Spooffing my phone.
06-12-2019 | 04:12 PM
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Had a call from "Verizon" a few weeks ago. A guy with perfect English said Verizon was going to give me a $25 credit on my bill as I was going to have a service interruption for a couple of hours. He then read off my address and of course my cell # which he had called. (both correct) He hadn't yet asked me for anything, but I was at a car wash and I said, to hurry him up, that I was very busy right now and he immediately hung up. I called Verizon later and they said it was fake. I know not to give anyone any info at all, but watch out, they are getting very sophisticated.
06-12-2019 | 04:57 PM
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Its funny, my son always answers the phone like an "old person" to pull the chain of whoever is calling. I wonder about the voice recognition in the those cases. I have also heard that if you are speaking to a bot or real person, never, never, NEVER say "good, yes, affirmative" or any word like that. If you do, that word will be spiced in as your agreement to switch services (slamming) and the next thing you know is the receipt of strange bills. If the person or bot asks questions such as "is this .... or how are you today" respond with a question or some other statement. I prefer "terrible" awful" or" not doing well" etc. If you want to know if you are speaking to a bot (at this point in technology) ask the person which state they were born in or what is 2+2. Bots will never answer the question but give you some bs "can't answer that".
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