Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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They try and scare you so you will send money to them right away
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There is no way for "government" to prevent people from dialing random numbers and ending up at your phone number. That is how robocalls typically work. They dial numbers til someone answers. |
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NOMOROBO actually works
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No one believes the truth when the lie is more interesting Berks County Pennsylvania |
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"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." Plato “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine |
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Besides the IRS scam calls are the Social Security Association ? claiming my account's been compromised an if I don't call back and verify my SS number my personal accounts will be frozen by warrants and other great things.
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I have started scaming the scamers. Got the IRS call. Thanked them for calling and asked them where my refund was. Said I had the letter stating I had a $1400 refund and I wanted it now. Kept them going as they threatened to arrest me. Started to read a fake letter to them about my refund, finally told them sorry, I am deceased, this is the ghost of tax day past.
Then got the "your computer is broken, this is microsoft. Took them through "how do I log in?", how do I find this and that, wasted as much of their time as possible before I asked them "how microsoft was working so well on my Mac"? It's fun, us retirees have to have something to amuse us. I think now I am on their do not call list.
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When I recognize the number of a scammer, I answer Sumter County Sheriff's Department Fraud Division, Officer O'Malley, how can I help you. They usually don't call again.
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After answering and before they go into their spiel, tell them that you are required to notify them that this call is being recorded. I've always gotten a quick hangup.
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It does actually work. But not with CenturyLink land lines. And CenturyLink isn't interested in getting it to work.
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Some calls sneak through on "nomorobo: but when I don't recognize the area code, I never pickup. If someone is legitimate in trying to reach me, leave a message. On my cell, I constantly get calls from my old area code which I block but it appears to be a ever changing phone number. I guess it's normal for people to want to answer the phone, as that was the norm back in our youth. I resist the urge to get up when I am watching television as 99% of the time, it's unimportant. Shame on these scammers!!!
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Anybody getting calls which leave voicemails "This is Antoine (or whoever) from the insurance department calling about your annuity."?
Of course I have no annuity.... I get them on my landline which receives from 6 to 12 junk calls per day. My phone announces the caller so I can mute it after the first ring without picking up.
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Unfortunately, CenturyLink (Traditional Landline) does not support Nomorobo yet. But there is something that you can do! Please call the customer service number below and ask that they add Nomorobo to their service. The more people that call them, the better. CenturyLink (Traditional Landline) Customer Service - 1-877-348-9007 Note: We have not stored your email and you won't hear from us again. |
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Have a message "Screening for telemarketers. Please leave a message" and don't pick up if the number is not in my contacts. Our kids think it is rude but so be it.
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I have been using Nomorobo for about a year now on my landline (my provider is Comcast). It does work pretty well. The phone will ring once. If it doesn't ring again, that means Nomorobo has blocked the call.
A few days ago I did get the scam "arrest" voice mail message left on my cell phone. Half of the voice mail was so garbled it was hard to understand what was being said. Oh well, come get me... 3 hots and a cot.
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