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may work for homeowner, business world not so much. also why, when you try contacting anyone you get voice mail, then a call back.
 

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so for the last week or so , have been getting the SIN card international scam calls, i may be wanted?
 

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today was the old we are billing you for computer service repair, $19.95, dial 1 if you accept, dial 1 if you don't want .

hang up was easier.
 

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today was the old we are billing you for computer service repair, $19.95, dial 1 if you accept, dial 1 if you don't want .

hang up was easier.

That was me calling you.
 

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was that the one, saying i may have bad beer and that they were sending someone over to take it to get tested.
 

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Got a call from "Jonathan" from "Windows" the other day to fix my computer. Heavily accented of course. Kept him on the phone for 45 minutes before I finally said "I don't understand why this isn't working Mostafa". The inconsiderate prick hung up on me! Kinda spoiled my fun.
 
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I had an 888 number come up today, answered and the computer voice was speaking in Chinese or something.... laughed and click.
 
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It’s our corrupt phone companies selling our numbers, years ago I had a fax line hooked up, in the first 2 minutes of it being operational there was a scammer calling it.
 

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I don't get a lot of them but my favorite is when they call and say my SSN is going to go inactive or expire if I don't pay the fine.


I told them that was fantastic, it will save me so much on taxes that they should expedite the process. they didn't like that very much.
 

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I usually get the ones about how I owe Revenue Canada, or my electric bill is overdue.

The other day though was how my pickup truck would soon be repossessed for late payments....it isn't financed.
 

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If you're getting calls late at night set up Do not disturb on iPhone. There is also a option to send any number that is not a contact straight to your voicemail. I'd also recommend blocking any number that is a scam if you accidentally answer it.
 

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I do enjoy wasting there time when they call,,,,Ask for a name and callback number. They usually hang up on me.
 
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