Scam Phone Calls
Oct. 28th, 2026 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenI’ve been getting some probably bogus telephone calls lately. On Friday, someone with an Indian accent called me, claiming that he was from Comcast, and could lower my monthly bill. I told him, as I recall, that if really was from Comcast, cutting my bills would be fine. He needed my cellphone number, to which he would send a message. I told him that I only had a landline, so we could use that, or he could send an email. He gave up on me. You would think that if Comcast really wanted to reduce my bills, they could do it.
I also got a couple of calls from “Naomi,” talking about something related to Social Security, and saying that they had been trying to reach me since October 23. I asked whether she was human or a machine, didn’t get an answer, and hung up. Then “she” called again, with a spiel about a two hundred dollar monthly deposit to Social Security, or something like that, and asked me whether I was on Medicare, parts A and B. I answered that I was not (I’m not that old), and she ended the call. Later, I got a similar but not identical call, I think with a different name given, and I was again asked about Medicare. Saying no led the caller (probably a voicemail system) to quit on me again.
I also got a couple of calls from “Naomi,” talking about something related to Social Security, and saying that they had been trying to reach me since October 23. I asked whether she was human or a machine, didn’t get an answer, and hung up. Then “she” called again, with a spiel about a two hundred dollar monthly deposit to Social Security, or something like that, and asked me whether I was on Medicare, parts A and B. I answered that I was not (I’m not that old), and she ended the call. Later, I got a similar but not identical call, I think with a different name given, and I was again asked about Medicare. Saying no led the caller (probably a voicemail system) to quit on me again.
