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keithbvadu2

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7. When you have spare time to kill....

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 07:17 PM

Nov 2019

When you have spare time to kill....

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How to answer spam phone calls...

Keep asking: What is your name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org address?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org phone number?
... until you get an answer.

What number can I get in contact with you?
... until you get an answer.

So what if they lie?
You're just going to hang up on them anyway.
Even better if you say 'sorry, not interested'.
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Their time is also important to them.

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A very simple idea about "scam calls". Why do we get so many of them? [View all] Stuart G Nov 2019 OP

I am amused by scam calls Gothmog Nov 2019 #1

Yes, I have gotten that one too. Sometimes the scam call is supposed to be from.."The social Stuart G Nov 2019 #2

If the postman actually delivers them. Mine puts the Backseat Driver Nov 2019 #8

Any solicitations done by phone should have to credit you a quarter on your phone bill lostnfound Nov 2019 #3

That would stop a lot of them. Probably take the "profit" away.. Stuart G Nov 2019 #4

I get so many that I have several ways of dealing with them for my own amusement TlalocW Nov 2019 #5

Thank you for sharing that information..Nice to know that your way of dealing with them really Stuart G Nov 2019 #6

When you have spare time to kill.... keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #7

My technique to deal with them is this customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #9

I just got a call from "social security" ..just now, someone was using my number in Texas. Stuart G Nov 2019 #10

Here is a link to a May 3, 2019 article, (NY Times) on the "Social Security Scam" Stuart G Nov 2019 #11

There is another reason why we get so many .."scam calls" - Calling people has become.." VERY CHEAP" Stuart G Nov 2019 #12