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BSdetect

(9,048 posts) Sat Apr 24, 2021, 12:45 PM Apr 2021

Getting phone calls asking Press 1 to accept etc

No ID showing so I suspect its a scam attempt.

Anyone know the name of this scam if any? Or the nature (IRS, credit card)?

I never answer these calls of course.

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Getting phone calls asking Press 1 to accept etc (Original Post) BSdetect Apr 2021 OP

Pressing one tells the caller a live person answered the phone Ocelot II Apr 2021 #1

See... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #2

Thanks, just as I suspected BSdetect Apr 2021 #3

It's name is legion canetoad Apr 2021 #4

I have no idea discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #5

Ocelot II

(122,649 posts)

1. Pressing one tells the caller a live person answered the phone

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 12:47 PM

Apr 2021

and they'll keep pestering you.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. See...

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 12:58 PM

Apr 2021

Health Insurance Marketplace Scam Alert
Press 1 when you get the robocall and you'll open yourself up to identity theft

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumer-protection/health-insurance-marketplace-scam/

BSdetect

(9,048 posts)

3. Thanks, just as I suspected

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 01:08 PM

Apr 2021

canetoad

(18,507 posts)

4. It's name is legion

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 03:30 PM

Apr 2021

It seems to have become quite trendy in scam world. I get those from a number of sources here in Au.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,606 posts)

5. I have no idea

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:23 PM

Apr 2021

My phone is an android based Blackberry and has a "Priority Only" setting. I use it all the time. I have most known callers and businesses that I deal with saved in my contacts list. For calls not in that list, known numbers, blocked numbers, toll free numbers... the phone never rings. If they don't leave a message about something I care about, I block the number and flush it.

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