So i got a call from my TV service this am. Nowhere near the first.

[Srkdqltr]

I ask what TV service?
She says Spectrum (don't have Spectrum)
I say, what do they want?
She says, we are shutting off your service.
What for?
She, non payment of your bill. (Don't have Spectrum)
Poor thing , I laughed, and hung up

I get these several times a day.

[Archae]

1. I do use Spectrum, and get these same messages, in my e-mail.

But it isn't Spectrum, the return "web site" is a scam.

[ret5hd]

2. you must lead an exciting life...

mine is boring, so i draaaaaaaaag these types of things out…describing how (nonexistent) grandkids are going to be SO disappointed, whatever am i going to do without the weather channel, etc.

[Srkdqltr]

5. I do too somedays. I have told them my religion forbids TV. My life is boring.

[Nictuku]

8. I used to harrass scammers - not any more. Here is why::

1. Using AI, they can record your voice and then make calls on your behalf.

2. About a year ago, after trying to shame the scammer from India, for about 4 days our phone started ringing off the hook. Apparently the scammer took revenge on us and signed us up for dozens of various services, just using our phone number and fake email (they just used first initial lastname @gmail. It was not our email, but it was a valid email apparently. We had to cancel all these orders and services.

In the end: Harassing them was not worth it for us.

[ret5hd]

9. what would have happened if you didn't...

cancel all those services?

[Nictuku]

10. Who knows

I don't know if they had our address or not. I imagine somehow they would try to find me liable for payment. Most of the people were understanding once I told them what was going on. (It took a while to figure out what they had done to us)

[HappyH]

3. Don't you just love scammers.

Mrs Happy and I have been getting a lot of text scams. My favorite is the one about how we owe road tolls in places we have never been. Pretty easy to tell it’s a scam, the text comes from [e-mail] and I know he doesn’t work for any toll agency.

[Srkdqltr]

4. Thats funny. I got one of those toll road things. I ignored it of course.

[BlueKota]

6. A few years ago I kept getting calls from this one woman,

came to recognize her voice, claiming to be from Social Security. She kept alternating between three different phone numbers, which showed up on caller ID. She'd offer to help sign me up for benefits I was already receiving. I always just hung up. Finally I got smart, copied down all the numbers and reported them to Social Security.

A day later she calls again, and I interrupted her & said look lady, I recognize your voice, know you're a scammer, and have reported all 3 of the numbers you use to SSA. Have fun talking to the FBI about consumer fraud and impersonating a government employee. Then I ended the call. Never heard from her after that.

[Fla Dem]

7. Just got one from USPS Said they couldn't verify my address.

Please call ASAP (within) 48 hours or package will be returned to sender.

Get them all the time.

USPS just dropped off a package I was waiting for.