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Initech

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4. Yeah my parents' landline gets flooded with scam calls and robodialers. Work main line too.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 02:19 PM

Oct 2022

We hang up on every single one of them. If you don't know who it is, don't answer it. If you don't recognize the number, don't answer it. Shit is getting ridiculous.

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$$$: Email and phone scams are increasing. You can get taken for thousands. [View all] Cyrano Oct 2022 OP

We were getting the ones for car warranties now its debt relief! Landline - what a pain. n/t Peregrine Took Oct 2022 #1

I'm getting fewer now. multigraincracker Oct 2022 #2

For fun Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #8

Then there are catfishing scams Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #3

Yeah my parents' landline gets flooded with scam calls and robodialers. Work main line too. Initech Oct 2022 #4

I keep getting an email from Amazon saying my account is locked because of some of my kimbutgar Oct 2022 #5

yesterday and today I got emails saying final notice you're Macafee account will be frozen... IcyPeas Oct 2022 #6

An older man I know got a call that his credit card Cyrano Oct 2022 #7

I don't get these calls. Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #9