Latest landline robo call

[buzzy]

This one came in with my exchange and a caller ID of "THE VILLAGES" Was a recorded solicitation. It's the only one that I've picked up in months. Rats.

[ColdNoMore]

I'm always a bit tempted, to pick up the robo-calls coming from my own telephone number...just hear what I have to say. :D

So far though...I've resisted. :ho:

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I'm always a bit tempted, to pick up the robo-calls coming from my own telephone number...just hear what I have to say. :D

So far though...I've resisted. :ho:

You probably didn't have anything important to tell yourself anyway.
:what:

[ColdNoMore]

You probably didn't have anything important to tell yourself anyway.
:what:
I lose arguments to myself...all of the time. :D

I'm still a bit amazed though, at how they are able to call me from my own darned telephone number and usually have to look twice...because I think I'm seeing things. :oops:

[villagetinker]

Just got one that stated my Windows key code had expired, I hung up 1-866-978-4848.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I never let them get that far. As soon as I hear them say "hello maaahm" I hang up.

[sallybowron]

The other day I got one that said in an Eastern Indian accent. Hello, this is BOB, I am calling..... I said no it isn't, you are Indian and Indian people do not name their children BOB, so who is this really? He said his name was Sundeep but now its BOB. End of discussion. I am trying to find a whistle to blow in their ear. Anybody know where they sell them?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The other day I got one that said in an Eastern Indian accent. Hello, this is BOB, I am calling..... I said no it isn't, you are Indian and Indian people do not name their children BOB, so who is this really? He said his name was Sundeep but now its BOB. End of discussion. I am trying to find a whistle to blow in their ear. Anybody know where they sell them?

Why would you want to cause damage to their hearing? I mean, the whole complaint is that they're trying to harm you, in some way or another. If you try to harm them in return, it invalidates your complaint. Why should they NOT try to harm you, if you have no problem harming them?

If you get these calls, hang up the moment you realize it's one of these calls.

[Velvet]

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[Topspinmo]

Get so many in day don’t even get up unless I recognize the person or number. I figure if they want to talk to me they can leave message.

[Fredman]

I got smart with someone making a robo call. The next night i got a pizza delivery that i didnt order. An hour later i got a call from the robo caller asking me if i enjoyed my pizza. So, becareful of what you say if you mistakenly answer the call

[Velvet]

I hope you enjoyed your pizza.

[ColdNoMore]

Why would you want to cause damage to their hearing? I mean, the whole complaint is that they're trying to harm you, in some way or another. If you try to harm them in return, it invalidates your complaint. Why should they NOT try to harm you, if you have no problem harming them?

If you get these calls, hang up the moment you realize it's one of these calls.

Better yet, in my mind, if the number doesn't show up as someone you know...just let it go to voicemail.

If it's legit and/or important...they'll leave a message.

More than likely though, it isn't...and then you've saved yourself the hassle. :shrug:

[sallybowron]

I usually try to.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Better yet, in my mind, if the number doesn't show up as someone you know...just let it go to voicemail.

If it's legit and/or important...they'll leave a message.

More than likely though, it isn't...and then you've saved yourself the hassle. :shrug:

I normally would but I absolutely hate the sound of ringing phones. I pick up my landline so quickly most times, that the person on the other end never heard it ring on -their- end before they hear me say hello.

On my cell phone I just hit the reject button if I don't recognize the number or the caller ID doesn't display.

[B-flat]

I’ve got calls in the past from John obviously he was from India and I told John nice to meet you my name is Farouk. I won’t post what I really told him he could do but it sort of sounds like the first name I gave him.

[Velvet]

I wonder why robo calls are not illegal? They are using your phone and your time. I guess because we have international access. I don’t answer my door either unless I know the person. Door to door solicitation should be considered trespassing.

Does anyone get calls about fixing your Windows on your computer. But the guy doesn’t know what Microsoft is?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I wonder why robo calls are not illegal? They are using your phone and your time. I guess because we have international access. I don’t answer my door either unless I know the person. Door to door solicitation should be considered trespassing.

Does anyone get calls about fixing your Windows on your computer. But the guy doesn’t know what Microsoft is?

