New telephone scam call today

[dixiegrrrrl]

Robocall from a woman with a perky clear voice, saying she had the information for us that we had requested via a tv commercial about back braces.
"Press 1 for more information"


Riiight.....

Interesting thing..the phone is in Mr. Dixie's name, and he got a back brace in December via Medicare, for his broken back.
(He is improving, happily)

Other interesting thing...
we have no tv.

[crazylikafox]

1. I got the same call yesterday.

And nobody in my household has ever had or requested or inquired about a back brace.

I'm on Medicare though, so I suppose that's the selecting criteria.

[Chipper Chat]

2. She obviously doesn't have the charisma of "Rachel from Credit Card Services"

She is so sweet as she informs me that "there is nothing wrong with your credit card - press 1 now important details."

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I normally would go thru with the call just to get identifying details

but there is a related scam where you press the number and are talking overseas long distance, at high rates.

[LeftofObama]

4. My mom got the exact same call today.

[NightWatcher]

5. Why do people answer their phone when they don't know the number?

They can't get you if you don't answer

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Not everyone has caller ID. n/t

[Brother Buzz]

6. Mine was for hearing aids

I was chuckling at myself when I kept repeating, "What?", until I realized it was a recording. Bummer

[frogmarch]

7. Got it yesterday.

Mr. froggy answered the phone, and before hanging up checked with me to see if I'd asked for back brace info, since I have sciatica big time. Nope, I sure didn't.

I hate these scam calls with a passion. So does Mr. froggy.

[Hekate]

9. A day without at least 2 robo-calls and one live scam is like a day without sunshine.

We get a lot of them from boiler-rooms for our nonexistent Windows machines. "Hello, this is Bob Brown from IT," says a young male voice with an Asian-Indian accent.

For the second time I've been notified that the IRS is suing me, same thing: young, male, Indian subcontinent.

I finally tried psychological warfare when getting a human on the line. "This is a criminal activity! A scam! Does your mother know you are doing this?! Shame on you!"

Well, this assumes that there are still cultures on this planet where the opinion of one's mother still matters, and that there are people who still have a sense of shame. But you never know...