Damn ROBOCALLS

cloverleaf

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I'm sick and tired of frecken Robocalls from scam and spam assxxxxx.

I give telemarketing calls hell.

 

scottw

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This put an end to them for me.

[FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]https://www.robokiller.com/[/FONT]

 

cloverleaf

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47,839,232,200

That's the number of these irritating calls made in the U.S. last year
according to robocall tracking company YouMail.

5,461,100 per hour every frecken day.

 

TheComputerGroup

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They're tricky too, they will use local area code numbers to fool people.

 

StevieRay

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Just started getting them like crazy

 

cloverleaf

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Wait until you get a call from yourself. The call will show it is
coming from your own number.

These cons use fake numbers all the time trying to scam the public.

 

HacheMan

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Authorities should start prosecuting them.

Getting totally out of hand

 

WhiteyBulger

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Most of the ones I get are just hang ups
what are they gaining by calling me and hanging up?
if it’s just to validate that my number is active what does that do for them?
how are they making money ?

i can’t believe it’s gotten as bad as it is.

 

DoublePlayBall

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Hache Man said:

Authorities should start prosecuting them.

Getting totally out of hand

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About 4 or 5 years ago, I asked the same question to Verizon, my company. At that time, i was told if I allow them to put a tap on my line they would go after them. Passed on that.

 

michael777

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cloverleaf said:

Wait until you get a call from yourself. The call will show it is
coming from your own number.

These cons use fake numbers all the time trying to scam the public.

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exactly,they called yesterday using my dads number,my dad died in 2017,sick!!

 

michael777

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The I D showed his name too.shook me up

 

ScottL

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WhiteyBulger said:

Most of the ones I get are just hang ups
what are they gaining by calling me and hanging up?
if it’s just to validate that my number is active what does that do for them?
how are they making money ?

i can’t believe it’s gotten as bad as it is.

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They are calling multiple numbers at once and try their scam on the first person to pick up, or press 1. They will call you back.

 

Buster

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HaHa...Got 2 different robocalls in Chinese the last couple of days and I said to myself..."self how the hell can I be getting calls in Chinese?"And how the hell can they scam people that don't even understand what is being said? Then googled Chinese calls and found this...

https://www.pcmag.com/news/367491/chinese-embassy-robocall-scam-rakes-in-40m-from-victims

 

Doug

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WhiteyBulger said:

Most of the ones I get are just hang ups
what are they gaining by calling me and hanging up?
if it’s just to validate that my number is active what does that do for them?
how are they making money ?

i can’t believe it’s gotten as bad as it is.

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Precisely