He not only knows what Microsoft is, but if you agree to talk to him, he might actually shut down your computer and not let you back on it til you pay him a LOT of money. It's sort of like ransomware in reverse, and these scammers are very good at it. The only GOOD thing you can do if you get any calls claiming to be from Microsoft, or someone calling about your Windows security, is to hang up without saying a word.

[Velvet]

Aha! Didn’t think of that. I use iOS only anyways.

[CFrance]

I lose arguments to myself...all of the time. :D

I'm still a bit amazed though, at how they are able to call me from my own darned telephone number and usually have to look twice...because I think I'm seeing things. :oops:
I had to block myself on my phone. Now I don't know what the heck I have to say.

[asianthree]

Have not had a landline in TV since we bought our first house in 2010. My cell is programmed so only my contacts can call

[ColdNoMore]

I had to block myself on my phone. Now I don't know what the heck I have to say.

Brilliant! :1rotfl:

I hadn't even thought of that...but I can certainly see the advantages. :thumbup:

At least that way, I can finally...get in the last word. :D

[JoMar]

We have Spectrum phone....nomorobo included.....blocks about 95% of the robo calls.

[alwann]

Lately I've been getting calls from local 352-633 numbers, where the caller ID shows a name that could very well be a neighbor I do not know but my spouse might. Its typically a recording from someone who gives his/her name but is selling something. The robocallers are getting quite crafty. A network news report the other night made a big deal out of the fact that the government, Verizon and others had shut down the major robocall companies. You think? I even got one that left a recorded message -- in Korean.

If you buy on line, use social media, pay by credit card, sooner or later they're going to get your phone number.

[thetruth]

Not sure if it has gotten worse or people are targeting the villages.
Perhaps, old school but I do not give my cell number to most people.
When, we moved in, we did not yet have a home number so I gave out my cell number.

I am signed up for the do not call list and I do report calls. Far as I know it is a waste of time. These people seem to have the ability to change the number that appears on your phone.

The other day, I got a call collecting for something police. They announce that the call is being recorded. They announce that they are collecting for a fee. I asked the human what the fee was and he said he didn't know.

Who is really calling you. Truth is you do not know. What is their real motive? Truth is you do not know. They might be tracking when you are home. They might want a copy of your voice to get into soooo many places that use your voice as a form of identification.

Like most of us, I would be lost without the internet. The price for all this great whatever is your privacy.

[thetruth]

Robo calls. The computer makes the contact and the cost is close to zero. You have an option eventually to get the sales pitch from a human. That person is being paid. Before you post I am being nasty-YES I AM. Somehow they always seem to call when I am sitting down to eat diner OR?

These people need to make a minimum number of calls, close a minimum number of contracts or they get fired.

My record is four times.

They call and you say I'm very interested in your ????????
I'm in the middle of making mom's tomato sauce-just hold on a minute while I stir it. You come back to the phone and apologize you rushed it and must stir it again. You can get creative with mom's recipe. I think it needs a bit more salt. Do you think I added enough? Oh no, now it is too salty. Do you think adding celery will absorb some of the salt?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I think the term "robocall" needs to be better defined for some folks. A robocall might or might not have an actual person on the other end of the phone, at the point when you say "hello?"

A robocall is when an automated system dials phone numbers on behalf of a company, person, scam, hoax, fraud, prankster. Someone programs a program to do this. In many cases, the computer dials 1-352-1111-1111. And then they dial 1-352-111-1112. And then 1-352-111-1113. And it just goes on and on until they actually get someone picking up the phone. They're not calling YOU, in other words. They're calling whoever answers the phone at a valid phone number.

SOME programs will only dial numbers that they can identify. Their system will connect to networks throughout the region - maybe even something as simple as the local phone book or online directory. It will automatically dial whatever numbers are shown to be active, and keep dialing until someone picks up the phone.

These scammers might be in long halls with individual cubicles, and each of those peoples' phones will have access to the same bank of numbers. When operator #1 is able to get phone number 47 to answer, operator #2's phone starts dialing phone number 48. And that just keeps continuing til they get to the end of the list. And then they start over again with all the numbers that never picked up, or they add another region's worth of valid phone number lists.

