Recorded message from number 1-717-862-2070 stating words to the effect of "This is (can't remember name) from the shipping department about a 'Life Alert-like' product. It's ready to leave the warehouse and has been already paid for in full. Press '1' to ship or press '5' to cancel."
The call sounds like a real person talking and not a recording. The cowards mention that you may have bought it due to a recent fall or someone purchased it for you. It mentions three times how it is already paid for. The thing speaking uses pauses and a lot of "uhms" like someone would use in normal conversation.
I can see how an elderly or challenged individual could fall for it. It sounds very very real. I received the call two days in a row. I hope they rot in hell.
Just knocked on my phone with no message. VOIP (phone calls from a computer) can be programmed to display anything for the caller-ID. It's the scam artists dream come true. Best way to beat them is to let the answering machine screen ALL unfamiliar calls. I'm averaging about 10 of these calls every day. There should be some way to track these calls through the IP address of their computer, but they probably fake that too. I hope there's a special place in hell for these clowns.
Recorded message from number 1-717-862-2070 stating words to the effect of "This is (can't remember name) from the shipping department about a 'Life Alert-like' product. It's ready to leave the warehouse and has been already paid for in full. Press '1' to ship or press '5' to cancel."
The call sounds like a real person talking and not a recording. The cowards mention that you may have bought it due to a recent fall or someone purchased it for you. It mentions three times how it is already paid for. The thing speaking uses pauses and a lot of "uhms" like someone would use in normal conversation.
I can see how an elderly or challenged individual could fall for it. It sounds very very real. I received the call two days in a row. I hope they rot in hell.
They called yesterday for the first time from this number, the fifth they have used. Yesterday, there was no message, Today I got the same ole peppy one about how the police and the heart association and the diabetes association all think I should have a medic-alert-type device. These kind folks call themselves Senior Medical Advisory.
I did not listen to the whole message today, but if they are trying to get you to take shipment for a "prepaid" device, then you can be sure they are 1) phishing for your info, and/or 2) setting you up to be automatically billed some hefty amount for monthly "service."
( First they called for two days from 610-263-8736, then they called 3/27 through 4/2 from 412-307-3889, and from 4-3 through 4-5 from 215-687-4824. Starting on April 6 they used 724-364-4111. These are all Pennsylvania numbers. Maybe they are all spoofed, and maybe this outfit spoofs numbers for the state where the callees live, all over the USA.