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Stalker

 I don't know who this Scam Likely person is but they keep calling me  -- day after day and morning, noon and night. 

Whoever it is seems to travel about the country but seems to spend most time in and all around the state of Florida.

I don't answer the phone when caller ID says Scam Likely. Some days I turn off the ringer. Who are we kidding? Most days I turn off the ringer.

I do wish that whoever it might be would just stop calling me.

grrr

I googled Scam Likely and found articles telling telemarketers how to avoid being marked as scam on caller ID. Thanks, Internet!


Comments

  1. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)December 10, 2020 at 11:23 AM

    Olga if you have verizon you can just block it. I have a little "i" in the corner and when I hit that I have the option to block it and to say person or scam. Never will hear from them again.

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  2. Arkansas PattiDecember 10, 2020 at 1:20 PM

    Ooh, never had the warning of "spam likely" but if I don't know then, I don't answer. Sure wish some people had a life.

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  3. gigi-hawaiiDecember 10, 2020 at 2:18 PM

    I get scam callers all the time, but I don't dare turn off the ringer. I always answer the damn phone.

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  4. OlgaDecember 10, 2020 at 5:27 PM

    Margaret, I don't have Verizon. Part of the problem is that they use a random generating number algorithm so it seems fruitless to block numbers.

    Gigi, I figure if someone is calling for an important reason they will leave a message.

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  5. MaebemeDecember 10, 2020 at 5:49 PM

    What a nuisance! I've used a couple of methods - first I wait until a real person answers because there is usually a lag between my saying hello and their answer, and then I scream as loud as I can. It takes them a second to react and hang up. That works well most of the time.

    Or I just pick up the phone and immediately hang it up so it stops ringing. Since I've done away with my land line and gone strictly cellular I don't have as many scammers but I sure wish my cell company had a spam likely ID as well.

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  6. Jenn JilksDecember 10, 2020 at 8:45 PM

    I'm so sorry! It's awful, isn't it?

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  7. Linda ReederDecember 10, 2020 at 10:22 PM

    That's a scary baby!
    I have never received a "Scam likely" message. I'm just on my own on that, I guess, but I just don't ever answer unless I know who's calling.

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  8. TaborDecember 11, 2020 at 12:01 PM

    I get both political calls and scammers. At least 4 or 5 a day sometimes. I never answer and I have a block call feature, but cannot seem to stay ahead.

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  9. TomDecember 11, 2020 at 5:55 PM

    I know! Somehow we got on the Doordash list even tho' we've never used the service. Some days we get three or four calls, and more than once we've been woken up in the middle of the night. I called to complain. Did no good so far. Still trying.

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  10. KayDecember 12, 2020 at 4:03 PM

    It's really crazy. Hawaiiantel told me that the numbers are computer generated so they can't stop them. She told me to put my number on the Do Not Call List. Perhaps it helped a very teeny tiny bit, but I don't think so. We're still getting them constantly. Annoying as heck!

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  11. BarbaraDecember 28, 2020 at 10:11 PM

    I love that photo. I rarely answer mine either. I get a lot of unidentified calls too. Can't imagine who they are but don't really care to find out. Like you, I wish they would just go away.

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