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NurseJackie

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46. My son tells me that the "can you hear me" calls are actually ...

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 08:28 PM

Feb 2017

... human operated pre-recorded message snippets. And if you want to check to see if you're actually talking to a human, get them to repeat a phrase that they're not likely to have pre-recorded.

If you ask "are you a robot?" they likely have a pre-programmed response.

He wanted me to post this: http://www.soundboard.com/sb/itslenny

You can play your own pre-recorded messages to telemarketers and waste their time.

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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