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relayerbob

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17. Yep, some people try to say...

Reply to The Genealogist (Reply #16)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:13 PM

Sep 2020

"Well, I just don't answer it unless I know them". That's fine, if you don't need to answer the phone from calls that you don't always have (or want to have) on your contacts list. If I can tell they are fake, I don't answer.

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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