Google flagged this number as Spam but I picked up anyway to mess with them.
It is a ROBO-CALL in a female voice, but it employs AI and attempts to converse in a human manner. If you ask it if it is a bot, it will reply "there is a live human here" (but the long pauses between responses indicates machine processing) and the monotone voice pattern is clearly recorded. Still, AI chatbots are becoming more and more convincing
Beware that it ends almost every question with "okay?" in an attempt to get you to say the word "Yes." There are many scams out there that can use a recording of your voice saying "yes" against you, so under no circumstances should you answer any of their questions in the affirmative. I had to respond "No" to 3 subsequent questions before it hung up.
Best case, it is an insurance telemarketer ("health insurance rates have been lowered in your state") but it honestly felt more like a scam. BLOCKED.
You are absolutely correct, The robot wants you to say yes. these scams are on cell phones too offering you resort stays. Saying "is that ok with you" tricky tricky. I do not answer any calls anymore and have the ringer off. I only receive a tone if I have a message. I wait for a message that tells me who they are if they are someone I know I call back. More and more people stopped answering their phones, and the scamers use text save all those and file and get your money for them harassing you. never respond to unknown numbers best not to answer any calls with all the spoofing going on. and never respond to a text those are spoofed too confirm for sure have friends use a code in their text that only you and they know.
>> an attempt to get you to say the word "Yes." There are many scams out there that can use a recording of your voice saying "yes" against you, <<
There have been several telephone scams in which the caller tries to elicit a "yes" answer from the called person. Those scams have been around for at least four years.
The good part is ... Snopes states there are NO verified reports of people actually getting charged solely because of their "yes" answer.
http://www.snopes.com/can-you-hear-me-scam/
Do you have any PROOF people have lost money because of the supposed "say yes scam"?
Interesting observation:
Several posters claim the "say yes" scam caused multiple people to suffer financial loss, but canNOT give us links to prove that contention, and cannot state how people lose money if they do not give card or bank or specific, critical ID information to the caller!
Want to learn about a REAL scam that has cost victims over $50 million dollars, yet has dozens of daily visitors to this site asking, "is this a scam?" If so, click "A_Real_Scam", below:
A_Real_ScamToo many posters seem to be unaware of the truly dangerous IRS Scam. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reports many victims who have collectively reported over $55 million in financial losses as a result of tax scams over the last three years. That is a LOT more than the $0.00 loss so far verified for the "say yes" scam! Want proof? Read the info at this link:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2017-08.htm
In any case, be careful about giving strangers your precious financial info!
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