I don't think that number helps them - scammers can spoof numbers.

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Jun 26, 2023
5:22:58pm

Eddie Truly Addicted User

I don't think that number helps them - scammers can spoof numbers.

So even if they try to chase it down, the cops don't get anything from it.

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Eddie

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New scam alert going on in Utah. I just wasted 20 minutes of my life on the phone with a guy who called me from

HarlemCoug I should know better

6/26/23 4:16pm

Sorry, I always think it is funny to prank call CBers

kimdaddy35

6/26/23 4:19pm

Didn’t he say something about competent, though?

russkiejedi

6/26/23 6:21pm

Thumbs up for awareness.

BlueVU

6/26/23 4:20pm

Been going on for years.

byubyu

6/26/23 4:20pm

Just don't answer numbers you don't recognize.

Ham

6/26/23 4:21pm

Most phones have a setting that will send unknown numbers straight to voicemail. Easy to weed out the spam

slappy

6/26/23 4:26pm

This is what I do. Has saved me a lot of unneeded phone calls. Also, I dont

Ode to Hoy

6/26/23 4:30pm

Tell me more about that setting, please.

6/26/23 4:33pm

on iPhone > Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers

slappy

6/26/23 4:34pm

I don’t know much about this stuff, but can’t they figure out where the number

crack

6/26/23 4:25pm

Its so easy to spoof calls and find peoples information, anything legit like

Hntrguy

6/26/23 4:27pm

Hover your mouse over the sender

Snipe

6/26/23 6:00pm

I refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers

eyebleedblu

6/26/23 4:33pm

It is an easy scam to run - I could set something like that up within an hour. We just need to be on our guard and

RootieBoy

6/26/23 5:05pm

I hate that the cops/feds do so little about it. When I called the cops to inquire they weren't interested in getting

HarlemCoug

6/26/23 5:19pm

I don't think that number helps them - scammers can spoof numbers.

Eddie

6/26/23 5:22pm

Too busy fighting real crime like speeding and expired registration...

BYUtka

6/26/23 5:23pm

The number does nothing for them as it’s probably a spoofed number.

6/27/23 10:12am

You’d think a politician would start to make that part of his/her platform and would get some votes for

BW84

6/26/23 6:55pm

I got a call like this at least 2 years ago - height of COVID.

Eddie

6/26/23 5:22pm

sounds like the same guys... it's a very elaborate operation for sure. He kept asking me to speak with the police

HarlemCoug

6/26/23 5:31pm

Happened to me about 11 years ago there in Utah. Not new.

P-Widdy

6/26/23 5:30pm

Getting old people on the phone and taking their money is elder abuse to the

Idacoug

6/26/23 5:39pm

I just ask them if they’ve ever read the Book of Mormon. They hang up quickly.

Still Open

6/26/23 7:18pm

Do you really?

6/26/23 11:04pm

Yup. As soon as I can tell it is a scam call, I ask them that question. They

Still Open

6/27/23 8:34am

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