Been getting the robovoice like clockwork, 0830 every day, telling me there's a problem with a credit card I don't even own and to "press 1 to speak to an executive"...and have who knows what billed to your phone.
Just a little tip for anyone who might not be aware, never press ANY keys on a call you didn't start, for any reason, you end up hooked into a network selling your phone time to people calling on a 'too-good-to-be-true' long distance rate, or just billed some exhorbitant per minute rate for a 'service' that even hanging up doesn't disconnect you from.
Banks don't use robovoices to ask for your account info or credit card number, the IRS/revenue canada doesn't accept gift cards as payment and they won't send the Sheriff to arrest you.
If anyone asks you for money on the phone, tell them to send you a registered letter, and don't trust call display, they can fake that too, or the number you call belongs to the scammers and they answer as if it was the agency they're pretending to be.
I'm sure most people here know that but just on the off chance someone is reading and maybe doesn't, it can't hurt to put out a reminder, I'd rather have a hundred people call me names and say "well, we KNEW that" than one end up paying through the nose for a scam.
I thought there was one safe key you can press. On my phone these days, it's labelled with a red picture of an ancient device of yor, but in times past it was helpfully labelled 'End' in red text.
I've never heard of an incoming call being able to 900 charge you. That's a new one. What I have found very effective is reducing the amount of spam calls I get is pressing buttons until you get a real person, then hit them with an air horn, sonic device, or just old fashioned scream as loud as you can into the phone. That gets around the call center and when your number comes in they eventually start skipping it.
"Well known" is relative. I had to ponder what quote you might be referring to, since the only remotely similar one I know (Spock from Wrath of Khan") would not fit this context if quoted verbatim. If you're going criticize, it behooves you to cite a source. 😁
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Just a little tip for anyone who might not be aware, never press ANY keys on a call you didn't start, for any reason, you end up hooked into a network selling your phone time to people calling on a 'too-good-to-be-true' long distance rate, or just billed some exhorbitant per minute rate for a 'service' that even hanging up doesn't disconnect you from.
Banks don't use robovoices to ask for your account info or credit card number, the IRS/revenue canada doesn't accept gift cards as payment and they won't send the Sheriff to arrest you.
If anyone asks you for money on the phone, tell them to send you a registered letter, and don't trust call display, they can fake that too, or the number you call belongs to the scammers and they answer as if it was the agency they're pretending to be.
I'm sure most people here know that but just on the off chance someone is reading and maybe doesn't, it can't hurt to put out a reminder, I'd rather have a hundred people call me names and say "well, we KNEW that" than one end up paying through the nose for a scam.
Second, if you're going to use such a well-known quote, it behooves you to get it right. ;)