Got a new phone number about a month ago, and the number of calls I have received because of the previous owner and their perhaps bad/perhaps uninformed choices is astounding. Scam calls have abounded, the number of calls received about new payday loans, time to pick up medications...it is beyond insane. I understand that some of this is to be expected for a period of time, but the fact this number called me so long after the fact is frustrating. I'm on the Do Not Call Registry (I know that doesn't necessarily do a whole lot, but I sure can report them!), and have been since I got the number. Since we're just past the 31-day window of when the Registry would take affect, I'm reporting this number based on all of the above! So thank you all for reporting - it helps to minimize being subjected to all of these scams.
Got a new phone number about a month ago, and the number of calls I have received because of the previous owner and their perhaps bad/perhaps uninformed choices is astounding. Scam calls have abounded, the number of calls received about new payday loans, time to pick up medications...it is beyond insane. I understand that some of this is to be expected for a period of time, but the fact this number called me so long after the fact is frustrating. I'm on the Do Not Call Registry (I know that doesn't necessarily do a whole lot, but I sure can report them!), and have been since I got the number. Since we're just past the 31-day window of when the Registry would take affect, I'm reporting this number based on all of the above! So thank you all for reporting - it helps to minimize being subjected to all of these scams.
i have received a couple of calls from this number... today i asked questions. The foreign man with a very heavy middle eastern accent told me he was calling from windows tech support. Hmmm... (red flag) He then continued to tell me about some errors to my computer from downloading, from the past FEW weeks. FEW weeks???? I had asked him this few weeks question several times, he would reply the same thing, "yes miss, the past FEW weeks"
Finally i was so angered and knew it was a scam, i have NOT had the computer a FEW WEEKS but a couple of days. NOTHING HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED nor have i had any problems or errors. I don't know what they want but i wouldn't give any information. Just figured i would share because when i looked up this number and found this website, as i read through the other messages i clearly understood i am not the only one and it is a bogus call.
Phone rang. Checked Caller ID. Didn't recognize the number. Didn't answer. Done. No muss. No fuss. Not much time taken up with nonsense.
Didn't pick up to let the caller(s) know that it was a viable number. Didn't listen to find out what accent was used or what the purpose of the call was. Didn't care then. Don't care now.
Didn't get upset if the DNC was adhered to (I'm on it but scammers, who don't follow the DNC guidelines, will find ways to get around it) or what Obama is going to do about it.
I have a life and instead of getting bent out-of-shape, morally indignant, cursing and slamming the phone down, and making this a big deal (instead of the small irritant that I choose to make it), I move on with my life. I'm in charge of what takes up my time.
That's just what I do. Simple. More power for me and for you, if you follow my lead, right?
Got a new phone number about a month ago, and the number of calls I have received because of the previous owner and their perhaps bad/perhaps uninformed choices is astounding. Scam calls have abounded, the number of calls received about new payday loans, time to pick up medications...it is beyond insane. I understand that some of this is to be expected for a period of time, but the fact this number called me so long after the fact is frustrating. I'm on the Do Not Call Registry (I know that doesn't necessarily do a whole lot, but I sure can report them!), and have been since I got the number. Since we're just past the 31-day window of when the Registry would take affect, I'm reporting this number based on all of the above! So thank you all for reporting - it helps to minimize being subjected to all of these scams.
i have received a couple of calls from this number... today i asked questions. The foreign man with a very heavy middle eastern accent told me he was calling from windows tech support. Hmmm... (red flag) He then continued to tell me about some errors to my computer from downloading, from the past FEW weeks. FEW weeks???? I had asked him this few weeks question several times, he would reply the same thing, "yes miss, the past FEW weeks"
Finally i was so angered and knew it was a scam, i have NOT had the computer a FEW WEEKS but a couple of days. NOTHING HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED nor have i had any problems or errors. I don't know what they want but i wouldn't give any information. Just figured i would share because when i looked up this number and found this website, as i read through the other messages i clearly understood i am not the only one and it is a bogus call.