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BSdetect

(8,998 posts) Sat Apr 24, 2021, 01:45 PM Apr 2021

Getting phone calls asking Press 1 to accept etc [View all]

No ID showing so I suspect its a scam attempt.

Anyone know the name of this scam if any? Or the nature (IRS, credit card)?

I never answer these calls of course.

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Getting phone calls asking Press 1 to accept etc [View all] BSdetect Apr 2021 OP

Pressing one tells the caller a live person answered the phone Ocelot II Apr 2021 #1

See... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #2

Thanks, just as I suspected BSdetect Apr 2021 #3

It's name is legion canetoad Apr 2021 #4

I have no idea discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #5