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question everything

(47,211 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 07:06 PM Mar 2020

We hear a lot about how shrewd the scammers are

And yet, when someone from Mumbai addresses the senior answering the phone as "grandpa" or "grandma,' do they really expect their victims to "recognize" such heavy accent as their grandchild?

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We hear a lot about how shrewd the scammers are (Original Post) question everything Mar 2020 OP
🙄😏 irisblue Mar 2020 #1
Who the heck answers the phone unless they Backseat Driver Mar 2020 #2
Second nature. Though we have left it off past few days question everything Mar 2020 #3
People who have business with various entities csziggy Mar 2020 #4
A few weeks ago I got a phone call where the person on the other end PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #5

Backseat Driver

(4,319 posts)
2. Who the heck answers the phone unless they
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 07:15 PM
Mar 2020

recognize it? Leave a message if it's so dang important; otherwise, kiss off!

question everything

(47,211 posts)
3. Second nature. Though we have left it off past few days
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 07:26 PM
Mar 2020

No one left a message, most from Bloomberg operatives kept asking us whether we would vote for him.

csziggy

(34,115 posts)
4. People who have business with various entities
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 07:31 PM
Mar 2020

And cannot memorize every phone numbers for the dozens of contractors and suppliers who may call, many of which will not leave a message.

In the past the reason my husband got his disability insurance was that I answered a call from a blocked number. It turned out that the service for the insurance provider always blocked her number (I think she was working from home) and never left messages.

Right now I'm having work done on the house. Since GPS and Google Maps keep sending people down a cul de sac next door, I have to answer calls from the delivery drivers, the sub-contractors, the building inspectors, and others so I can give them the correct directions to reach the work site. They can't wait for me to return a call, they need directions immediately or they will not make delivery and delay the job.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,684 posts)
5. A few weeks ago I got a phone call where the person on the other end
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:34 AM
Mar 2020

called me Grandma. I have no grandchildren. Never will.

And even if I had a dozen of them, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't fall for that scam.

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