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In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that’s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area. But they are scams. Beware amigos!
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This has been going on for a long time, and some of the
numbers are actually working numbers. If you call back the number, you will get
a real person, but that person has nothing to do with the scam.
Andy
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 4:09
PM
Subject: [TechTalk] phone scams
In the last month or so, I have noticed a
new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the number of an
incoming call, I guess that’s called call display, ha
ha.
These number are local numbers, so I think
they are coming from someone in my home area. But they are
scams.
Beware amigos!
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They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile. They
think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a
local one like with the same area code. I never answer an
unrecognized number. I do check voicemail when I get a call so if
they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I
won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know
the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from
their list and will keep calling. I've got this one that has an
unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many
months or even years but they never leave a message. If it was
important enough the person would leave one. It's a shame we have
to do that but it's like email. Unless I recognize the address or
at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to
the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open
attachments unless it's something I'm expecting. I also never
open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because
I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his
computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws
and all his software. He had a lot of stuff and it took him a
couple of days. I don't know enough about the mechanics of
everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved
and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing
but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent
him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he recognized the person's
name. It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not
just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how
they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
In the last month or so,
I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the
number of an incoming call, I guess that’s called call
display, ha ha.
These number are local
numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home
area. But they are scams.
Beware amigos!
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I haven't experienced this scam yet. I have T-Mobile and they give me "scam likely" alerts whenever I get a suspicious call. I don't answer and I block all unknown callers unless they leave a voicemail. Even then, sometimes I block the number.
I never answer unknown calls. Most of the time I think they're just wrong numbers.
I'm very careful about opening emails and their links too. If I don't know who they are, I just delete the email. Thankfully, I seldom get spam in my gmail inbox.
Victor
On Sep 6, 2022, at 7:54 PM, Marda <marda.pianist@...> wrote:
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile. They
think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a
local one like with the same area code. I never answer an
unrecognized number. I do check voicemail when I get a call so if
they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I
won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know
the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from
their list and will keep calling. I've got this one that has an
unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many
months or even years but they never leave a message. If it was
important enough the person would leave one. It's a shame we have
to do that but it's like email. Unless I recognize the address or
at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to
the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open
attachments unless it's something I'm expecting. I also never
open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because
I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his
computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws
and all his software. He had a lot of stuff and it took him a
couple of days. I don't know enough about the mechanics of
everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved
and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing
but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent
him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he recognized the person's
name. It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not
just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how
they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
In the last month or so,
I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the
number of an incoming call, I guess that’s called call
display, ha ha.
These number are local
numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home
area. But they are scams.
Beware amigos!
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I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe.
On Sep 6, 2022, at 9:54 PM, Marda <marda.pianist@...> wrote:
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They
think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a
local one like with the same area code.� I never answer an
unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail when I get a call so if
they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I
won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know
the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from
their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an
unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many
months or even years but they never leave a message.� If it was
important enough the person would leave one.� It's a shame we have
to do that but it's like email.� Unless I recognize the address or
at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to
the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open
attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also never
open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because
I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his
computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws
and all his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a
couple of days.� I don't know enough about the mechanics of
everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved
and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing
but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent
him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he recognized the person's
name.� It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not
just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how
they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
In the last month or so,
I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the
number of an incoming call, I guess that�s called call
display, ha ha.
These number are local
numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home
area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware amigos!
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That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline or
VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 8:26
PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of
the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database
that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think
people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with
the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I do check
voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and
decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets
the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete
it from their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an
unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or
even years but they never leave a message.� If it was important enough the
person would leave one.� It's a shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out
it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open
email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I
also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate
because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer
and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his
software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I
don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he
used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and
knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this
person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name.� It
really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior
citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but
it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
In the last month or so, I have
noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the number of an
incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha
ha.
These number are local numbers, so I
think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are
scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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That's why it's best to let all calls go to voicemail unless your phone verbally announces incoming phone numbers or you can assign ringtones to specific contacts. I think some phones for landlines have that capability. A blind person with a landline would need an accessible caller ID.
