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> How to avoid this scam: Don't answer or return any calls from numbers you don't recognize. Unfortunately, this isn't great for a number of reasons: 1) The l

> How to avoid this scam: Don't answer or return any calls from numbers you don't recognize. Unfortunately, this isn't great for a number of reasons: 1) The last two times I got a series of missed calls every two hours from somebody who didn't leave a voicemail, it was my credit card company (a different company each time) calling to ask me about a number of suspicious charges on the other side of the country that I sure as hell didn't make (I distinctly remember saying, on one such occasion, "What the hell is a Sheetz?"). Both of those times lead to me having my card declared stolen and the bogus charges reversed. If I didn't answer, I probably wouldn't have noticed the bogus charges. 2) My employer covers a large chunk of my phone + Internet bills. This is so I can answer emergency calls from our NOC whenever one of the important applications my team maintains goes kablooey. The whole thing with Android not resolving people's numbers right away includes them, as well. The call comes in as a long string of numbers, and if I miss it, it takes a few minutes before the long string of numbers resolves to a name on my contacts list. I'd rather not develop a reputation for snubbing our internal customers, especially not when they have an emergency.

Bartweiss 7y ago
> a series of missed calls... from somebody who didn't leave a voicemail, it was my credit card company This is a huge part of why this system doesn't work. Perhaps 95% of the calls I get from unknown numbers either produce informative voicemails or are scams. But the ones that don't are often the most important calls I get, from sources like credit card companies and doctors. Depressingly often, the numbers they're using aren't even listed online to look up later.
fjsolwmv 7y ago
Why do you use a credit card from a company that (a) does not how to email you or notify you via app, and (b) dumps their fraud protection back onto you by forcing you to handle number misuse; and if the problem was actual fraudulent use, your card woud be canceled so how would reaching you on the phone help, as the response to fraud is to cancel your card # and issue another one?

Bartweiss 7y ago

> a series of missed calls... from somebody who didn't leave a voicemail, it was my credit card company This is a huge part of why this system doesn't work. Perhaps 95% of the calls I get from unknown numbers either produce informative voicemails or are scams. But the ones that don't are often the most important calls I get, from sources like credit card companies and doctors. Depressingly often, the numbers they're using aren't even listed online to look up later.

fjsolwmv 7y ago

Why do you use a credit card from a company that (a) does not how to email you or notify you via app, and (b) dumps their fraud protection back onto you by forcing you to handle number misuse; and if the problem was actual fraudulent use, your card woud be canceled so how would reaching you on the phone help, as the response to fraud is to cancel your card # and issue another one?