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BSdetect

(9,001 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:28 PM Jun 2022

Anyone also getting repeated call re car maintenance cover?

Been happening for at least 2 years now. Multiple calls per day.

I block them without answering of course.

Obviously some scam as my car is a 2012 model.

Wish the scam fighters on Youtube could destroy this mob.

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Anyone also getting repeated call re car maintenance cover? (Original Post) BSdetect Jun 2022 OP

Better question: who is NOT? hlthe2b Jun 2022 #1

Me. but i am out of North America Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #3

A change of phone number is recommended Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #2

Massive inconvenience. BSdetect Jun 2022 #4

I used to- callous taoboy Jun 2022 #5

Oh god yes, and actually direct mail also. bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #6

Yup Better Days Ahoy Jun 2022 #7

For years now, JenniferJuniper Jun 2022 #8

npr did a story on this a few months ago NJCher Jun 2022 #9

hlthe2b

(102,637 posts)

1. Better question: who is NOT?

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:33 PM

Jun 2022

harrassed daily...

Tetrachloride

(7,940 posts)

3. Me. but i am out of North America

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:34 PM

Jun 2022

Tetrachloride

(7,940 posts)

2. A change of phone number is recommended

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:33 PM

Jun 2022

BSdetect

(9,001 posts)

4. Massive inconvenience.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:35 PM

Jun 2022

callous taoboy

(4,599 posts)

5. I used to-

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:36 PM

Jun 2022

Now they've stopped. They did hijack my phone one time. I had called my doctor's office, but I had to call them back. When I did I got a recorded message offering me a chance to save money on car insurance.

bottomofthehill

(8,370 posts)

6. Oh god yes, and actually direct mail also.

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:40 PM

Jun 2022

Better Days Ahoy

(698 posts)

7. Yup

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:45 PM

Jun 2022

Just told call #3 in 2 days to fuck a close relative

JenniferJuniper

(4,517 posts)

8. For years now,

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:49 PM

Jun 2022

since my old car was new.

NJCher

(35,888 posts)

9. npr did a story on this a few months ago

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:21 PM

Jun 2022

I don't have any trouble with it, though, as my iphone automatically set up something that filters out these calls and others like them. In fact, I never get any cell phone spam.

However, the story was really interesting. The first round of scammers got arrested and convicted, I think, but the scam gets adopted by others.

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