On Sep 6, 2022, at 9:26 PM, Andy <wq6r@...> wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline or
VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 8:26
PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of
the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database
that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think
people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with
the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I do check
voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and
decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets
the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete
it from their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an
unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or
even years but they never leave a message.� If it was important enough the
person would leave one.� It's a shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out
it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open
email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I
also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate
because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer
and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his
software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I
don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he
used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and
knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this
person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name.� It
really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior
citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but
it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
In the last month or so, I have
noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the number of an
incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha
ha.
These number are local numbers, so I
think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are
scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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|
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Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can
block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never
tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch to
another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them.
Marda
On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
That might work for a mobile phone, but not
for a landline or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September
06, 2022 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter
out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent
updates to their database that will automatically occur so it
will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for quite
awhile.� They think people will be more likely
to answer a number if it's a local one like with
the same area code.� I never answer an
unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail
when I get a call so if they leave a message and
I get it and decide to call back but I won't
answer the initial call because that lets the
scammer know the number is legitimate and
working and they won't delete it from their list
and will keep calling.� I've got this one that
has an unintelligible item on the caller id and
they may do it for many months or even years but
they never leave a message.� If it was
important enough the person would leave one.�
It's a shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address or at
least when I check I find out it's legitimate
(like by going to the company's actual website)
I don't open email and I never open attachments
unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also
never open links unless I know the address or
link is legitimate because I know someone who
got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it
put malware on his computer and he had to do a
whole new install of windows and jaws and all
his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it
took him a couple of days.� I don't know
enough about the mechanics of everything to do
what procedures he used but it was very involved
and this was someone who is a programmer and
knows what he's doing but he has a medical
condition that supposedly this person sent him
an article on and he let his guard down and
didn't check out the email address or web link
because he recognized the person's name.� It
really makes me angry seeing how they do it and
it's not just senior citizens though there's a
lot of publicity about how they are targeted but
it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware
because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM,
Monte Single wrote:
In the
last month or so, I have noticed a new
approach by phone scammers.
My
phone announces the number of an incoming
call, I guess that�s called call
display, ha ha.
These
number are local numbers, so I think they
are coming from someone in my home
area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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Blocking doesn't work because they use RNG's that are capable
of producing thousands of phone numbers, and the typical phone company account
will only let you block 100.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 10:22
PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams
Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can block it
even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never tried. I know if
I block one number they'll just switch to another so I just leave them alone
and don't answer them.
Marda
On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline
or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022
8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone
scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most
of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their
database that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think
people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like
with the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I
do check voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I
get it and decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call
because that lets the scammer know the number is legitimate and working
and they won't delete it from their list and will keep calling.� I've
got this one that has an unintelligible item on the caller id and they
may do it for many months or even years but they never leave a
message.� If it was important enough the person would leave one.�
It's a shame we have to do that but it's like email.� Unless I
recognize the address or at least when I check I find out it's
legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open
email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm
expecting.� I also never open links unless I know the address or link
is legitimate because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a
link in an email that he thought was from someone we knew but it put
malware on his computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows
and jaws and all his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him
a couple of days.� I don't know enough about the mechanics of
everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved and
this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing but he
has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent him an article
on and he let his guard down and didn't check out the email address or
web link because he recognized the person's name.� It really makes me
angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior citizens though
there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but it happens a
lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single
wrote:
In the last month or so, I have
noticed a new approach by phone scammers.
My phone announces the number of
an incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha
ha.
These number are local numbers, so
I think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are
scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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I have a landline with a cordless phone with several extensions
that have talking caller id. My favorite talking caller id was
the classco which was easier to use but unfortunately mine broke
when i accidentally knocked it on the floor. I'd love to have
another one of those but the person who I found who recently was
selling one wanted a couple of hundred dollars for it and since I
had a talking one in my phone I couldn't justify the expense. I
liked the sound quality on the classco a lot better than the one
on my phones though and it was just very accessible and I wish
they hadn't stopped making them.
Marda
On 9/7/2022 12:08 AM, Victor wrote:
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That's why it's best to let all calls go to voicemail unless your
phone verbally announces incoming phone numbers or you can assign
ringtones to specific contacts. I think some phones for landlines
have that capability. A blind person with a landline would need an
accessible caller ID.
