Hi, this scam is from Vietnam..........

[fuzzybuddy]

I've graduated from the average domestic scams to international ones. I don't know why, but I've been getting phone scams from Vietnam. At least that's where my phone says they're coming from. I assume it's a better class of scam than one from Dogtooth, Ariz.

 

[officerripley]

I guess we're coming up in the world in that respect too: last phone scam said it was coming from Jamaica.

 

[CallMeKate]

I've graduated from the average domestic scams to international ones. I don't know why, but I've been getting phone scams from Vietnam. At least that's where my phone says they're coming from. I assume it's a better class of scam than one from Dogtooth, Ariz.

Wonder if this is the same scam. Seems the the embassy phone number in Hanoi has been spoofed for a while now.

Scam Call Warning

 

[Colleen]

No matter where they're coming from...they're annoying even if you ignore them and don't answer.

I kept my phone number from AZ when we moved to PA back in 2022 just because it's such a hassle to change it. Anyway, I get 2 phone calls every day from the area code in AZ. I usually don't answer them, but just because I was in "that" mood the other day I answered it. No one said anything. Total silence and then they disconnected. What's the point????

 

[Bob4now]

I remember running to the kitchen phone to be the first one to answer a call. Fast forward about 100 years and I only answer calls from people I know, and even then it’s a hit or miss. I actually got a call from the Netherlands, maybe I should’ve answered it.

 

[CallMeKate]

I remember running to the kitchen phone to be the first one to answer a call. Fast forward about 100 years and I only answer calls from people I know, and even then it’s a hit or miss. I actually got a call from the Netherlands, maybe I should’ve answered it.

Ah yes, I remember that, too... all five of us kids yelling "I'll get it!" Now it's like "phone, I don't need no steekin' phone!"

 

[Bob4now]

Ah yes, I remember that, too... all five of us kids yelling "I'll get it!" Now it's like "phone, I don't need no steekin' phone!"

And back then, we never got spam calls. And seldom did we ever get any prank calls. But I will admit, we did make a few.

 

[jujube]

No matter where they're coming from...they're annoying even if you ignore them and don't answer.

I kept my phone number from AZ when we moved to PA back in 2022 just because it's such a hassle to change it. Anyway, I get 2 phone calls every day from the area code in AZ. I usually don't answer them, but just because I was in "that" mood the other day I answered it. No one said anything. Total silence and then they disconnected. What's the point????

You're being "robo-called.

The number is automatically called and if a human answers, the call is quickly transferred to an available worker. If no worker is available, the call is disconnected.

Occasionally, you'll hear, "Please hold for an important message". Um....yeah. Click.

 

[Bob4now]

Does anybody else get a spam call from some random number and the old time fax machine sound comes on?

Like this?

 

[hollydolly]

And back then, we never got spam calls. And seldom did we ever get any prank calls. But I will admit, we did make a few.

we made one once.

I still feel guilty to this day. I was about 14, and my siblings.. and the woman across the road always got her shopping delivered from the local grocers, who were about 1/2 a mile away on the same road....so one day we called the grocers and placed this huge order for the Mrs across the road... and we watched from the window as the grocers boy had been given the task of hauling all this shopping on a cart.. to the Mrs house.... and then got turned away... and had to haul it all back again...

 

[oldaunt]

Ours were minor infractions. Answer the phone with "Joe's pool hall. Who in the hall do you want?" Or "Turner's mortuary. You stab em, we slab em. Some go to heaven, some go to.....hello"

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I've been thinking about calls from Vietnam. If you're a 70 year old veteran, the last thing you want to hear, after 50 years, is a call from someone in Vietnam.

 

[Nathan]

I've been thinking about calls from Vietnam. If you're a 70 year old vet, the last thing you want to hear, after 50 years, is a call from someone in Vietnam.

Interesting comment. I doubt that any Vietnamese I knew would still be alive, or would have a reason to call.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Interesting comment. I doubt that any Vietnamese I knew would still be alive, or would have a reason to call.

"Hi, dad."

 

[Michael Z]

International scams will continue and even increase in frequency as long as the country of origination does little to stop it, as is sometimes the case.

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