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Beware One Ring Phone Scam
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| January 30, 2014
Posted on 01/31/2014 6:38:35 AM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Salamander
Half the time, I dont even call back the people I do know.LOL, I'm right there with you!! I certainly wouldn't dial back a number that I don't recognize - local or not.
What is it about cel phones that make people lose their minds? If I happen to dial a wrong number, notice it right away and hang up, it still registers as a "missed call" on the other person's line.
More often than not, the person immediately dials back and says, "You called me?".
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:23:51 AM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(Washington: "I cannot tell a lie". Obama: "I cannot tell.....I lie")
To: Second Amendment First
That can be a real problem with smart phones. I once made the mistake, after Haiti, of making a "one time donation" to a charity on my smart phone. The charge was made monthly, and by the time I received a bill and contacted Verizon it was on there three times. It's almost impossible to remove those charges once they're on your phone. The information of where the money was being credited didn't include a name, address, and phone number to contact them.
I don't have a smart phone anymore. It didn't seem all that smart when it came to charges that could be put on my phone bill without me having an easy way to remove them.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:27:44 AM PST
by
grania
To: Ditter
LOL I have been hitting the block button even though I know they mimic numbers to get around that. My new ones are a “Senior Citizens security alert” and a “Personal Mobility” scam. We can’t easily turn our overseas calls off so we ignore # s or country codes we don’t recognize.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:36:07 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: Second Amendment First
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:37:16 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Second Amendment First
I got one yesterday from 268 762 0043. It rang once, and I did call back.
I just checked my account, and there are no extra charges there for that call.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:40:58 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Steely Tom
It’s not the call to you that costs.
They want you to call them back, and they try to keep you on the line.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:42:23 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:44:32 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("The GOP fights its own base with far more vigor than it employs in fighting the Dims.")
To: Mygirlsmom
I don’t know what the attraction is.
I hate them and consider them a necessary evil.
Hubby gets annoyed if I don’t answer when I’m out shopping.
That’s the whole point of my “Gone a’Viking” trips alone.
I want to be alone and unbothered.
A cell phone is an electronic leash.
I *rarely* dial anyone and if I do, it’s the autodial feature on some store’s website so I don’t create many wrong numbers, myself.
I have gotten them, though.
One guy repeatedly called my number for weeks, looking for his drinking buddy and got pretty upset that I wasn’t him and didn’t know where he was.
My phone works great as away from home internet and that’s about it...:)
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:45:19 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Second Amendment First
We are becoming a nation of narcissists. When I get a one-ring call, I think it must have been somebody who realized they dialed the wrong number and hung up. If I get a number I don't recognize, especially a long distance one, I just delete it from my phone. I don't assume that some special, important call just missed me by mistake, and if I just call them back something magical will happen. Honestly people, put down the cell phones and live in the world around you.
*This message brought to you by somebody who works in an IT field.*
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:47:59 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. *Asterisk.*)
To: UCANSEE2
“Like the one yesterday from PAKISTAN telling me the Microsoft Server was getting error messages from my computer, telling them that my computer was being used by hackers to attack other computers. And that it was ruining my hard drive. And there was no software I could get to fix it. That they would fix it for free, but there would be a charge of....
I guess you can tell how that went. “
If I am not busy, I take the call and keep them on the line until I get bored. My record to date is 45 minutes. I tell them I cannot find the “any” key and can they help me.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:48:41 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("The GOP fights its own base with far more vigor than it employs in fighting the Dims.")
To: Steely Tom
If you punch the number into Google, it’ll tell you who called.
There’s also a list of known telemarketers that comes up regularly for a lot of them.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:49:13 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:50:10 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Salamander
I know somebody whose voice mail message says “hi, you’ve reached _____. Please leave a message. There are several people I’m actively avoiding. If I don’t return your call, you’ll know you’re one of them.”
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:51:17 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. *Asterisk.*)
To: Hoffer Rand
“I love wrong numbers.” - Ruthless People
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:52:06 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Hoffer Rand
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:54:05 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:54:27 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: nascarnation
Its not the call to you that costs.
They want you to call them back, and they try to keep you on the line. I understand.
When I called back, I got a very low quality audio menu recording. It never identified a company or organization. A low-quality recording of a female voice said something like "to access our services, dial one for bla-bla, dial 2 for..."
I disconnected the call right after the words "dial one."
I don't see any evidence of a charge resulting from my outward-dialed call.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:55:05 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Ditter
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:55:10 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. *Asterisk.*)
To: Ditter
Is this a different Do Not Call list from a few years ago? The old one no longer works.It's a five year sign up (welcome to the wonderful world of lobbyists), so you may need to go back and sign up again.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:56:48 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. *Asterisk.*)
To: Steely Tom
Good.
It’s a sh!tty thing, because I don’t really think it’s illegal under the laws of where they’re calling from.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:58:43 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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