Mar 18, 2017
We also received 4 calls from Bonita Springs, S. Florida from phone # 239-908-4172. Call #1 was the same as mentioned above with some India Indian speaking with their traditional English accent. I knew right away what he wanted when he mentioned in a serious voice that he needed to talk to my husband who was fast asleep at 8:00 a.m. I asked, "In what regards do you need to talk to him?" In a very serious, stern voice, he replied, "It is about his computer!" I thought..."Oh crap...here we go again!" About 4 months ago, the same type of scammers tried to talk me into access to my computer because, once again in a serious voice, "Your computer is infected with a virus, & they DEMANDED to help me!" No stranger is going to demand anything from ME! Of course, I could hear all of these other scammers' voices in the background doing the same thing to other folks! When I expressed my anger as to the fact that he awoke us both, I hung up. Within seconds, calls #2, 3, & 4 arrived like clockwork, with no one on the other end. I finally turned the phone on and left it under a pillow so I couldn't hear the loud alarm sound that it makes when I do this.
Here's a frightening aside: On last night's news (March 17,2017), a desperate mother's baby died when the babysitter couldn't reach 911 because she was on hold. Meanwhile, as the man explained to the viewing audience (paraphrasing here): "It's not just in their city (some large city in Texas) that this is happening. Robocalls have tied up the phone lines to all of the 911 calls across the nation! Every call is taken in order, and when the dispatcher finally answers the phone, the "caller" has hung up. The dispatchers might receive upwards of 800 calls a day! These telemarketers/scammers are jamming up the phone lines, and people are dying as a result!!!" Why is this allowed to occur? Where is the agency in charge of the system that controls telemarketing calls?
In the list below, under "Call type," you do not offer "Scammer" as an option, so I marked, "Telemarketer."