Unwanted Phone Calls: A Funny for You
By Kareng
@kareng (66441)
United States
December 23, 2024 3:21pm CST
We have been getting a lot more unwanted phone calls this month and I suppose that is due to the holiday season. The scammers are active and trying to get into your wallet.
I usually don't answer phone calls from unknown phone numbers. But recently, I have been picking up on one or two. The last one I answered went like this:
Me: Hello
Caller: Is this xyz?
Me: HELLO! I can't hear you. (There was a lot of background noise like a call center)
Caller: Is this xyz?
Me: This is not xyz and I have had this phone number for over 25 years.
Caller: This is not xyz? I'm trying to reach xyz?
Me: Nope!
Go back to when I said Hello. My hubby says, "What?" He didn't hear my phone ring.
And he still didn't realize it through the whole conversation and says, "Will you answer me??"
That had me laughing before I hung up with the caller. Strange thing was that the noise stopped in the background after I said that I couldn't hear him. So it was obviously a call from a call center.
Are you getting more unsolicited phone calls right now?
Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain
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@Deepizzaguy (106147)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Dec
A few calls from persons who claim to be asking me for money for the holidays which I hang up or tell them "No.'
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@Deepizzaguy (106147)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Dec
@kareng That bothers me a lot.
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@wolfgirl569 (110924)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Dec
My hubby does that too. He doesn't always see me answer the phone. They seem to be calming down now for me
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@wolfgirl569 (110924)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Dec
@kareng Then they will be trying to get our tax returns 
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@LindaOHio (183822)
• United States
24 Dec
No because our landline still is not operational. Have a good day.
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@LindaOHio (183822)
• United States
25 Dec
@kareng I don't get any spam calls on my cell.
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@Gnana_Helps (712)
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24 Dec
Haha, that’s a classic mix-up! It’s always funny when someone’s caught off guard, especially when they’re totally oblivious to the phone ringing. I can just picture the confusion on your husband’s face. ??
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@snowy22315 (184703)
• United States
24 Dec
Not really my phone alerts me to spam, and I don't answer. A few times of that usually extinguishes them.
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
24 Dec
You took a risk entertaining that call We are advised not to take calls from unknown numbers
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@kaylachan (74440)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Dec
George has been getting voicemails from people claiming to help us with tax requests.We didn't reach out to any, and maybe I'll hear his phone ring or I don't. Sometimes I forget to charge it or check it when he wants to call family. But, I've been getting text messages from people who claim to be from USPS. And, I don't know how people fall for this scam. First of all, scammers aren't hiding their number isn't even a u.s. number. Secondly, they use the word Parcel, and third the English isn't very good. addationally , they know that you can't interact with the link unless you reply to them and then go back into your text messages (iphone) so it always has that instruction (in better English mind you then the body of the text)
Hell, my phone alerted me Amazon opened my garage, and I checked my app for upcoming deliveries. sure enough I had an autop shipment coming.
So yeah.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51201)
• United States
23 Dec
We have been getting a crazy amount of them.
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