[graciegirl]

I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.

[bumpygreens]

Good for you. It's sad to see how many seniors fall for scams and con artists.

[Chatbrat]

A friend of mine fell from that scam, they went to the Home Depot bought $5K worth of gift cards-- they never got a dime back

[TommyT]

This is one of the old scams that has gone on for years.... Yet people still fall for this crapolla !!!

[rustyp]

So easy. Even if you believe it is your grandchild. Why are we not facetiming ? If can't be done right now what is:

1 your grandfather's middle name
2 name your first pet
3 your siblings birth date
4 what was the last gift I gave you

A little forethought about these sort of things goes a long way.

[Inexes@aol.com]

I like to have fun with it and play along until they catch on and hang up. Used to do this with the calls from the guys about everything wrong with my computer..... I used to give them fits. LOL

[Two Bills]

There is a PayPal phone scam still going around where they inform you someone from a different IP address has tried to log into your account, and they have put a hold on your account, sign in to unlock it.

Don't!

[bagboy]

If my grandson called from jail, I'd tell him to be careful not to drop the bar of soap.

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by bagboy

If my grandson called from jail, I'd tell him to be careful not to drop the bar of soap.

actually you should tell him that if he does drop the soap to bend at the knees when picking it up

[graciegirl]

It was a 443 area code with a lot of twos and sevens in the rest of the number...should anyone call you. I looked it up on reverse look up and it said it was a land line in Md with no name attached. I am grateful our grandchildren have been close to us all of their lives and we know them so well, know what they call us, know their mannerisms...and I am grateful that they are independent and financially successful and employed even during this awful time.

[Aw Man]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.

I have to ask, why did you even answer this call?
Do you answer all incoming calls?
We also are hearing impaired and have closed captioning on our land line. We don’t answer any calls that we don’t immediately recognize as coming from someone we know.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

A friend of mine fell from that scam, they went to the Home Depot bought $5K worth of gift cards-- they never got a dime back

I friend of mine did as well. The scammer said he was in the hospital in a foreign country and needed money wired to him. It was $15,000.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Inexes@aol.com

I like to have fun with it and play along until they catch on and hang up. Used to do this with the calls from the guys about everything wrong with my computer..... I used to give them fits. LOL

There are Youtube videos of this. Calls from the IRS where the caller has such a heavy Indian accent one can hardly understand him. Police officer scams an IRS scammer with return phone call - YouTube

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Aw Man

I have to ask, why did you even answer this call?
Do you answer all incoming calls?
We also are hearing impaired and have closed captioning on our land line. We don’t answer any calls that we don’t immediately recognize as coming from someone we know.

I answered it because it looked to be a legitimate number. I don't recognize the telephone number of everyone we know.

[villagetinker]

There appears to be scam / phishing emails stating they are from Comcast, but if you look at the senders address it is obvious this is not from Comcast, I have sent both these to Comcast so they are aware of what is going on. They say the email system is being changed and you need to click the link to use the new system. DO NOT DO IT!