One of the Worst RoboCalls, Vehicle warranty scam.

[Rule3]

I think this one is the most obnoxious, plus it's long. Not only is it a scam they want to place you on hold!!!

Hi I'm calling from vehicle servicing to reach out regarding the factory warranty on your vehicle our records indicate it's past the coverage expiration is that right?? (pause)

Ok well I see the vehicle here on file is actually still eligible for vehicle warranty protection for security reasons let me get a specialist who can give you the details on the vehicle and explain your available options leasehold.

Thanks for holding all of our coverage specialists are presently busy helping other customers please stay on the line to maintain your call priority you hate surprise expenses especially costly auto repairs or the cost of replacing a pricey electrical part or air conditioner or transmission bust your monthly budget you are the next caller in queue to continue holding press 5 now or to request a callback from the next available agent press 9 now estimated callback time is less than one minute.


Gee thanks, my car is still under factory warranty!

 

[JayFramer]

You do realize every time you answer a robocall, your number is flagged and added to a list as "active". You can expect more and more calls.

I used to get about half a dozen or more robocalls every day. After ignoring all unfamiliar numbers and using a free caller id on my phone for a few months now, I only get about one call per week.

Also, never put your real phone number when signing up at different shops and sites online. They really have no business calling you and believe me, even legit businesses can and do legally sell your number to ad agencies. I feel any issue that might crop up with an order can be solved with email.

 

[samuelrp]

I go into settings, and send all numbers not in my contacts, direct to voice mail. Never hear them ring, and they mostly do not leave a message. If they get through, then I block their #.

 

[alwslate]

When my phone rings I look at caller ID to see if I recognize the number.
If I don't then I don't answer. I figure if the call is legit they will leave a
voicemail and I'll return the call. I get a few robocalls every day. Most
don't leave a recorded voicemail but some do. I don't care. They can
talk to my voicemail all they want.

 

[Rule3]

You do realize every time you answer a robocall, your number is flagged and added to a list as "active". You can expect more and more calls.

I used to get about half a dozen or more robocalls every day. After ignoring all unfamiliar numbers and using a free caller id on my phone for a few months now, I only get about one call per week.

Also, never put your real phone number when signing up at different shops and sites online. They really have no business calling you and believe me, even legit businesses can and do legally sell your number to ad agencies. I feel any issue that might crop up with an order can be solved with email.

I do not answer the phone It's on the recorder. I have exceeded my allowed "blocks" Doesn't matter they change the phone number. Also the number bypasses the unknown name blocker,

 

[Xfuzz]

I have Verizon. Just recently when the phone rings it
indicates "Potential Spam" instead of a phone number.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

I think this one is the most obnoxious, plus it's long. Not only is it a scam they want to place you on hold!!!

Hi I'm calling from vehicle servicing to reach out regarding the factory warranty on your vehicle our records indicate it's past the coverage expiration is that right?? (pause)

Ok well I see the vehicle here on file is actually still eligible for vehicle warranty protection for security reasons let me get a specialist who can give you the details on the vehicle and explain your available options leasehold.

Thanks for holding all of our coverage specialists are presently busy helping other customers please stay on the line to maintain your call priority you hate surprise expenses especially costly auto repairs or the cost of replacing a pricey electrical part or air conditioner or transmission bust your monthly budget you are the next caller in queue to continue holding press 5 now or to request a callback from the next available agent press 9 now estimated callback time is less than one minute.


Gee thanks, my car is still under factory warranty!

I often ask them which vehicle is expired "as I have several". I get the runaround and then ask them if the vehicle is on their computer. Again, this sets the scammer into a now-what-do-I-do-now moment. Then come the death threats and demands for my personal information etc etc etc. I only do this when I'm in a mischievious mood and want to waste their time. It might surprise you to know that these scammers have a quota in some of the boiler rooms they work in and that failure to meet that quota results in them getting a beating from their bosses.

 

[beaverislander]

When my phone rings I look at caller ID to see if I recognize the number.
If I don't then I don't answer. I figure if the call is legit they will leave a
voicemail and I'll return the call. I get a few robocalls every day. Most
don't leave a recorded voicemail but some do. I don't care. They can
talk to my voicemail all they want.

This is exactly what I do.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

My recorder has a delete.
And I am hard wire programmed to ignore.

 

[pawngal]

IF I accidentally answer one of those calls I ask them for a warranty for my '74 MG. Click...

 

[mdf9183]

The other day I got a robocall and when I looked at it the number was my own. Needless to say since I didn't answer since i didn't want to talk to myself. They left a voice mail tho.

 

[coltle6920]

I have Verizon. Just recently when the phone rings it
indicates "Potential Spam" instead of a phone number.

I have Verizon Call Block. Sounds like you do also. Difference is my calls go right to voicemail but I get a sms with the inbound number showing blocked as potential spam. The phone doesn't ring for these numbers.

 

[growr]

my last call....I answered and told them I was SO glad that they called, as I was very worried about my warranty about to run out for my 1956 S-110 International pickup.....how much would it cost to renew for another 5 years anyway?????

Response... A What?? Never heard of it....click!

Have not received another call.....maybe it worked!! Anyway it WAS fun...

Randy

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

It might surprise you to know that these scammers have a quota in some of the boiler rooms they work in and that failure to meet that quota results in them getting a beating from their bosses.

The beatings will stop when the morale improves.

 

[kraynky]

I have learned my lesson about "ENTER NOW! GREAT GUN GIVEAWAY!"

I'v been fortunate enough to win a really nice Meopta scope from Camera World a couple of years back. I guess that's why I keep entering.

