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BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:28 PM Jun 2022

Anyone also getting repeated call re car maintenance cover?

Been happening for at least 2 years now. Multiple calls per day.

I block them without answering of course.

Obviously some scam as my car is a 2012 model.

Wish the scam fighters on Youtube could destroy this mob.

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Anyone also getting repeated call re car maintenance cover? (Original Post) BSdetect Jun 2022 OP
Better question: who is NOT? hlthe2b Jun 2022 #1
Me. but i am out of North America Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #3
A change of phone number is recommended Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #2
Massive inconvenience. BSdetect Jun 2022 #4
I used to- callous taoboy Jun 2022 #5
Oh god yes, and actually direct mail also. bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #6
Yup Better Days Ahoy Jun 2022 #7
For years now, JenniferJuniper Jun 2022 #8
npr did a story on this a few months ago NJCher Jun 2022 #9

callous taoboy

(4,584 posts)
5. I used to-
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:36 PM
Jun 2022

Now they've stopped. They did hijack my phone one time. I had called my doctor's office, but I had to call them back. When I did I got a recorded message offering me a chance to save money on car insurance.

NJCher

(35,661 posts)
9. npr did a story on this a few months ago
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:21 PM
Jun 2022

I don't have any trouble with it, though, as my iphone automatically set up something that filters out these calls and others like them. In fact, I never get any cell phone spam.

However, the story was really interesting. The first round of scammers got arrested and convicted, I think, but the scam gets adopted by others.

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