SOME scammers actually purchase phone numbers from legitimate companies. Whenever you give a supermarket your phone number, there's a risk you're also allowing the supermarket to sell your phone number to Proctor & Gamble, Gillette, Bayer, etc. etc. Whenever you fill out a form to get a rebate or coupon, you are risking that information being sold.

The "do not call" listing only works if you NEVER give your phone number out to these entities. Once you do, you have given your permission for OTHER companies to call you, because you've given permission for the company you gave the number to, to sell your number to someone else.

Nomorobo is helpful and will definitely reduce the calls. But it isn't foolproof, because scammers can get around it.

[davefin]

Yes, normally pick up and immediately hang up, then block the number. If I do listen and they say "How are you today", that is my signal to hang up.

[perrjojo]

My husband enjoys talking to them. I love listening as I can tell they are getting very frustrated with him. They generally hang up on him. I never answer but he saves a little time so they can’t call you. Lol

[coffeebean]

Hubby signed us up for Nomorobo on our landline and it works just like it says when I Googled it....... and......it's FREE.

What does the caller hear on Nomorobo?
Nomorobo screens that number and if it determines it's a robocaller, the caller would hear a recording: "This phone is protected by Nomorobo. You've been identified as a robocaller." "It's almost instantaneous. The only thing the user hears is one single ring in the house, and then it stops,"

[Number 10 GI]

I'm under no obligation to treat telemarketers/scammers with respect. I give them an english lesson in four letter words and after 21 years in the Army I know all of them. I'm old and my time is valuable, I don't want to waste it with some jerk trying to sell me something I absolutely don't need or trying to scam me. It's my phone that I pay a fee to have and bottom feeder telemarketers/scammers have no right that entitles them to use what I'm paying for to enrich themselves.

[Fraugoofy]

This one came in with my exchange and a caller ID of "THE VILLAGES" Was a recorded solicitation. It's the only one that I've picked up in months. Rats.What's a landline?

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[Nucky]

What's a landline?

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I just wirelessly hooked up AT&T old school wireless home phones to a Samsung SIII Cell Phone and it works. My friend moves slower than me and now has phones all over his house but no landline charge. I'm with you Fraugoofy haven't had a house phone in many moons. Peace Out.

Can you believe Peace Out was made fun of somewhere else on here today? Sad! :ohdear:

[Fraugoofy]

I just wirelessly hooked up AT&T old school wireless home phones to a Samsung SIII Cell Phone and it works. My friend moves slower than me and now has phones all over his house but no landline charge. I'm with you Fraugoofy haven't had a house phone in many moons. Peace Out.



Can you believe Peace Out was made fun of somewhere else on here today? Sad! :ohdear:I saw that! And cried... Peace Out!

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[Velvet]

What’s ‘peace out?’

[Retiring]

If I’m at home with nothing to do I will engage the telemarketer. I enjoy wasting their time. While I’m on the phone with them they are unable to call a vulnerable senior and wipe them out financially. There is a special place in hell for those people, including the callers that are “just doing their job.” I had to say that before someone else said they’re just doing their job. On my landline in NY I get at least 3 calls DAILY for solar panels. I tell them I’ve had solar panels for 10 years, they say sorry, and the calls continue. I get 5 or 6 calls weekly for extended warranty on one of my cars. I tell them that car was sold 5 years ago, they say what are you driving now. I tell them it a 2019 xx, I bought it last week and it has 75 miles on it. They say, with 7500 miles we can… I repeat it’s 75 not 7500. They still continue the script. I inform them auto warranties here are different than those in India. On my landline in WA I get 3 or 4 calls weekly about selling my timeshare, I’ve never owned a timeshare. But I’ll still keep them on the phone till they hang up. Sometimes I’ll tell the woman solicitor but my caller ID says your name is Hector Gonzalez not x, I prefer to talk to Hector. I do enjoy playing with them. I’m not punching a time clock, I’ve got the time to have some fun.

[Velvet]

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[cndlou3]

When they call answer the phone by saying Sheriff Dept Fraud Division. It doesn't take them long to hang up
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