SPAM Calls Uptick

[RVTECH]

Anybody else experiencing an INCREASE in SPAM calls?

Ever since the 1st I am getting MORE than I ever have - like up to three a day.

I certainly don't answer them and none are leaving voice mail but it seems like an unusual amount.

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[CountryGent]

The seem to come in waves for me; period of very little then a frick'n deluge. It was the latter recently, but seems to (knock on wood) tappering off.

 

[Tony617]

I get some "Spam" SMS and has one word, "Hello...". I have an iPhone so I do a "Report Junk" which brings up "Delete and Report Junk" on them.

 

[Knobgoblin]

 

[Alexx1401]

Anybody else experiencing an INCREASE in SPAM calls?

Ever since the 1st I am getting MORE than I ever have - like up to three a day.

I certainly don't answer them and none are leaving voice mail but it seems like an unusual amount.

Sounds like some clearing house kind of place got your number. They sell batches of this info. Mine will taper off for a while then will get several for days or weeks. After they are ignored they seem to again taper off. There used to be and may still be a way to report these to the FCC. Long ago I used to do it but it was a cumbersome process to do so and finally just gave up. Anyone in my contacts has a ring tone to let me know its someone I know. The rest are not answered unless I am expecting a delivery. Often the driver will call.

 

[Certaindeaf]

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[orygun]

Yes, but...

My sister called me from our house east of Estacada. My phone said "Potential Spam".
Really? A residential phone from Estacada is spam?

Your phone isn't as smart as you think it is.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

I had some guy call me about 10 years ago telling me he was from Microsoft Windows services. He had that lilting Indian (dot, not feather) or Pakistani accent to his voice and did his very best to convince me that my computer was infected and giving off viruses most ricky tick. I knew right off he was trying to scam me and gain access to my machine so I played dumb (actually quite easy for me!) and went along with his whole spiel. I kept that poor guy on the phone for about 45 minutes before I got bored and asked him if his 'fix' would work on a Macintosh based machine. Ever been cussed at in Indian or Pakistani? It's most colorful.

 

[crossbow5]

I get a phone call almost everyday from a number my phone identifies as from Sisters Oregon. It usually rings 3 to 5 times and then hangs up. Never leaves a message. This has been going on for a couple of months. I'm sure it is a scam so I never answer it. I also got a couple of calls from numbers that my phone identifies as from Burns and Veneta. Never left a message. I'm sure these are also scam calls. I'm sure none of them really originated in Oregon. I've also talked to the guys in India or Pakistan who told me they were the US Marshals calling from Washington DC. They said they were going arrest me. They finally got frustrated with me and hung up.

 

[Stomper]

Hallo, this is Rajesh from social security office, you must be stopping working immediately until you are calling me wit your social security numbah, or otherwise the FBI will be knocking on your door to arrest you.



Until then, Mariska Hagatey!

 

[Lilhigbee]

I've also talked to the guys in India or Pakistan who told me they were the US Marshals calling from Washington DC. They said they were going arrest me. They finally got frustrated with me and hung up.

i accidentally answered one of those calls a while back. After I while I said, "Send them over, I'll be waiting!!". They never showed up.

 

[Tinman357]

I just call them "harijan" or "daleet" they never call back.

Note: this is only used for telemarketers. Not to be used in polite company as it is considered horribly offensive.

 

[Stomper]

I just call them "harijan" or "daleet" they never call back.

Note: this is only used for telemarketers. Not to be used in polite company as it is considered horribly offensive.

You should repeatedly yell into the phone, "curry in a hurry, curry in a hurry, curry in a hurry"........!!

 

[oremike]

I get these calls from my 541 area code and when I answer it's someone not from around here claiming to be from the voice recegnation(sp) service. I just hang up on them.

 

[Stomper]

I get these calls from my 541 area code and when I answer it's someone not from around here claiming to be from the voice recegnation(sp) service. I just hang up on them.

I believe you meant "voice recognition service"....


So did you recognize who the caller was?

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

My personal cell is also my business cell, so I get a few spam calls here and there.. but it's funny you mention this today!
I received 4 calls today that were out of the norm, all the spam calls.

 

[Ducati_Meister]

Reason I don't use my phone number when selling things online like CL, until I can establish ID and good rapport via Email. Get too many scam calls and texts. The woes of selling things privately. Tax season also brings the s**t stains out of the wood work too. You'd think with the effort these turds put into scamming people, they could do something more socially constructive lol.
I like the scammers who call our shop overhead intercom line and out of nowhere someone says a charge was made on your Amazon account or whatever echoing through the shop bay areas lol.

 

[RVTECH]

My personal cell is also my business cell,

Same with mine - and because of this we probably get and make more calls than say the average person however I have NEVER experienced as many SPAM identified calls as I have in the last week!

 

[TTSX]

I get calls now and again on the work phone about accounts being overdue. I just tell em they need to talk to accounts payable, not me. They continue on their spiel and again I tell them I'm not the person they need to talk to. I figure if they called a business about getting an account current, they'd know not to talk to the maintenance department but hey.... Not allowed to be rude when I'm on the company phone.

 

[TTSX]

Reason I don't use my phone number when selling things online like CL, until I can establish ID and good rapport via Email. Get too many scam calls and texts. The woes of selling things privately. Tax season also brings the s**t stains out of the wood work too. You'd think with the effort these turds put into scamming people, they could do something more socially constructive lol.
I like the scammers who call our shop overhead intercom line and out of nowhere someone says a charge was made on your Amazon account or whatever echoing through the shop bay areas lol.

Once in a great while I get an odd one like someone calling to tell me an unauthorized user is attempting to make a payment to my account and they just need to verify my details... First of all, if some random prick wants to pay my bills for me why are you stopping them? And second, I don't have an account with you in the first place, so......