Victor
On Sep 6, 2022, at 9:26 PM, Andy
<wq6r@...> wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone, but
not for a landline or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday,
September 06, 2022 8:26 PM
Subject: Re:
[TechTalk] phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to
filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps
have frequent updates to their database that will
automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for
quite awhile.� They think people will be
more likely to answer a number if it's a
local one like with the same area code.�
I never answer an unrecognized number.�
I do check voicemail when I get a call so
if they leave a message and I get it and
decide to call back but I won't answer the
initial call because that lets the scammer
know the number is legitimate and working
and they won't delete it from their list
and will keep calling.� I've got this
one that has an unintelligible item on the
caller id and they may do it for many
months or even years but they never leave
a message.� If it was important enough
the person would leave one.� It's a
shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address
or at least when I check I find out it's
legitimate (like by going to the company's
actual website) I don't open email and I
never open attachments unless it's
something I'm expecting.� I also never
open links unless I know the address or
link is legitimate because I know someone
who got malware by clicking on a link in
an email that he thought was from someone
we knew but it put malware on his computer
and he had to do a whole new install of
windows and jaws and all his software.�
He had a lot of stuff and it took him a
couple of days.� I don't know enough
about the mechanics of everything to do
what procedures he used but it was very
involved and this was someone who is a
programmer and knows what he's doing but
he has a medical condition that supposedly
this person sent him an article on and he
let his guard down and didn't check out
the email address or web link because he
recognized the person's name.� It really
makes me angry seeing how they do it and
it's not just senior citizens though
there's a lot of publicity about how they
are targeted but it happens a lot with
younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten
malware because they
On 9/6/2022
6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote:
In
the last month or so, I have noticed
a new approach by phone scammers.
My
phone announces the number of an
incoming call, I guess that�s
called call display, ha ha.
These
number are local numbers, so I think
they are coming from someone in my
home area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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Unless it's for business purposes, I think most people are using cell phones and VOIP services now because they don't want to pay for a landline in addition to a cell phone plan and a VOIP plan. In any case, many VOIP services have a free option as long as you call others with a VOIP service.
Google Voice is very accessible and you can make phone calls from their website. I've never answered calls on their website, but it's easy to make calls that way.
Victor
On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:22 PM, Marda <marda.pianist@...> wrote:
Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can
block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never
tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch to
another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them.
Marda
On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone, but not
for a landline or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September
06, 2022 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter
out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent
updates to their database that will automatically occur so it
will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for quite
awhile.� They think people will be more likely
to answer a number if it's a local one like with
the same area code.� I never answer an
unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail
when I get a call so if they leave a message and
I get it and decide to call back but I won't
answer the initial call because that lets the
scammer know the number is legitimate and
working and they won't delete it from their list
and will keep calling.� I've got this one that
has an unintelligible item on the caller id and
they may do it for many months or even years but
they never leave a message.� If it was
important enough the person would leave one.�
It's a shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address or at
least when I check I find out it's legitimate
(like by going to the company's actual website)
I don't open email and I never open attachments
unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also
never open links unless I know the address or
link is legitimate because I know someone who
got malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but it
put malware on his computer and he had to do a
whole new install of windows and jaws and all
his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it
took him a couple of days.� I don't know
enough about the mechanics of everything to do
what procedures he used but it was very involved
and this was someone who is a programmer and
knows what he's doing but he has a medical
condition that supposedly this person sent him
an article on and he let his guard down and
didn't check out the email address or web link
because he recognized the person's name.� It
really makes me angry seeing how they do it and
it's not just senior citizens though there's a
lot of publicity about how they are targeted but
it happens a lot with younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware
because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM,
Monte Single wrote:
In the
last month or so, I have noticed a new
approach by phone scammers.
My
phone announces the number of an incoming
call, I guess that�s called call
display, ha ha.
These
number are local numbers, so I think they
are coming from someone in my home
area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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I didn't know that but I don't try to block them because I know
they just go to new numbers anyway so I haven't wasted my time
trying to figure out how to block them.
Marda
On 9/7/2022 12:29 AM, Andy wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Blocking doesn't work because they use RNG's
that are capable of producing thousands of phone numbers, and
the typical phone company account will only let you block 100.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September
06, 2022 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
phone scams
Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you
can block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've
never tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch
to another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them.
