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How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?

 
Anonymous Coward
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02/14/2019 12:35 PM
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How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?
My mother received a phone call this morning. She accepted the call and waiting to listen to scammer's voice. He had a thick accent and asking for someone who doesn't exist at her house. When I googled the number it turns out to be a scammer posing as debt collector.


What can be done to stop this bullshit once for all ?
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02/14/2019 12:38 PM
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Re: How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?
My mother received a phone call this morning. She accepted the call and waiting to listen to scammer's voice. He had a thick accent and asking for someone who doesn't exist at her house. When I googled the number it turns out to be a scammer posing as debt collector.


What can be done to stop this bullshit once for all ?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75037216


Let ALL unknown calls roll over to voice mail, and then check voice mail.
Answer only phone numbers that you know.
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02/14/2019 12:39 PM
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Re: How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?
Unless she provided the number to a Website like F/B or Twitter ect and it was sold by a third party, it's mostly automated Random Dialing.
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02/14/2019 12:42 PM
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Re: How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?
Hacking of Target, home depot, kmarat, .gov, credit agencys, and so on. Any of them that has your phone number.
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02/14/2019 12:45 PM
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Re: How are scammers getting our phone numbers ?
The phone company sells it to them for big bucks...lists of names, addresses, twlephone numbers fetch thousands of dollars to advertising, marketing firms and pollsters.

The post office also sells your info.
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