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(49,342 posts) Wed Dec 12, 2018, 01:16 PM Dec 2018

Another scam the worse: This is not a sale call, but a "reply" [View all]

to an inquiry you made...

I hang up. But this really is aimed at seniors who may not remember that they made an "inquiry," or that, perhaps, their spouse did.

I have no idea what happens when someone does stay on the line to listen to the whole "non-sale" pitch.

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Another scam the worse: This is not a sale call, but a "reply" [View all] question everything Dec 2018 OP

This robo woke me this morning! elleng Dec 2018 #1

..and another one to watch for is someone replying to an 'inquiry' about knee or back.. samnsara Dec 2018 #2

I like the one where caller asks for "Bob" and I reply there's no one here naned sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #3

Get them all the time zipplewrath Dec 2018 #4

"Do not hang up" call can come several times a day AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2018 #5

I get those from "Medicare", replying to my inquiry about aches and pains. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2018 #6

We get those calls all the time too. We never NEVER answer them. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2018 #7

I answer my phone by saying PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #8