Is this a new telephone scam?
arkansas girl
5 years ago
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Comments (30)I've put my number on the "do not call" registry. I got a few calls from some resort. I screen my calls with an answering machine, so I normally didn't pick up. One day I did pick up and told them I was on the "do not call registry" and they were in violation. To which the girl replied, have you stayed at a Ramada Inn lately? I said yes. She said the resort was owned and operated by Cendant which is the same firm that owns Ramada and since I have done business with them recently they can call me. I told her thanks for the info, I'm no longer going to stay at Ramada Inns. That's also why I don't give my number when a retail establishment asks for it, if I do business with Best Buy can they have any of their affiliated businesses call me?...See MoreMy 'New' Retro Telephone-Pic
Comments (26)I really like old phones- mainly b/c they were built well. I just bought a 1972 red, table top rotary phone for my family room. I love the ring- except it is really loud. I had to turn the ring off on my other phones and I can hear this phone ring outside w/ the windows closed. My parents had a similar one- black-gold coloring & I think more in the americanna design. Everyone loved it and work well.- I think she still has it-think I'm gonna try to sneak it out of her house :)...See MoreNew scam (to me) via USPS
Comments (18)I've actually had a similar idea to yours cynic, but with a slight change that might actually make the solution workable. Whenever a call is received, the recipient has the option of hanging up and dialing similar to *69 (I'll call it *96) which would cause some amount (say 50 cents) to be added to the callers bill, and that amount would be credited to the recipient's bill. Think about it. You've just got a call from 'Bridget at card services" or from "Microsoft" or from some annoying survey or from the opposing political party regarding their reprehensible candidate, and rather than merely hanging up and walking away silently fuming (like I did moments ago in the middle of writing this message) Instead imagine hanging up, dialing *96 and walking away slightly smirking because you've actually affected the annoying caller, and your phone bill will be slightly smaller this month. Imagine the smile when you think, "Five more of them, and this month is free!" The details of the plan would need some careful thought to avoid creating a new mode of abuse wherein some scammer calls you leaving a message saying "Its an emergency, call me back at this number ASAP" and then when you do, they *96 you and garner 50 cents from you. Maybe each caller gets a handful of *96 calls in a given month before they are debited. Or perhaps the caller is notified that the recipient has done a *96, and the caller has the option of dialing *97 and negating the charge back, but only a couple of times a month. It would take decision at the Federal level to force the phone companies to implement this, since I'm sure they'll fight it tooth and nail. Furthermore the telemarketing industry will surely claim it would affect their business, and jobs of all the poor schlubs they employ, but ... duh, that's the entire point of the measure. The one issue I see with the measure is that it would be so effective, that perhaps within a year of being implemented, the need for it and the use of it would drop to near zero. (Note if a lawmaker reads this and wants to implement this scheme, I'll gladly license the design for a meager 1/100th of a cent per call that is *96'ed :-)...See MoreTelephone (landline) scam calls, a new low for us (2X) plus CC skimmed
Comments (30)My husband gets as many as 30 calls a day, from all over the country. I suspect it is because he is job hunting online and isn't savvy about what sites he visits and gives out his contact information to. He gets dozens of e-mails per day too and lots of junk mail. He can't even keep up with deleting them. I've tried to get him to unsubscribe and mark spam but he doesn't. His phone is full of apps that give him pop ups, and is almost unusable at this point. He can't be bothered but the constant phone ringing bothers me. Now my phone has started in with it. I suspect I got fooled by phone number cloning to answer once or twice and now my number is making the rounds. This is getting close to bad science fiction . . ....See Morearkansas girl
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