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Post by dradtke on Mar 18, 2024 9:33:04 GMT -5
Melva and I use an online pharmacy for our regular prescriptions. I just got a phone call with a recorded voice saying it was the pharmacy. Is this David? Answer by saying "yes" or "no." Stupidly, I did say yes. English or Spanish? For security reasons, what is your date of birth? That's when I hung up. I blocked the number. Hopefully, since they didn't get any other information, the single yes isn't enough.
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Post by howard lee on Mar 18, 2024 9:43:30 GMT -5
Gosh I hate when that happens. I usually don't say anything when the voice at the other end sounds recorded. Or I let it go to voicemail and then decide about its legitimacy after I listen a couple of times.
Did you recognize the phone number of the caller? Did the caller ID panel display the name of the pharmacy? These scammers are getting really crafty. A person needs to be so careful vigilant.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 18, 2024 10:01:11 GMT -5
We just got a text from one of Anita’s cousins. The cousin’s Mom is a elderly widower, and has been acting a little weird/secretive for the past several months. Turns out she fell for a lottery scam and they drained her of over 200k. Her entire life savings, she will have to sell her house and move in with family. A complete disaster. There are no words for what I think of these thieves.
Mike
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Post by RickW on Mar 18, 2024 10:04:29 GMT -5
If I don’t know the number, I don’t answer. They can go to voicemail. My SIL actually has her voice mail prompt telling people that, and to leave a message if they’re someone who actually needs to contact her.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 18, 2024 11:06:08 GMT -5
We do the same, Rick. So many scammers. I’m amazed anyone answers the phone if they don’t know who is on the other end.
Mike
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Post by aquaduct on Mar 18, 2024 11:08:04 GMT -5
If I don’t know the number, I don’t answer. They can go to voicemail. My SIL actually has her voice mail prompt telling people that, and to leave a message if they’re someone who actually needs to contact her. I do the same thing. Add everyone I need to talk to into my contacts. If someone calls and a name comes up, I answer. If not, they go to voice mail. If they leave a message that convinces me they're real, I'll call them back. After that they're simply forgotten. |
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Post by Dub on Mar 18, 2024 12:23:02 GMT -5
I take the same precautions that Peter does plus I use an app called Robokiller that really helps police these calls. I also use a mail-delivery pharmacy. I started this when the pandemic began so I could avoid going inside a local pharmacy. (Did I mention that neither of us have COVID so far?) I do get computer calls from the pharmacy but I keep them in my contacts list with all the numbers I know to be theirs. When they call from a new (to me) number, they can leave voice mail if their computer is willing to listen through my automated answering message. I can enter a suspicious phone number as a Web search to find out if it’s legitimate. If it’s really from the pharmacy or some other useful caller using a num/er I haven’t seen, it will show up as belonging to them. If I care, which is rarely, and the number really belongs to them, I can call the number just to be sure. My pharmacy has a Web portal and an app that lets me manage all my scripts. I keep track of which are set up for automatic renewal and let them contact my provider if a new script is needed. Everybody seems to like it that way. |
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Post by TKennedy on Mar 18, 2024 14:45:47 GMT -5
I got a call from a guy that said he was a BNDD agent, asked if I was Dr Terence Kennedy, MN knew my medical license number, and told me my narcotics number was associated with some illicit drug activity they were investigating. He gave me his name and badge number and he was actually calling from an Arlington VA prefix.
I kind of bought into it a little until he asked me to confirm my narcotics number. I told him I’d double check his ID with the regional BNDD office and call him back. He kind of said some jibberish and hung up.
I did call an agent and it’s a common scam on doctors to get a narcotics number he said. The number he was calling from was an actual department number and he was impersonating an agent.
I hope they nailed the fucker.
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Post by Marty on Mar 18, 2024 14:55:35 GMT -5
We just got a text from one of Anita’s cousins. The cousin’s Mom is a elderly widower, and has been acting a little weird/secretive for the past several months. Turns out she fell for a lottery scam and they drained her of over 200k. Her entire life savings, she will have to sell her house and move in with family. A complete disaster. There are no words for what I think of these thieves. Mike Since DaWife is a Wire Transfer Investigator I hear about this stuff every day. A robot/AI call does not need any info from you. A live caller should not ask you who you are without identifying themselves first, ask them and if they will not do so hang up. I've been called by the FBI and they tell you who they are and why they are calling before they ask any questions. You walk into a office room that has cubicles and people on the phones just like many Telemarketing offices, but it's not. All those people are scammers running as many scams as they can and making a commission on every successful scam. There is a coordinator and people that cross reference the incoming info so the actual scammers can work together when needed. I also only answer calls from people on my Contacts List, everybody else can leave a message. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Mar 18, 2024 15:29:15 GMT -5
We ignore all unknown or "unavailable" numbers on caller ID on the home phone. They can leave a message.
My cellphone allows me to choose to answer, decline, or screen unknown calls. Screen tells the caller I am screening and asks them to state their name and why they are calling. Most hang up, but if they respond their response shows as text on my screen and I can take or reject the call. Very handy.
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Post by PaulKay on Mar 18, 2024 18:50:18 GMT -5
We just flat out don’t answer the phone if caller ID doesn’t identify them. We figured if it’s important they’d leave a message.
That filters 99% of the spam calls.
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Post by Cornflake on Mar 18, 2024 20:00:40 GMT -5
Apparently most of us don't answer calls from unknown numbers. This is a major problem for pollsters.
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Post by howard lee on Mar 18, 2024 20:42:06 GMT -5
Apparently most of us don't answer calls from unknown numbers. This is a major problem for pollsters.
Polls don't mean anything anyway.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 18, 2024 20:44:30 GMT -5
Polestar makes a nice car.
Mike
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Post by epaul on Mar 18, 2024 20:50:54 GMT -5
I think most pollsters are moving to texts. No one can resist a text.
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Post by aquaduct on Mar 18, 2024 21:03:16 GMT -5
I think most pollsters are moving to texts. No one can resist a text. I find them even easier to get rid of without reading. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 18, 2024 21:29:29 GMT -5
I think most pollsters are moving to texts. No one can resist a text. I can. Mike |
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Post by howard lee on Mar 19, 2024 6:22:37 GMT -5
I receive texts from unknown numbers with messages like, "Are u there?" or "Can I call you later?"
I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 19, 2024 8:19:22 GMT -5
Melva and I use an online pharmacy for our regular prescriptions. I just got a phone call with a recorded voice saying it was the pharmacy. Is this David? Answer by saying "yes" or "no." Stupidly, I did say yes. English or Spanish? For security reasons, what is your date of birth? That's when I hung up. I blocked the number. Hopefully, since they didn't get any other information, the single yes isn't enough. When I get a scam call or email like that, I then call the real pharmacy number and see if there's something up. I buy things using Paypal. I regularly get messages "Paypal is accepting your purchase for $742.17. If that's not you, then reply 'Stop' and contact us at this number." I don't respond, but separately go to my Paypal account and see if there's such activity. There never is. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 19, 2024 9:00:29 GMT -5
How many of us have CPAP machines? Phillips sent me a letter saying they had used a second partie’s software and that software got hacked. They got names, addresses, DOB, all the stuff one would need to do damage. They offered a years enrollment in a Experian fraud detection thing that I took advantage of. The bad guys are out there.
Mike
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