Marda
On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone, but
not for a landline or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday,
September 06, 2022 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as
Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to
filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have
frequent updates to their database that will automatically
occur so it will keep your phone safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area for
quite awhile.� They think people will be
more likely to answer a number if it's a
local one like with the same area code.� I
never answer an unrecognized number.� I do
check voicemail when I get a call so if they
leave a message and I get it and decide to
call back but I won't answer the initial
call because that lets the scammer know the
number is legitimate and working and they
won't delete it from their list and will
keep calling.� I've got this one that has
an unintelligible item on the caller id and
they may do it for many months or even years
but they never leave a message.� If it was
important enough the person would leave
one.� It's a shame we have to do that but
it's like email.� Unless I recognize the
address or at least when I check I find out
it's legitimate (like by going to the
company's actual website) I don't open email
and I never open attachments unless it's
something I'm expecting.� I also never
open links unless I know the address or link
is legitimate because I know someone who got
malware by clicking on a link in an email
that he thought was from someone we knew but
it put malware on his computer and he had to
do a whole new install of windows and jaws
and all his software.� He had a lot of
stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I
don't know enough about the mechanics of
everything to do what procedures he used but
it was very involved and this was someone
who is a programmer and knows what he's
doing but he has a medical condition that
supposedly this person sent him an article
on and he let his guard down and didn't
check out the email address or web link
because he recognized the person's name.�
It really makes me angry seeing how they do
it and it's not just senior citizens though
there's a lot of publicity about how they
are targeted but it happens a lot with
younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten malware
because they
On 9/6/2022 6:09
PM, Monte Single wrote:
In
the last month or so, I have noticed a
new approach by phone scammers.
My
phone announces the number of an
incoming call, I guess that�s called
call display, ha ha.
These
number are local numbers, so I think
they are coming from someone in my
home area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware
amigos!
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I am keeping my landline for now even though the phone company is
trying to encourage everyone to go to other kinds of phones
because I don't think they want to maintain the copper wire
lines. But I am keeping it for now because there have been times
when internet service was out and power was out but the landline
phone wasn't and given the fact that I was alone and wanted to
have the phone available if possible in case of emergency I was
glad I had it.
Marda
On 9/7/2022 12:32 AM, Victor wrote:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Unless it's for business purposes, I think most people are using
cell phones and VOIP services now because they don't want to pay
for a landline in addition to a cell phone plan and a VOIP plan.
In any case, many VOIP services have a free option as long as you
call others with a VOIP service.
Google Voice is very accessible and you can make phone calls
from their website. I've never answered calls on their website,
but it's easy to make calls that way.
Victor
Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think
you can block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure
as ZI've never tried. I know if I block one number
they'll just switch to another so I just leave them alone
and don't answer them.
Marda
On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy
wrote:
That might work for a mobile phone,
but not for a landline or VOIP home service.
Andy
----- Original Message
-----
Sent: Tuesday,
September 06, 2022 8:26 PM
Subject: Re:
[TechTalk] phone scams
I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such
as Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your
phone to filter out most of the spam incoming calls.
These apps have frequent updates to their database that
will automatically occur so it will keep your phone
safe.
Hope this helps,
Ashley Breger
They have been doing that in my area
for quite awhile.� They think people
will be more likely to answer a number
if it's a local one like with the same
area code.� I never answer an
unrecognized number.� I do check
voicemail when I get a call so if they
leave a message and I get it and decide
to call back but I won't answer the
initial call because that lets the
scammer know the number is legitimate
and working and they won't delete it
from their list and will keep
calling.� I've got this one that has
an unintelligible item on the caller id
and they may do it for many months or
even years but they never leave a
message.� If it was important enough
the person would leave one.� It's a
shame we have to do that but it's like
email.� Unless I recognize the address
or at least when I check I find out it's
legitimate (like by going to the
company's actual website) I don't open
email and I never open attachments
unless it's something I'm expecting.�
I also never open links unless I know
the address or link is legitimate
because I know someone who got malware
by clicking on a link in an email that
he thought was from someone we knew but
it put malware on his computer and he
had to do a whole new install of windows
and jaws and all his software.� He had
a lot of stuff and it took him a couple
of days.� I don't know enough about
the mechanics of everything to do what
procedures he used but it was very
involved and this was someone who is a
programmer and knows what he's doing but
he has a medical condition that
supposedly this person sent him an
article on and he let his guard down and
didn't check out the email address or
web link because he recognized the
person's name.� It really makes me
angry seeing how they do it and it's not
just senior citizens though there's a
lot of publicity about how they are
targeted but it happens a lot with
younger people too.
