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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you get Chinese voice mail spam?
Isn't it really inefficient to spam US cell phone numbers with some weird Chinese recording?
msongs
(67,465 posts)LAS14
(13,789 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Its a scam targeting Chinese immigrants.
It says it is the Chinese embassy, and they have to deal with some fines for a financial investigation in China.
safeinOhio
(32,737 posts)NY number.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And it always comes from an NYC area code.
unc70
(6,122 posts)Been averaging about one per week
secondwind
(16,903 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,922 posts)WTF?
TexasTowelie
(112,549 posts)All of the calls that I received were from the 713 area code (Houston) so I went ahead and blocked the entire area code.
woodsprite
(11,934 posts)You can hear them start at one number and cycle through all the cubbies.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,917 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Gothmog
(145,722 posts)MiniMe
(21,722 posts)And they leave messages. No idea of what was said of course.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)Come November, you will vote R, thinking you voted D, and will send in you ballot. It's the Shaolin Secret Subliminal Suggestion method of stealing an election.
Hang up immediately.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)There was that, but also a lot of political and religious messaging, much complaining about bad treatment by the Chinese government, and in the stories there were many unexplained (deus ex machina) happy outcomes from dire circumstances.
I won't see any more of the shows incarnations, though it was a treat to see the Detroit Opera House after many years.