On 5/19/2016 10:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Wow never heard of these scams before. Cheers, Christine
I've gotten the IRS scam call. It's not even a real person, just a bunch of phrases strung together by a computer with pauses in wrong places and a demand that you call a certain phone number. But I get the same damn call again and again and again. I've had it come in as many as 10 times a day (based on the snippets of it on my answering machine). I just delete those messages from the answering machine. If the IRS really wants to get in touch with you, they'll send you a letter by certified mail telling you when and where to appear for the audit. I'm getting "final expenses insurance", Medicare supplements & prescription plans. Multiple calls per day with the same robot on the other end. There's two ways to deal with them - either don't say anything after you pick up so the robot gets confused & disconnects or you can answer the qualifying question (Are you over 65?) with "No" in hopes the logic tree it's using will somehow decide you're not a good prospect. Neither one seems to work. If there was some program that would allow me to take control of the computer on the other end of the robo-call so I could nuke it, I'd be interested. I'll probably take a close look at one of those call blocking devices. Is there one that I can program with the numbers I want to allow through that will block everything else? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