MardaI know people who have gotten
malware because they
On 9/6/2022
6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote:
In the last month or
so, I have noticed a new approach
by phone scammers.
My phone announces
the number of an incoming call, I
guess that�s called call
display, ha ha.
These number are
local numbers, so I think they are
coming from someone in my home
area.� But they are scams.
�
Beware amigos!
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I have heard of a few cases where people got calls and the displayed number was their own number.
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I get these all the time. I’ve even had calls that appear to be originating from my own phone number, go figure.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: September 6, 2022 8:16 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams This has been going on for a long time, and some of the numbers are actually working numbers. If you call back the number, you will get a real person, but that person has nothing to do with the scam. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 4:09 PM Subject: [TechTalk] phone scams In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that’s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area. But they are scams. Beware amigos!
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Hi, I have had some irritating caller’s not necessarily scams but I have blocked them on my mobile. The biggest one was about solar panels and no matter how many times I told them I already had solar panels they kept calling me and each time it was the same person because I recognised the voice. So, I ended up blocking the number and haven’t received a call from them again. Every so often I go into my call list and can see from there if the blocked numbers have tried to call. I can see a couple of my blocked numbers have tried to call a few times since I blocked them so at least with these numbers it has worked. From Shaz. Canberra, Australia. I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2022 3:30 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams Blocking doesn't work because they use RNG's that are capable of producing thousands of phone numbers, and the typical phone company account will only let you block 100. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch to another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them. Marda On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote: That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline or VOIP home service. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe. Hope this helps, They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or even years but they never leave a message.� If it was important enough the person would leave one.� It's a shame we have to do that but it's like email.� Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name.� It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too. MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote: In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are scams. � Beware amigos!
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Hi, we are keeping our landline number for now. Which was a good thing recently when we had a bad storm and the power went out. At the same time our mobile tower also went down so none of us could use our mobiles. My brother lives up the road and his mobile was working but he is with a different provider. We have mainly cordless handsets but when we bought the set I advised my parents to buy the one with a corded base unit so if we have power outages we can still use the phone. From Shaz. Canberra, Australia. I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marda
Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2022 3:45 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I am keeping my landline for now even though the phone company is trying to encourage everyone to go to other kinds of phones because I don't think they want to maintain the copper wire lines. But I am keeping it for now because there have been times when internet service was out and power was out but the landline phone wasn't and given the fact that I was alone and wanted to have the phone available if possible in case of emergency I was glad I had it. Marda On 9/7/2022 12:32 AM, Victor wrote: Unless it's for business purposes, I think most people are using cell phones and VOIP services now because they don't want to pay for a landline in addition to a cell phone plan and a VOIP plan. In any case, many VOIP services have a free option as long as you call others with a VOIP service. Google Voice is very accessible and you can make phone calls from their website. I've never answered calls on their website, but it's easy to make calls that way. Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch to another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them. Marda On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote: That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline or VOIP home service. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe. Hope this helps, They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or even years but they never leave a message.� If it was important enough the person would leave one.� It's a shame we have to do that but it's like email.� Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name.� It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too. MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote: In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are scams. � Beware amigos!
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Hi, I haven’t had my own number ring me but I have had people calling me because they missed a call from my number. It has never been me calling these people so someone else is using my number. If I do miss calls I never return them if it isn’t a number I know because if it wasn’t important enough to leave a voice message then it isn’t worth ringing them back. My dad used to call all missed numbers back but I think we have finally got him out of this because most of the unknown missed calls would be scams. From Shaz. Canberra, Australia. I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Tew
Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2022 5:32 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I have heard of a few cases where people got calls and the displayed number was their own number.
