Phone scam? question

[Bullard4075]

The wife keeps getting calls from number +91 80 3350 3000
We don't answer.
I can find no reference to it on the internet.
I suspect a scam.
I can also find no reference to what the + sign has to do with the number.
91 is area (code?) for India.

[Trailboss]

The wife keeps getting calls from number +91 80 3350 3000
We don't answer.
I can find no reference to it on the internet.
I suspect a scam.
I can also find no reference to what the + sign has to do with the number.
91 is area (code?) for India.

Definitely a scam. Yes, 91 is the country code for India.

[GunnyMack]

Don't answer it, or any calls that show as toll free area code- nothing but telemarketers!
If you do happen to answer one of these calls, never say the word YES to any of their questions. Lots of times these calls are recorded and that gives them the ability to insert your YES into any part of their sales pitch.

I pick up the phone and hang it back up instantly. Just so I don't have to hear it ringing.

Have you put your phone number(s) on the government DO NOT CALL list?

[gcs]

The "do not call" list is a joke, nobody enforces it so telemarketers ignore it.
My phones have been on the list since it was created, I still block 3 calls per week.

If I get a call with a number I don't know, and they don't leave a voicemail, on the block list it goes.

[Pete44ru]

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Since most of the telemarketing calls are robo calls (automatically computer dialed), I simply allow any phone number IDK (I have caller ID enabled, AND the ID shows on my TV screen also) go to my answering machine - their auto-dialer usually ends the call when it electronically senses the AM.


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[jdad]

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[JohndeFresno]

NOMOROBO.COM

GREAT idea unless you receive important appointment confirmations by automated message.

[wecsoger]

That may very well be a call from India. Or not. But if you don't recognize it, you don't have to answer.

I work with a Cisco phone system with over a hundred locations. I can make a caller ID on an outgoing call be any number I want.
One time I had to call my parents from work. I knew they would not recognize my desk number, so with a couple key clicks, changed my desk phone to my home phone number.

VOIP calls (voice over the internet) is so fantastically cheap, the scammers can be anywhere, and India has a lot of them. Think they care about the do-not-call list? Pfft.

Phone/voice providers can stop the caller ID spoofing. They have the computing horsepower to provide and auto-attendant front end for your phone number.

They won't because it's not in their interest and won't unless the gov't forces them.

[Sixgun]

I have a simple policy here at Sixgun Land.....if the caller ID comes up with ANYTHING other than a persons name that I KNOW, it's "click...click" which means I hit "answer" and immediately hit "end".

I don't even want to give them the satisfaction of using my answering machine.....click...click...

In Teamsters/union guy terms.....phuck em.

If it's important , that caller will call back....and I MIGHT give them a second chance.

This is MY home....I do not bother THEM at THEIR home.

Simplicity at its best ---6

[jdad]

NOMOROBO.COM

GREAT idea unless you receive important appointment confirmations by automated message.

Shouldn't be that tough if you post appointments when made on a calendar. Most professional practices are set up to text to your cell also.

[piller]

I have never enabled my voice mail. If it is important, they e-mail or text me. I have learned to hate voice mail from trying to decipher nurse speak. TheyleaveaspeedmessagegivingamumblednamaandtheDoctor'snameandthepatientnameanddateofbirthandthemedicineandquantitywithdirections. All that in 7 seconds or less. Usually less. That is my reason for hating voice mail. Again, if it is important, I will get an e-mail or a text.