machine I block the number.