Getting three or more phone calls a day telling me my car's warranty has expired and I'm screwed so I need to call them ASAP. My car's warranty expired before I even bought it but if there is a warranty out there that lasts 20 years or 200,000 miles I'm all ears.
We get dozens everyday. Car warranty, Interest Rate on Credit Cards (huge scam and probably the single most repeated calls we receive - usually about 15 a day), Change your Energy Company, Solar Power, Collecting for Police or Fire Departments, A recording of some lady just speaking Chinese (I only get this one on my cell phone for some reason), and the occasional "Hello Grandpa? I was in an accident which is why I sound different... I need you to send me some money."
It's beyond annoying - it has changed the quality of life.
I even started a thread about it a while back...
https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=58172
It's beyond annoying - it has changed the quality of life.
I even started a thread about it a while back...
https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=58172
Same here. All kinds of scams. Constantly warning my old man not to engage.
I forgot to add the call about my Amazon account having charges made to it (just got one of those today before writing this). I string them along for a while then finally ask the name of the account they are referencing... they give me my father's name (that's the name in the phone book - he never even used a computer and did not have an Amazon account)... that's when I tell them he's been dead for 4 years... then they hang up. (And if they don't, then I lay into them.)
We just stopped answering the phone, (both the house phone and the cell phones), if we don't recognize the phone number on the caller ID. If it's a real call, they leave a message. If not, we can just ignore them.
Occasionally a scammer leaves a message, but they're easy to spot, so we just delete the message. I can't count how many times Apple Care has told me that my account has been hacked, and I shouldn't use my Apple device until I call them. We don't own any Apple devices.
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