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Who is the Chinese woman and why is she calling me
- Thread starter nobbie48
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I'm assuming you have a Toronto phone number and they are playing the odds.
NEED FASTER
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Have gotten the same "SCAM" call over the last 3 - 4 years. Last time I checked, call came from Georgia, USA.
I have a 416 number and get calls from everywhere including Switzerland but a lot of calls echo the first three numbers of my phone. I was in Barrie the other day and got one from Orillia and wondered if they were tracking. I don't have tracking enabled.
NEED FASTER
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I have voip with 647 number. Don't get many 'scam' calls, but this one persists.
bigpoppa
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you gave them your address?
Did I **** lol…I assumed since they were so keen to do an inspection that they already had it. If they had asked for an address I’d have given them the address of the local police station.
sburns
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She is making the rounds, glad she stopped calling me.
For real though, what are they actually saying? I think the earliest I remember getting these they started off by saying they were calling from Fido. That was more than a few years ago.
I did notice recently that the VoIP number spoofing seems to be breaking down, so technically things are getting better? Less than half the time do they look like a local number anymore, just a random sequence of numbers that's too long to even be an NA number
I did notice recently that the VoIP number spoofing seems to be breaking down, so technically things are getting better? Less than half the time do they look like a local number anymore, just a random sequence of numbers that's too long to even be an NA number
As per the wife (Chinese) it’s the usual smorgasbord of Revenue Canada and Health Ontario saying you owe money. Pay or get arrested.
Mother in law got a call from a ‘police chief’ in HK. Said her bank accounts in HK had received funds from organized crime and they needed her financial info to verify and trace it. He sent a copy of his HK ID and provided a few other details. I was almost thinking it *might* be on the up and up but then the usual threats of police coming from HK to arrest her in Canada started. Took me days to convince her to stop talking to them, she’s 70+ and an immigrant. She was super nervous.
For me, those calls are usually from a 647 number. My number is also a 647. I dont understand how they can hope to accomplish anything with a
Chinese recording.
I just recently installed a call blocking app that sends all callers who are not in my contacts list to voicemail. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any apps that don't send the call to voicemail, so I think for the app developers, it's technically impossible to do that.
Chinese recording.
I just recently installed a call blocking app that sends all callers who are not in my contacts list to voicemail. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any apps that don't send the call to voicemail, so I think for the app developers, it's technically impossible to do that.
If it's duct cleaning I book an appointment and give them the address of the house across the street that's been torn down and is mired in permit issues.
sburns
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iphone has this built in, unknown callers go right to voice mail. Yeah that would be great if it didn't go to voicemail just let them listen to static or something.
Mikedezo44
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none of the duct cleaners ever want to clean my 12,000 square foot house with 4 furnaces and 10 bedrooms for $99
they usually pass me on to the manager who hangs up on me, or call me explicit names for wasting their time
they usually pass me on to the manager who hangs up on me, or call me explicit names for wasting their time
Do these apps let it 'ring' a few times before going to voicemail? I dont want them to know they are blocked, just not being answered.
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