But I tell you the truth, I've ended up on so many email lists that I'm considering just changing it completely. I've spent unknown amounts of time Unsubscribing from an endless number of people wanting to sell something or talk me out of a donation to save the world.

It's maddening.

 

[Golddollar]

The other day I got a robocall and when I looked at it the number was my own. Needless to say since I didn't answer since i didn't want to talk to myself. They left a voice mail tho.

Somebody pulled that on me twice. They not only had my phone number, but my name too. I've been talking to myself for years. I don't need a telephone to do it.

 

[steveno]

for some reason they didn't want to talk to when they found out I had 330,000 miles on my 2004 Colorado

 

[kamloops67]

I tell them , "not only am i interested but this is important to me ! Im just cooking supper right now ,can you hold the line just a moment ? I have a pot boiling ."
Pick up the phone a minute later ,"just a moment please dont hang up ,this is important to me "
A minute or so later 'id ask ," you still there? Ok good ,im sorry ill be right with you. please dont hang up "
So yeah ... String them along as long as you can then deliver the sting .
" are you still there ? Why , are you stupid or just really need the money? Idiot ..."
Click

 

[bgrafsr]

I have Verizon. Just recently when the phone rings it
indicates "Potential Spam" instead of a phone number.

Same with me.

 

[VAPA]

There is a free service called nomorobo, it works with many of the service providers.

 

[Texas40]

I think this one is the most obnoxious, plus it's long. Not only is it a scam they want to place you on hold!!!

Hi I'm calling from vehicle servicing to reach out regarding the factory warranty on your vehicle our records indicate it's past the coverage expiration is that right?? (pause)

Ok well I see the vehicle here on file is actually still eligible for vehicle warranty protection for security reasons let me get a specialist who can give you the details on the vehicle and explain your available options leasehold.

Thanks for holding all of our coverage specialists are presently busy helping other customers please stay on the line to maintain your call priority you hate surprise expenses especially costly auto repairs or the cost of replacing a pricey electrical part or air conditioner or transmission bust your monthly budget you are the next caller in queue to continue holding press 5 now or to request a callback from the next available agent press 9 now estimated callback time is less than one minute.


Gee thanks, my car is still under factory warranty!

As soon as they (the recorded voice)
Says they above or
Hello please dont hang up

Bam


Receiver hits the holder or finger hits the end call button.


Simple Safe Secure.


And if its incoming on cell and no caller id or unknown or a number I dont not have in contacts its a no answer.

Leave msg Ill call back

No msg left


Straight to settings
Block number.
Move on.




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[Engineer1911]

My dumb flip phone has none of the potential of your wonderful devices. I let mystery calls go to voice mail, get maybe only one voice mail per day. My contact list has Ign0, Ign1, Ign... for Ignore numbers, but I don't get repeat calls.

I have had PM discussions with several members and given them my cell number. I realized if I didn't answer, they would leave a message.

Rule #1: My cell phone is for my convenience.

I don't have to answer. And I lived many 55+ years without a cell phone, and for 3 years in Air Force barracks without any telephone at all.

 

[glenwolde]

They rarely get through my defenses. But this outcome is because I have a phone number from another state.

Several years ago I moved to another state and got a new phone number as I thought we would be staying a while. I had been using a phone that was paid for by my former employer who wanted to maintain access to me, but that deal ended.

Then we ended up moving out of that state about three years later. I have zero connections to anybody there that would need my phone number. Since most robocalls like to spoof local numbers, I just used a robocall app to block every area code in that state. That gets 90% of them.

The app picks up most of the 800/866/8whatever numbers that are in their database. Maybe one a month gets through and that I don't answer.

 

[panther]

Every once and awhile I think back to the days when we had a black plastic phone with a rotary dial on it. When it rang, we answered it. There was no way to know who it was until you answered, and it was usually family or a friend.
Our phones are so advanced and handy now. It's like a pocket computer that can make calls, but with all the tech advances, we take the good with the bad. I have to ignore any number I don't recognize because it is probably someone trying to steal my info, money, credit, whatever they can get.
I haver been told my hospital and my job sell customer lists. That's where some of these calls come from.
I'm not sure we are really that much better off. Sorry, just a rant.

 

[G-Mac]

I always get to a live person. When they ask me the year and model of the car I tell them it's a 2000BC Flintstone-mobile.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I just ask them what they are wearing.

 

[Texas40]

Let me also add it is amazing to me the number of people who simply CANNOT avoid answering their phone when it rings.

As the above poster mentioned I too recall the days of phones with rotary dials and I also can recall letting the darn thing ring and not picking it up.

Simplest way to avoid scam calls is to not answer.

Any one who needs to actually reach you will (should) know enough to leave a msg.

People have allowed these devices to run their lives.


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[Farmer17]

My cell phone is also my business phone so I need to answer some calls and if its from another area code I don't answer but if from my area code I usually do. What really bugs me is the most frequent robo call I get tells me my Google listing needs updating and it's the same woman's voice every single time! I've blocked it at least a hundred times and every time it comes through on a different local phone number, I wish Trump could figure out a way to put them out of business.

 

[saemetric]

I tell them that my newest car is 40 years old and has 285,000 miles on it. They don't call back. ( And it's the truth )

 

[pawngal]

My cell phone is also my business phone so I need to answer some calls and if its from another area code I don't answer but if from my area code I usually do. What really bugs me is the most frequent robo call I get tells me my Google listing needs updating and it's the same woman's voice every single time! I've blocked it at least a hundred times and every time it comes through on a different local phone number, I wish Trump could figure out a way to put them out of business.

I have the same problem with my business landline. 1 or 2 calls every dang day.