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Yes, I definitely understand. Case in point around here was superstorm Sandy back in 2012. The only people who had any way to communicate were the people who had standard landline phones. Pam. Sent from Mail for Windows
From: MardaSent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 1:45 AM To: main@techtalk.groups.ioSubject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I am keeping my landline for now even though the phone company is trying to encourage everyone to go to other kinds of phones because I don't think they want to maintain the copper wire lines. But I am keeping it for now because there have been times when internet service was out and power was out but the landline phone wasn't and given the fact that I was alone and wanted to have the phone available if possible in case of emergency I was glad I had it. Marda On 9/7/2022 12:32 AM, Victor wrote: Unless it's for business purposes, I think most people are using cell phones and VOIP services now because they don't want to pay for a landline in addition to a cell phone plan and a VOIP plan. In any case, many VOIP services have a free option as long as you call others with a VOIP service. Google Voice is very accessible and you can make phone calls from their website. I've never answered calls on their website, but it's easy to make calls that way. Well if you get a certain number calling a lot I think you can block it even on some landlines but I'm not sure as ZI've never tried. I know if I block one number they'll just switch to another so I just leave them alone and don't answer them. Marda On 9/6/2022 11:26 PM, Andy wrote: That might work for a mobile phone, but not for a landline or VOIP home service. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I would recommend downloading A spam blocking app such as Truecaller or call protect. This will allow your phone to filter out most of the spam incoming calls. These apps have frequent updates to their database that will automatically occur so it will keep your phone safe. Hope this helps, They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile.� They think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with the same area code.� I never answer an unrecognized number.� I do check voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from their list and will keep calling.� I've got this one that has an unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or even years but they never leave a message.� If it was important enough the person would leave one.� It's a shame we have to do that but it's like email.� Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting.� I also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his software.� He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days.� I don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name.� It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too. MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote: In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that�s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area.� But they are scams. � Beware amigos!
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I have TMobile, also, and I have never gotten any kind of scam alert. Pam. Sent from Mail for Windows
From: VictorSent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 11:25 PM To: main@techtalk.groups.ioSubject: Re: [TechTalk] phone scams I haven't experienced this scam yet. I have T-Mobile and they give me "scam likely" alerts whenever I get a suspicious call. I don't answer and I block all unknown callers unless they leave a voicemail. Even then, sometimes I block the number. I never answer unknown calls. Most of the time I think they're just wrong numbers. I'm very careful about opening emails and their links too. If I don't know who they are, I just delete the email. Thankfully, I seldom get spam in my gmail inbox.
On Sep 6, 2022, at 7:54 PM, Marda <marda.pianist@...> wrote:
They have been doing that in my area for quite awhile. They think people will be more likely to answer a number if it's a local one like with the same area code. I never answer an unrecognized number. I do check voicemail when I get a call so if they leave a message and I get it and decide to call back but I won't answer the initial call because that lets the scammer know the number is legitimate and working and they won't delete it from their list and will keep calling. I've got this one that has an unintelligible item on the caller id and they may do it for many months or even years but they never leave a message. If it was important enough the person would leave one. It's a shame we have to do that but it's like email. Unless I recognize the address or at least when I check I find out it's legitimate (like by going to the company's actual website) I don't open email and I never open attachments unless it's something I'm expecting. I also never open links unless I know the address or link is legitimate because I know someone who got malware by clicking on a link in an email that he thought was from someone we knew but it put malware on his computer and he had to do a whole new install of windows and jaws and all his software. He had a lot of stuff and it took him a couple of days. I don't know enough about the mechanics of everything to do what procedures he used but it was very involved and this was someone who is a programmer and knows what he's doing but he has a medical condition that supposedly this person sent him an article on and he let his guard down and didn't check out the email address or web link because he recognized the person's name. It really makes me angry seeing how they do it and it's not just senior citizens though there's a lot of publicity about how they are targeted but it happens a lot with younger people too. MardaI know people who have gotten malware because they On 9/6/2022 6:09 PM, Monte Single wrote: In the last month or so, I have noticed a new approach by phone scammers. My phone announces the number of an incoming call, I guess that’s called call display, ha ha. These number are local numbers, so I think they are coming from someone in my home area. But they are scams. Beware amigos!
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