Advice Needed Regarding Spam Call.

[BlueKota]

I had a call a little while ago. The caller I.D. said RNC. I thought if that's someone looking for a donation to the Republicons I am going to tell them they definitely have the wrong number. The guy said my name and I stupidly said yes, he repeated my name, and this time I hung up.

Then I remembered that my sister said there was a scam where they ask you something to get you to say yes. Then they use your recorded yes for scams. The number was a fake one according to Google. I am hoping since he said my name a second time, he didn't get my first yes.

Do I need to report this to anyone? I already have my credit card numbers locked against anyone taking out a loan since my credit card # was exposed during that Doge Social Security mess.

Now my anxiety is kicking into high gear. I can be so absent minded sometimes. Thanks for any input.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. There's not much to report here. I wouldn't worry about it.

[BlueKota]

2. Thank you!

[Ilsa]

3. You're probably okay, but I avoid saying "yes" to cold calls

and spam calls. About twenty years ago I got "slammed" for phone charges (bogus website charged to my phone number). It was pretty easy to get it removed. But their proof was an unintelligible recording, with one clear vocalization of me saying "Yes."

[BlueKota]

4. Thank you!

[a kennedy]

5. Right, if I EVER answer a not recognized call, I never say yes, I always say correct.

They can’t use that can they??

[MineralMan]

6. Here's a way to avoid any chance of problems.

This is what I do for all phone calls I answer. Most, I don't answer at all, but simply hang up if they're flagged as potential spam. People I knw are identified as my contacts when the phone rings. I answer those calls. If not, I do the following:

Step by step:

1. I say, "This is [my name]."
2. Then, I say, "What do you want, please?"

Usually, they hang up immediately after I say those things.

If they do not, and begin some spiel, I disconnect, mark the caller as spam, and go on with my day.

Once a week, I review all voice mail. I almost always delete all of the calls, since people I know talk to me after I answer. I check incoming calls daily and return calls from people I know.

Don't talk to people who call on the phone and with whom you have no history. Just hang up.

[BlueKota]

7. Thank you!

[GoodRaisin]

17. I love modern cellphone technology.

I set my phone not to ring and bother me, except for anyone I have taken the time to set up in my contact list, since 99.99% of all other calls are always spammers. As more calls come in to my phone log those unknown numbers just disappear. I don’t have to a thing with them.

[multigraincracker]

8. One thing you might do.

Call your bank and cancel you credit card and get a new one issued.
My bank had me do that right after I got hacked.
You may have to call any account you have auto payments made on that account and have them use the new one.

[BlueKota]

9. Thank you!

[canetoad]

10. If someone calls me

And opens with a "who is that?" question I give them a lecture on phone etiquette and how the caller should always identify themselves.

Waste of breath, I know but it shuts them up.

[BlueKota]

11. Thank you!

[Brother Buzz]

12. I always answer their question with a question and get them off their script

Rule number one with spammer/scammers: Never, ever, confirm or deny anything.

Zero, Zip, Zilch, Nada.

[BlueKota]

13. Thank you.

[marybourg]

18. Rule number one is actually don't answer the phone

If you don’t know the caller, if they’re authentic, they’ll leave a message

[Emile]

14. My at&t phone lets me know it's spam.

AT&T don't catch all the spammers, but I never answer a phone call if I don't know who they are. If it's important, they'll leave a message on my voice mail.

[AZJonnie]

15. There's nothing you can really proactively do other than stay on top of your bank account and credit card charges

Which is something we should all be doing

If I don't know the number, my first words after Hello are always "Who's calling".

[Ms. Toad]

16. Snopes was unable to verify a single instance of a successful scam involving a recorded "yes."

They confirmed (1) that the theory behind it was reported in the media and (2) that people generally had heard of it. But they couldn't find any reports of the scheme actually being used.