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shadycon
In my area they are using/stealing local phone numbers. I told one he had the wrong number,click........... i asked another one if this call is being recorded, he said no, I told him all calls are recorded so this must be fake,click...........
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My 3 digit local prefix starts with 291, once I started getting scam calls starting with that prefix, I blocked all incoming calls starting with those numbers. There are prolly 250+ blocked calls from that prefix in my call log. If someone needs to actually get a hold of me they know how.
Russ
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usabaker
I've taken to enjoying phone calls from these Folks.
The wife even hands me her phone when one calls. I do impersonations though. A mentally handicapped individual named Larry being my favorite. Raje the annoyed shop owner or Raul the pool boy who's a bit light in the loafers sometimes makes an appearance. I always get hung up on. ![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I'm going to burn in hell but it's worth the laughs we get.
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WarPig1976
The wife even hands me her phone when one calls. I do impersonations though. A mentally handicapped individual named Larry being my favorite. Raje the annoyed shop owner or Raul the pool boy who's a bit light in the loafers sometimes makes an appearance. I always get hung up on.
![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I'm going to burn in hell but it's worth the laughs we get.
Have they threatened to send the police round to your "gaff" to arrest you, yet?
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Have they threatened to send the police round to your "gaff" to arrest you, yet?
Had to google "gaff" but yes a time or two...
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I am an I home care giver for an elderly grand dad, I have to keep him on his 83 year old toes about these guys. The rule is any one calling with an Indian accent is a scam and hang up. He was taken for $600 some time ago but I wasn't here at the time. A second time i caught him on the phone trying to install a remote access program but stopped him while he was on the phone with the scammer. This scammer had a pair on him because he called back three times a day for three days trying to figure out when i wasnt home to try to get grand dad on the line.
Most recently they said they were Comcast Tv / Internet provider. Their line was that some one was gaining access to my wireless and downloading "troubling ir ree gal things and if i did not give him remote access then i was going to jail for the downloaded content. Much to his surprise my response in Hindi about his mother summed up what i thought about the situation.
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M1a1's-R-FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TSMG's-R-MORE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENJOY LIFE AND HAVE FUN!!!
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"...just put the phone down..." Suggest you hang up first. There such a thing as the "Do not call list" in England
? Doesn't help ending the unsolicited calls, but it gives you a place to whine to. Been getting Robo calls for months wanting to sell me vacation time. Bell Canada
got fined $2 million Cdn. a few years back for unsolicited calls. Drop in the bucket but the calls stopped.
"...using/stealing local phone numbers..." They use dialer computers using unassigned numbers.
Spelling and Grammar count!
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Around here they use active numbers!
M1a1's-R-FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TSMG's-R-MORE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENJOY LIFE AND HAVE FUN!!!
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shadycon
they use active numbers
Yes, here too.
He's wrong about unassigned numbers (Canada
), they use numbers that belong to people currently. I once returned a call from a scammer and got a nice little old lady. I told her that she had people using her number for things... Also the do not call list he speaks of is garbage and does nothing, so disregard it. I paid for call blocker for hidden caller ID for a couple months until I found it did nothing so I stopped hat too. If you don't answer hidden caller numbers they will eventually stop. You don't miss anything either.
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FAR-Q-2 is my reply as I hang up I give them enough to start speaking then say that funny thing I am getting less calls now!
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