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The Genealogist

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16. I hate this kind of crap

Reply to relayerbob (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 08:40 PM

Sep 2020

Due to the nature of my job, I have to answer incoming calls to my cell phone. Most numbers I don't recognize are robocalls offering to lower the interest on my credit card. Good luck with that, as I don't have any credit cards. Or they are from a litany of creditors calling a woman who apparently goes around giving out my number and not paying her bills. I'm not surprised people are running scams pretending to be from presidential campaigns. I'd guess they are running Trump ones as well.

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Weird robo-call just now, are they faking calls? [View all] relayerbob Sep 2020 OP

You're right to question this. SharonClark Sep 2020 #1

Yes, a robo-call, "Press 1 to donate as much as can now" relayerbob Sep 2020 #2

Personally - I NEVER donate in response to an unsolicited call. Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #3

Oh, I don't either relayerbob Sep 2020 #6

The term Democrat Senate is a tipoff DeeDeeNY Sep 2020 #4

Yep relayerbob Sep 2020 #9

100%, yep Leghorn21 Sep 2020 #12

They say it that way so the end of the word sounds like "rat" DeeDeeNY Sep 2020 #13

+1 mitch96 Sep 2020 #20

Yeah, sounds like a scam, and the number was indeed likely spoofed. coti Sep 2020 #5

Note, I have reported this to the campaign relayerbob Sep 2020 #7

I think that you are right to be wary. Laelth Sep 2020 #8

Oh, I have been donating and texting and postcarding, etc. relayerbob Sep 2020 #10

I think that your instincts were spot on. n/t Laelth Sep 2020 #11

Any real call from a Democratic campaign FakeNoose Sep 2020 #14

There was a caller ID relayerbob Sep 2020 #15

I hate this kind of crap The Genealogist Sep 2020 #16

Yep, some people try to say... relayerbob Sep 2020 #17

I got one a couple of weeks ago Sugarcoated Sep 2020 #18

Anything, and I mean ANYTHING, is possible with these ******s DSandra Sep 2020 #19