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TiggrToo

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Is anyone else getting a huge influx of these scammers? My home phone is getting these around once every 30 minutes for several days now - all using the same CID of 1 (800) 800-2775 (which is Apple's real support number).

Never seen a scammer so bloody persistent, so freaking desperate, as to call almost relentlessly.

Amazes me that people still fall for these.
 
This is exactly why I love Google Voice with the prompt for callers to leave their name. Hardly any spam even gets to leave a message. This is also why they need to get the Shaken Stirred tech going already so these bozos can't spoof anymore.
 
If they call again, answer it and have some fun.

Tell the person on the phone you are Steve Jobs.

Ask the person on the phone how do you get warm blood out of the carpet, and how long does it take before a dead body starts showing signs of rigormortis?

Tell the person on the phone that you recently procured a shipment of 5 Dell computers from Mars, which also come with a 2 year warranty from QVC home shopping network.

Tell the person on the phone that you are deathly allergic to apples. And even talking about them makes you start breaking out in hives.
 
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BasicGreatGuy said:
If they call again, answer it and have some fun.

Tell the person on the phone you are Steve Jobs.

Ask the person on the phone how do you get warm blood out of the carpet, and how long does it take before a dead body starts showing signs of rigormortis?

Tell the person on the phone that you recently procured a shipment of 5 Dell computers from Mars, which also come with a 2 year warranty from QVC home shopping network.

Tell the person on the phone that you are deathly allergic to apples. And even talking about them makes you start breaking out in hives.
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This is great for the scammers; although, I don't know if legit telemarketers exist anymore. When I was younger they did for like vacations and windows etc, and I didn't like when people would do that junk to them. They were at least legitimately sell something and not just steal peoples money or identity for nothing good in return.

EDIT: I am tempted to put on Ralph breaks the Internet, and when they ask for a CC, I will play the part "Seven, oh wait no, 11" and hang up :D
 
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BasicGreatGuy said:
If they call again, answer it and have some fun.

Tell the person on the phone you are Steve Jobs.

Ask the person on the phone how do you get warm blood out of the carpet, and how long does it take before a dead body starts showing signs of rigormortis?

Tell the person on the phone that you recently procured a shipment of 5 Dell computers from Mars, which also come with a 2 year warranty from QVC home shopping network.

Tell the person on the phone that you are deathly allergic to apples. And even talking about them makes you start breaking out in hives.
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Oh I've answered it enough times to finally get a "****, not you again (click)"

Finally ended up blocking the number for a while.
 
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TiggrToo said:
Oh I've answered it enough times to finally get a "****, not you again (click)"

Finally ended up blocking the number for a while.
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I mean even if it's a computer, they are still wasting time not removing numbers that give VM or no answer over and over or that they know aren't falling for it or even wasting their time on the call. Remove them and concentrate on the idiots. This is why I never understood why telemarketers were against Telezapper. Obviously they got it because they don't want to buy the crap so Telezapper helps telemarketers concentrate on more potential sales.
 
TiggrToo said:
Usual "iCloud account has been compromised" message - currently they're from "Molly".
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Ah yes, Molly. I got those on a few Sundays constantly after visiting Apple’s Grand Central NYC store twice in 2017, they were spoofing the GC store’s phone #*. They call occasionally whenever I log into iCloud, which is a huge reason why I do not use iCloud.

*I reported the Grand Central store phone number spoofing to an Apple rep, and after 3 consecutive Sundays, those Molly calls stopped for awhile. Spoofers did try again, but we ignore the calls.
 
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kazmac said:
Ah yes, Molly. I got those on a few Sundays constantly after visiting Apple’s Grand Central NYC store twice in 2017, they were spoofing the GC store’s phone #*. They call occasionally whenever I log into iCloud, which is a huge reason why I do not use iCloud.

*I reported the Grand Central store phone number spoofing to an Apple rep, and after 3 consecutive Sundays, those Molly calls stopped for awhile. Spoofers did try again, but we ignore the calls.
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Coincidently these started a few days after I contacted Apple support on an issue - however I know it’s a coincidence because they’re only hitting up the landline, and I never give out the home number to anyone preferring my cell for daily use (including when I called Apple).
 
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TiggrToo said:
Meaning what? I have VoIP as well.
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With my VoIP, I set up a phone tree where when you call any of my numerous tlele #'s, you instantly get a recording, then you have to press an option to continue, and then it rings through to me.

Doing this has completely eliminated robo-dialer calls, and has also eliminated 99% of telemarketing calls.

And all of this is free!

Another reason why, in my opinion VoIP is superior to traditional telecom... :cool:
 
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My mother, who sadly owns no Apple products, received a few of these calls. I picked up and screamed at the rep and told him to stop calling or I would hop on a plane and kill him myself. Amazingly enough, that worked. I have NO compassion for thieves.
 
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With my VoIP, I set up a phone tree where when you call any of my numerous tlele #'s, you instantly get a recording, then you have to press an option to continue, and then it rings through to me.

Doing this has completely eliminated robo-dialer calls, and has also eliminated 99% of telemarketing calls.

And all of this is free!

Another reason why, in my opinion VoIP is superior to traditional telecom... :cool:
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This is the same reason I love Google Voice. Ever since I enabled the prompt to leave your name, nearly zero spam makes it through anymore. At least nothing where they leave any message. Maybe they start talking to the prompt, and none of it makes it to the actual message?
 
I don’t get many spam calls on T-Mobile, but of those that might squeak through, I have voicemail to text and the spam transcriptions are a hoot. I haven’t listened to a voicemail in a long time.
 
TiggrToo said:
Is anyone else getting a huge influx of these scammers? My home phone is getting these around once every 30 minutes for several days now - all using the same CID of 1 (800) 800-2775 (which is Apple's real support number).

Never seen a scammer so bloody persistent, so freaking desperate, as to call almost relentlessly.

Amazes me that people still fall for these.
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Does your carrier offer a blocking service?

One of the things I loved about Sprint was that you could block numbers at the carrier level. They never hit your phone because the carrier cut them off before then. It was free and you could add or remove as many numbers as you wanted.

I know with the iPhone you can block numbers now but that's at the phone level. The call still comes through and then the phone intercepts and blocks it.

When we moved to T-Mobile, that was one service I missed. I believe AT&T charges you for it, but I don't know about Verizon.
 
eyoungren said:
Does your carrier offer a blocking service?

One of the things I loved about Sprint was that you could block numbers at the carrier level. They never hit your phone because the carrier cut them off before then. It was free and you could add or remove as many numbers as you wanted.

I know with the iPhone you can block numbers now but that's at the phone level. The call still comes through and then the phone intercepts and blocks it.

When we moved to T-Mobile, that was one service I missed. I believe AT&T charges you for it, but I don't know about Verizon.
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Yeah, a whole 6 numbers! Real generous, I know!

We'll probably be ditching the landline sometime the new year anyway, so that will at least shut that avenue down.
 
Texas_Toast said:
With my VoIP, I set up a phone tree where when you call any of my numerous tlele #'s, you instantly get a recording, then you have to press an option to continue, and then it rings through to me.

Doing this has completely eliminated robo-dialer calls, and has also eliminated 99% of telemarketing calls.

And all of this is free!

Another reason why, in my opinion VoIP is superior to traditional telecom... :cool:
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Depends on who supplies the services. Not all VoIP is the same.
 
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