Weird Call Came in This Morning
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
July 20, 2022 3:17pm CST
I got a call this a.m. that was automated and came from Winnipeg, Canada. Looking the number up it was coming from MTS, Inc. which is a global supplier of test systems and industrial sensors. Why would they be verifying the purchase of a computer? It was asking for verification of the purchase of an Apple computer priced at $1400. I, of course, denied purchase and hung up. I don't buy any Apple products anyway. Then a little later I got a call from Maryland that had no audio and I just hung up. Wonder what it was. Don't usually get any calls from Maryland much less from Canada.
Haven't gotten any calls like this in several weeks. A couple of months maybe.
So tired of these fraudulent calls. They worry me and make me wonder.
Are you getting any weird calls?
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10 responses
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
@LadyDuck ........That's just great. Wish I could say that.
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle I receive no more than 10 a year.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Jul 22
On rare occasions there have automated calls from the Internal Revenue Service claiming that unless I send them money to cover outstanding debts, the local police will come to my home to take me to jail.
I also have had crank calls from someone claiming to work for Hewlett Packard asking me to pay up a fee to supply security to protect my computer from viruses, the computer will be shut down at midnight.
I just ignore them since the IRS and Hewlett Packard never send telephone messages to their clients.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
How frustrating both of those calls must be. IRS wouldn't communicate that way and either would HP. These fraudsters think we are all so dumb.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle That is the feeling I have toward scam artists. I was not born yesterday.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jul 22
@Deepizzaguy .......Yes, I feel the same way.
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@LeaPea2417 (40026)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Jul 22
I don't answer any number I don't recognize.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
I have to because my insurance calls me from different locals.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
22 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417 that is the best thing one can do to get rid of such weird calls.
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@wolfgirl569 (135664)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul 22
I ignore most calls anymore. If it dont have a name I know I dont answer
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
I wish I would do the same. I get curious as to whether it is my insurance calling. They have so many new and different programs to tell me about.
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@wolfgirl569 (135664)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle They will leave a message. Many of the spammers dont
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
Yes, and I feel like the one time I don't answer it will be my insurance company.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jul 22
@RubyHawk ..........Usually an ID will show.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle I missed an important appointment by not answering but when I look closely i can be pretty sure if it’s a real call or spam.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
21 Jul 22
Not lately, I get some from different states from time to time, but I never answer them.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jul 22
@misunderstood_zombie ..........Yes, and I am so curious.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
I do answer sometimes and then wish I hadn't.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle Sometimes, it's hard not to especially if the call is coming near our area code. I think what if it's important.
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@BarBaraPrz (51817)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Jul 22
How did you know the call was from Maryland if there was no audio? Do you have all the area codes memorised?
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@BarBaraPrz (51817)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Jul 22
@celticeagle Alrighty, then. 
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
21 Jul 22
We get them all day, every day; and you can't go by the telephone number because the fraudulent people can input any phone number they want to use.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 22
I don't usually get but one or two. That's enough.
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