I guess I’m a skeptic too. I’ve been hit with this before. I make it a practice to never say “yes” unless it is to someone or somewhere I have called.
For those who have issues with not answering/hanging up:
http://www.digitone.com/Digitone%20Call%20Blocker.htm
I have a very elderly parent (mentally not firing on all cylinders) who grew up in the days when phone calls were rare & if the phone rang, it was important so you answered it. He’s also too polite to hang up quickly (if at all) on scammers. The Digitone Call Blocker has been a life saver for us ..... worth every single penny. From the factory, it is set to allow all calls & you block the ones you don’t want. You can also reset it to block all calls & then you allow area codes, exchanges, numbers you want to get through. This is how we have ours set up.
I always ask “Who’s calling?” If it’s a legit call, they’ll announce themselves. If it’s not, I hang up. Too many robocallers nowadays make it seem like it’s a real person from the outset. I’ve become skeptical of any call on my phone from a number I don’t know.
I almost never answer an unknown caller or caller with an unrecognized number. The few times I do (if I suspect for some reason that it might be legitimate), I hang up immediately without saying a word if it’s obviously a bad call.
I used to interact with them by telling them to email me. If they said they don’t know my email address I would say, well, you found my phone number, didn’t you.
But I don’t do that anymore. Mostly don’t answer. When I do answer, if not a known caller, hang up immediately.
BTW, someone here in FR posted recently (and maybe again on this thread, I haven’t read the thread) that phone scammers are now often in Eastern Europe and use VOIP technology to identify random US area codes on the incoming call.
Anyone who still answers unknown numbers is brain damaged.
It’s not fake news. It’s a real scam.
Same here.
I don’t answer the phone because someone might be on the other end.
This happened to me with a recording.
“Hello”
“Hello, Can you hear me?”
“Yes”
Is it just me or does Breitbart freeze everyone’s computers up? Sheeeesh I wish they’d get this fixed.....
Same here. Thank heavens for caller ID.
I read this early this morning, and just got a “can you hear me okay?” phone call. Click.
Thanks for posting.
I don't pick up the house phone unless I recognize the number or caller (its mechanical voice says "call from" followed by the number or name associated with the number on our list). If they start talking to the answering machine I can pick up- or not. We've been on the Do Not Call list forever but it has not slowed down the junk calls one bit.