Continuous Scam Calls Today

Vodafone Landline at my parents house.

Every 15-30 minutes since about 9am this morning the phone has rang and it’s been a scam call. Sometimes I answer and get the engaged tone on the other end of the line. Other times I answer, get the good morning <insert mispronunciation of my mother’s simple name> and I hang up.

It’s been relentless all morning and I don’t know what to do. I care for my dad here and he has complex mental and physical needs and he’s going loopy now.

Is anyone else having a tsunami of these calls today? Anybody know what can be done?

Argh!

Gant21

Turn off the immersion first.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725227#Comment_118725227

Could I connect the immersion to the landline?

YFlyer

Aib scam. Saying my credit is limited.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725617#Comment_118725617

Is that who they’re saying they are? I usually hang up at hello. Are you getting constant calls off them today? I had no choice but to disconnect the phone at the wall.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725672#Comment_118725672

It was a text message on AIB text message. AIB said they are aware of such activity

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725617#Comment_118725617

Do you even read the posts you respond to?

The OP specifically said these were scam CALLS to a LANDLINE.

What's that got to do with texts you got? And that everyone seems to be receiving these days, if the amount of threads on here is anything to go by.....

My mother is also plagued by these calls - not sure what network she's with, but she's been known to turn the house phone off sometimes because she's sick of answering it to rubbish calls. Thankfully she can still recognise them for what they are.

Patrick2010

Got "Amazon" the other day, would have played along for the crack but I was busy.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725715#Comment_118725715

Scam phone call or text. What is the difference?

I’m used to a call a day from them but every 15 minutes is torture. I can’t even get the chance to talk to Joe because before I’d have the outgoing call button pressed, there’d be another incoming call!

Are the phone companies ever going to tackle this?

Yes, there have been a spike of them lately. Some claiming to be from eir technical support. They get abusive if you don't engage with them and I don't answer any more.

YFlyer

Atlantic Dawn

I've got 2 this week, had a few weeks of none. Nothing you can do, only pleasure I get is if time allows I will string them along for as long as I can to waste their time.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725787#Comment_118725787

Exactly. The problem is scam. Whether person at the door, phone call, text message or what other means. Some people are so rigid.

Gant21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725820#Comment_118725820

possibly that poster was looking at nudey carry on late at night. Inserting their card.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725864#Comment_118725864

Possibly. My excuse is watching football on hesgoal.com

😂

well the only fixed internet you get at my folks house would be 56k dial up. Remember that?

So nope, not my 86 year old mam looking up make escort sites 😳

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725937#Comment_118725937

I do indeed

Riddle101

I get scam calls every once and a while but never continuously in one day. That's very strange.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118725715#Comment_118725715

You haven't had a good ride in a while I'd say Heidi. Do you even read the post you responded to? Nowhere did they say it was an SMS :p

Gant21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118726714#Comment_118726714

Does a good ride provide good interwebing?

BaywatchHQ

I think my mother thinks I am a paedophile because of these scam calls. We received a few calls about "illegal activity on your internet". When your son is an incel loner then they assume you are a potential paedophile. The calls were nothing more than scams as I've been looking at no illegal material.

That is the worst part of inceldom, people just assume you are the worst filth in the world yet there are many examples of married men who were paedophiles. It is discrimination.

lucalux

I think once they get your number, you're on their list, and they will continue to call in case you are an easy mark.

If they've called and your parents have answered at any stage, they'll most likely have marked the number as belonging to older people (which are the best "customers" for them) which means they might be extra persistent.

Also these numbers get sold to several scam call centres at a time, which might explain the volume of calls you're getting.

One tack you might want to try, is to string them along for 10-20 minutes agreeing with whatever they say, and then fire a load of insults at them.

If you do that, there is a fair likelihood they will just cut their losses and remove you from their list. (Noting you on their list as a non-runner to be scammed)

I know it's your parent's house, but it's probably easier than blocking all the phone numbers individually (assuming they are calling from different numbers).

I might try that, lucalux, cheers.

lucalux

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118726954#Comment_118726954

Best of luck with it, the aim is to make them think they'll lose valuable time calling you, so make sure to waste as much time as you can, and then lay into them. (i'm sure you're annoyed enough by now to muster that up!)

Bicyclette

We had loads of them this morning as well. An 047 number. And the final one from a 0044 number.

One guy got very abusive with me. Made a lewd suggestion. So when the next call came through, I told them I had been very upset by a rude Eir person and I had got my son to cancel our Eir contract. I had one more call after that which hung up once it heard the little old lady voice I had been using.

They are an obnoxious bunch of low lifes.

ofcork

We are getting them as well usually amazon my mother is sick of them,phone companies should be doing more to stop them.I think when eir moved their call centre to india alot of this started.

SeanW

You're not the only one OP. I had to deal with a tsunami of scam robocalls a few days ago.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118726728#Comment_118726728

Yep, makes you less uptight

Maxface

Had the same as well today, pain in the back side.