This is another spoofed number. This is an elder scam that wants to "help" you with your computer, or "help" with a reverse mortgage or some other elderly scam. The number is spoofed, because at our home, in just the past 72 hours, this same creep calls from the following numbers:
812-555-0167
731-555-0162
707-555-0161
238-555-0163
Every number says "Dir Assist" with some giving the state. But do you see the pattern? "555" is not a phone number used in the US - in fact, it's given out, usually in the movies or TV shows when characters say a phone number aloud. Also, they all use similar last four digits.
This is another spoofed number. This is an elder scam that wants to "help" you with your computer, or "help" with a reverse mortgage or some other elderly scam. The number is spoofed, because at our home, in just the past 72 hours, this same creep calls from the following numbers:
812-555-0167
731-555-0162
707-555-0161
238-555-0163
Every number says "Dir Assist" with some giving the state. But do you see the pattern? "555" is not a phone number used in the US - in fact, it's given out, usually in the movies or TV shows when characters say a phone number aloud. Also, they all use similar last four digits.
This number called our business today at 1256. When I saw "Tennessee" on the caller ID and noted the "555", I knew it was a scam artist. I picked up the phone but said nothing. After a moment, the call disconnected. I wish there was a device which would back-feed an electric shock when scam artists call, frying their equipment and their little pea brains.