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Grammy23

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8. We learned long ago to let the answering machine do its job!

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 05:13 PM

Feb 2017

We actually have two answering devices. One is the one that is with the phone set up. We also have phone service through our cable company so there is a voice mail system with that. We have a phone system that announces who the caller is, or where they are calling from. Or if their ID is blocked. So we never have to wonder who it is.....the phone tells us. If we do not know the caller or recognize the number it goes to the machine. If it is a legitimate caller, they will leave a message. Only once in a blue moon do scammers leave a message but when they do we listen to the message several times for grins and giggles.

Our cable was supposed to put the caller ID on our TV and did for a while. The cable got struck by lightning a while back and they havr never gotten it to work right since then, but our phone announces callers, so it doesn't matter that the tv caller ID part does not work right.

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Last week I answered the phone, in 10 seconds I'd been scammed!!! [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2017 OP

Thanks for the tip leftynyc Feb 2017 #1

You can get phone company to NOT alow 3rd party billing. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #34

Another great tip leftynyc Feb 2017 #40

Vonage doesn't allow 3rd party billing. toddwv Feb 2017 #47

We have that Omaha Steve Feb 2017 #48

my office and cell phones are all over the internet mikeysnot Feb 2017 #2

If I say no and wait for them to ask again and Doreen Feb 2017 #3

Our news said if someone asks, don't answer at all. Just hang up. appleannie1943 Feb 2017 #32

Yeah, I would hang up. Doreen Feb 2017 #36

Good heads up Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #4

If you don't know the number, don't pick up. NightWatcher Feb 2017 #5

That's the rule of answering phones around here. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #6

We learned long ago to let the answering machine do its job! Grammy23 Feb 2017 #8

It came in after I made several call to Senators & Congress persons about Trump Omaha Steve Feb 2017 #11

Yup. sarge43 Feb 2017 #23

I also check unknown numbers on Google. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #38

Caller ID, which we've had for over a decade, shows us who is calling (and "unknown" means do not anneboleyn Feb 2017 #27

I need to share this with my mom, thank you! etherealtruth Feb 2017 #7

I'll keep that in mind. lunatica Feb 2017 #9

I never answer any number I don't recognize..So won't have to worry about this. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #10

Caller ID is your friend! Initech Feb 2017 #12

I just wait until they start talking Skittles Feb 2017 #13

I don't even answer. Initech Feb 2017 #16

i saw a fb meme this morning that might help mopinko Feb 2017 #14

Ooh, I like it! Initech Feb 2017 #18

ikr? i really am gonna start doing that. mopinko Feb 2017 #25

I do that when I go to someone else's house for a party ... aggiesal Feb 2017 #42

Thanks for the heads up. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #15

like many here we don't answer and if I am by the computer rurallib Feb 2017 #17

Thanks for the heads up. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #19

I never say Yes. I was scammed 15+ years ago. Ilsa Feb 2017 #20

Interesting scam but I don't think it would hold up. Egnever Feb 2017 #21

Because I am severely hearing impaired, I never can hear unless they speak loudly, slowly, and tblue37 Feb 2017 #41

thanks - think I got one of those KT2000 Feb 2017 #22

K and R oasis Feb 2017 #24

Thank you for posting. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #26

I suppose anything is possible ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #28

GMTA -- see below. pnwmom Feb 2017 #30

You might not have been -- SNOPES hasn't been able to confirm this, pnwmom Feb 2017 #29

Hi! (I'm 2 seconds faster than you!) NurseJackie Feb 2017 #33

If someone's going to rip you off in this manner, why would they BOTHER to get a recording ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #35

What made me skeptical is that there are so many questions pnwmom Feb 2017 #37

My son tells me that the "can you hear me" calls are actually ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #46

KDKA, our local news, had a story on this last week. appleannie1943 Feb 2017 #31

What if I say "NO!"? n/t aggiesal Feb 2017 #39

I got hit by this yesterday bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #43

Wouldn't it be nice if Congress could do something about this? gratuitous Feb 2017 #44

Just reply: "Be at the trash depot tonight with 10 grand, and we'll take care of the body" Donkees Feb 2017 #45