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Scam calls
#8061639
11/23/20 07:47 PM
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Dave Davidson
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2nd week in a row that a "customer service" rep from Amazon has called to verify my purchase. Due to the heavy accent I had trouble understanding her. She got kinda narrow minded, actually PO'd when I started asking stupid questions about why she needed my account number. I told her I didn't know it and asked her to look it up off the order for the $800 new Iphone. That's when she really got peevish. Anyway I kept asking stupid questions and kept her on the line for about 5 minutes. I'm retired and it can sometimes get bored.
Called Amazon and they verified that I had no orders.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061647
11/23/20 07:54 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
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Choctaw
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All you had to do was check your account online to determine whether or not you had orders. You may think you won the exchange with the scammer but you didn't. She verified your number belongs to you. If someone calls me and I don't recognize the number I don't answer it.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061661
11/23/20 08:14 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
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redchevy
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I want my prime membership dues back. Aint nothing come in 2 days anymore!
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061665
11/23/20 08:16 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,075
aerangis
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No Amazon callers, just automated car warranty extension calls.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061667
11/23/20 08:17 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
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ntxtrapper
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Now that I'm retired, I set up my IPhone to where only people on my contact list get through to make my phone ring. Anyone else gets sent straight to voicemail. If it's a legitimate person they can leave a message. The spam calls have almost completely stopped because I'm not answering them anymore.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: aerangis]
#8061670
11/23/20 08:18 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,422
RedRanger
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No Amazon callers, just automated car warranty extension calls. Student loan forgiveness as well
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061678
11/23/20 08:21 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
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Ol Thumper
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I get scam calls all the time, it’s pathetic.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061697
11/23/20 08:35 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
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Hunt Dog
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Sometimes I mess with them just for fun.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061725
11/23/20 09:04 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 91,416
bill oxner
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Ol Thumper]
#8061771
11/23/20 09:31 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
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I get scam calls all the time, it’s pathetic. I get at least 10 per day during the week, it's crazy
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Hunt Dog]
#8061776
11/23/20 09:36 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
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aerangis
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Sometimes I mess with them just for fun. You and me both, that's why I answer the phone when I don't recognize the number or it says possible scam on the screen with the incoming call. Playing a phone sex worker is too tempting to pass up. Especially if they're female trying to sell me something.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061780
11/23/20 09:39 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
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Jimbo1
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When they ask for my name I now say "Joe." They hang right up.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: aerangis]
#8061804
11/23/20 09:54 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 21,373
Bullfrog
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Sometimes I mess with them just for fun. You and me both, that's why I answer the phone when I don't recognize the number or it says possible scam on the screen with the incoming call. Playing a phone sex worker is too tempting to pass up. Especially they're female trying to sell me something. You have to record this somehow!
Man if I knew what Oxner knows I could throw away what I know
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061850
11/23/20 10:19 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
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SnakeWrangler
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Twice a month I get hammered for a couple days the all quiet for a couple weeks then slammed again....
Hate the bastards....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: redchevy]
#8061857
11/23/20 10:26 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
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The Dude Abides
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Health Care Enrollment Car Warranty (for a truck i have not owned in 12 years) Google Business Listing FedEx Account
They can all get *UCKED!
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8061997
11/24/20 12:39 AM
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Joined: Dec 2011
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nebo
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I hate the phone trolls so i take them for a ride. I asked one the other day if she knew how long would it take battery acid to eat up bones. And the next one got the question, At what temp does bathtub C4 becomes unstable? The third one hung up when I said, Hold on, she got untied and is trying to get out of the trunk. They have no humor at all!!!
Mayor of Nebo , Texas this week
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8062008
11/24/20 12:54 AM
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LoneStarSon
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Somehow an older person (cannot tell if it's a male or female from the voice) misdialed my number a couple of months ago and I tried to explain they had the wrong number, but they wouldn't listen...Every so often I get between 1 and 3 calls a day and then it goes quiet again...Yesterday I received 9 phone calls because they needed hearing aids for their batteries... Not spam, but definitely irritating. I've had this number 21 years now, so I know it's not like they are calling someone that has recently changed their number.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: ntxtrapper]
#8062493
11/24/20 02:15 PM
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Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 786
Ktexas14
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Now that I'm retired, I set up my IPhone to where only people on my contact list get through to make my phone ring. Anyone else gets sent straight to voicemail. If it's a legitimate person they can leave a message. The spam calls have almost completely stopped because I'm not answering them anymore. Yet another benefit of being retired. I do business all across the country, literally anyone that remotely tries can find my cell on the internet. It is so annoying picking up a call because you cant miss real business calls only for it to be some automated scammer. The real people that are scammers that call, I enjoy messing with them.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8062499
11/24/20 02:20 PM
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Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,841
Adchunts
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You guys do realize that once these people verify that your number is valid, they sell it to other scammers, right?
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: The Dude Abides]
#8062517
11/24/20 02:33 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,422
RedRanger
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Health Care Enrollment Car Warranty (for a truck i have not owned in 12 years) Google Business Listing FedEx Account
They can all get *UCKED!
I get all of those, except Fed Ex
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8062519
11/24/20 02:34 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 4,546
TPACK
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I still have a flip phone and rarely get scam calls. My wife, however, get about a dozen per day.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8062523
11/24/20 02:35 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,422
RedRanger
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Had a lady give someone wrong phone number, which is mine.
They ask for her by name and know her address in McKinney
This started about 8 years ago, I bet you I have had about 5000 calls from house flippers calling for her over the years, it's beyond frustrating.
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: ntxtrapper]
#8062646
11/24/20 03:41 PM
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Cast
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Now that I'm retired, I set up my IPhone to where only people on my contact list get through to make my phone ring. Anyone else gets sent straight to voicemail. If it's a legitimate person they can leave a message. The spam calls have almost completely stopped because I'm not answering them anymore. Exactly
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#8062671
11/24/20 03:52 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,549
redchevy
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I let my wife guilt/convince me to give in and get a flue shot since it was free with my insurance. Now i get multiple calls a day from someone claiming to be affiliated with my insurance wanting to make me aware of the free benefits that I am eligable for but not taking advantage of with my insurance. I have been polite, I have asked them not to call, I have asked them to take me off their list to no avail. Last night I finally heard them out for just a minute to make sure it was bs, which it was and then I was very rude.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Scam calls
[Re: Jimbo1]
#8062721
11/24/20 04:29 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 69,206
NORML as can be
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When they ask for my name I now say "Joe." They hang right up.
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