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Novel approach to phone phishing

Muse

Lifer
My landline rings today. My Panasonic answering system supports call blocking for up to 250 numbers. I pick up, want to be sure it's not someone I want to talk to before hitting the Call Block button. A guy is there on the line.

Most phishing calls I've gotten lately have been robocalls. Gotten several lately from the same guy, evidently using a different number each time. Guess he has some way of changing up the numbers, but I have blocked him several times but he's still getting through with a pitch about a safety system and a bogus claim I've contacted them.

Well, today it's a man, and I ask who's calling and he says "your grandson." I go, "which one," and he replies "the oldest." I snicker and say "I don't have any grandkids!" He hangs up and I hit the Call Block button.

I figure he was hoping I'd go, "Carlton, I haven't heard from you in so long!" I can imagine he'd tell me he had moved to Atlanta and was in a jam and needs $10,000 right away and to send a check made out to cash so he wouldn't have to deal with complications at the bank. Or some such ploy.
 
Yeah, In laws have been getting those.

What I wish for is the CEO of Marriott's personal cell. Or his wife's. Or his grown kids.
 
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