The Strangest Phone Call

Just ignore it. Here in the Philippines we call it "Budol" slang word for swindling. Sometimes they say a member of your family is in a car accident, need money. Or they offer to sell you a gold bar at a ridiculously low price.

It's a scam. I heard about one the other day that a woman was being called by the police because she supposedly had missed an appointment to testify in court. Of course when she checked with them, no one from the police had called her. You are better off not picking up if you don't have a pretty good idea who is calling you, and it is somebody you want to talk to. Most cells let your screen calls too.

Are you ready for this? Way back years ago when mom and I lived in NYC one late night the phone rang? I leaned over mom and picked up the phone, A voice said I'm going to kill your mother. I didn't get a wink of sleep, Then there were not more calls and I realized it was a stupid prank but I was watching way too much police dramas, I am sure that someone is just fooling around with you and trying to get some kind of info from you,

Scam. Ignore.

Please ignore unknown number.take care. yes many times . but now i am careful for unknown number.

Just ignore the same. If there was a complaint , you would get an official notice or a cop would be arriving at your doorstep. It could be even a scam. I am yet to recieve such scams. So , do not bother on same and move on. Thanks for sharing the incident!

People are getting pathetic in their attempts to scam others. I imagine it was scary, like you said. I really hope more people than not are seeing through it.

As others have said, it's most likely a scam. How weird there's a "reference number" and all . . . but I guess that makes it all appear official .

I think that is a scam. Ignore it.

Ignore it. They are trying to scam you

I wouldn't do anything about it. It sounds like a scam to me.

A lot of scam calls around. We need to be careful with passing on any information.

This sounds like a scam to me. Don't call the number. Have a safe and happy 4th.

If someone lodges a complaint against you, you will NOT be notified by phone. You will get a notice in your mail, and it's my understanding from reading about scams, if it's a real scam and you do not respond, a summons can be delivered by hand. But this is not a real complaint. I do not answer numbers that either say ''possible scam'' or I do not recognize. If they go to voice mail, I will listen to them, but those numbers are almost always a scam.

I agree with Josefina. I often get calls from the hospital. A doctor needs money from me because I one of my daughters have had an accident. Once, that daughter wasn´t even in the country.

What if it's a scam call