| Author | Message | ||
     86129squids |
I generally do not answer calls from #'s I don't know- over the past few weeks I've gotten incoming calls from WA, UT, etc. Never a message left, nada. Just got another from Denver. Answered it this time, first thing the recorded message said is "nothing is wrong with your credit card." I hung up as soon as I heard that. My guess is someone's phishing me. I do believe I'll give my CC's a call to inform them. Dirty bastards. Anyone else had a similar experience? | ||
| Stirz007 |
It was me, at least the UT one..... please PM me your credit card number and code and I will stop... | ||
| 86129squids |
 Yeah, yeah, blow me. At this writing I've already called them, they confirmed that no one from their company has tried to contact me, so... FTW! Let this thread continue, subject being, phishing, pfrauds, pf**cks to defend against and defenestrate whenever possible.  shmoes  | ||
| Rkc00 |
I have been getting the same thing happening. | ||
| Nm5150 |
I got an email about cell phone numbers going public and having to call in to get yours put on the no call list. | ||
| Hootowl |
Invest in a black list program for your phone. Use something like Number Guru to generate a contact list of known telemarkers/bad guys, and add it to the blocklist. Number Guru comes with a pretty extensive list. Note that if you're an iPhone user, you'll need to jailbreak to use the blacklist app, as AT&T sells such a service. But even if you don't blacklist, at least the caller (if they're in the Number Guru list) will come up as a dirtbag when they call and you'll know not to answer. You can also assign a silent ring tone to the contact group. | ||
| Reducati |
just telemarketers...nothing sinister | ||
| 86129squids |
My concern is they are regularly from various area codes, and they never leave messages. YEARS ago I put my #'s on the "do not call" list, when the state of TN said to do so- would there be reason to try and do this again? What was Hunter S. Thompson's saying about paranoia? | ||
| Stirz007 |
"Yeah, yeah, blow me." Geez - no sense of humor I guess. Excuse the @#4K out of me. | ||
| Whatever |
I keep getting an automated call to get a home security system installed... since I do not have a home it is absurd. | ||
| 86129squids |
'S OK, Stirz- at that writing I was a little chapped... Love ya, man! | ||
| Stirz007 |
Love you too, bro (No Homo) | ||
| Badlionsfan |
What's one of the numbers, I'll run it thru Mr.Number. (Message edited by Badlionsfan on January 09, 2012) | ||
| Fahren |
Yes, "do not call" registries need to be updated/renewed every few. I don't remember the time period/duration. Check on www.donotcall.gov | ||
| Beugs |
I just got one two hours ago, number is 302-394-9659. I keep getting them a lot, I finally pushed 1 like they always say and got a live person. I asked them to remove my number from any and all call lists, then the bitch hung up on me! | ||
| Beugs |
speak of the devil, JUST got another one from a different number. This time it was 404-891-5669. These bastards are really starting to piss me the %#&* off! | ||
| Buellish |
404 is metro Atlanta. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Both came back about the same, no company name.  | ||
| Pwnzor |
What you all need to do is enter my sweepstakes. Send me all your credit card numbers, and if one of them is lucky, I'll send you a prize! | ||
| Iamike |
Yeah, today I got a Facebook friend request from some girl that said she works for the same company as I do. That's a new twist. I thought maybe you were going through a presidential primary. Our phone was ringing constantly with unkown numbers and cell phones from out of state. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
It's started happening here too, but I have the solution, if it's a number I don't know or it's hidden, I answer with an aggressive "Yeah What?" & as we're in France they usually just hang up with an excuse me. It both annoys & cracks my wife up & she gets on my case because the poor people are only doing their job, but she's laughing at the same time. If it's someone we actually know they understand. | ||
| B00stzx3 |
Yeah, like above... if you have android get call blocker pro... it's got built in blocklists from all kinds of unwanted numbers. Free version works great! | ||
| J2blue |
Bad news folks. What Brad described is most likely an overseas operation that has hacked a bunch of private phone switches and/or spoofed the caller id info. No blacklist can really stop such calls. I've had to deal with this issue at work recently and the best option short of getting Eric Holder and the FBI involved is to hang up without any interaction at all. We keep trying to train our staff to do that but they keep wanting to tell the caller off or somehow turn the tables, that just feeds the beast. Don't give out any information of any kind to such callers. They can map out a private phone switch with enough repeat calls. That means they know who is at what extension. Your lucky if it happens at your home, when it starts inside and office environment it becomes very disruptive. The usual target is someone who can be bluffed into thinking the caller is a legitimate debt collector who needs banking account numbers or credit card numbers. If the target falls for it they will have big problems. Rule of thumb: don't give out or otherwise confirm your name or anyone else's name or other identifying data. The callers don't need all the information at once, they will repeat calls until they can piece enough useful data together. The more you talk to them the more they will work you. If the abusive caller is based overseas there is NO legal remedy. The phone company can block certain numbers, but if the bad guys are using multiple hacked switches in a round robin fashion it won't do much good. |
