[PLUG-TALK] Chronic meaningless telephone calls [STOPPED?]

[Galen Seitz]

On 07/28/17 10:19, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2017, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
>> Every day one or two telephone calls come to my office land line, each
>> from a different area code and exchange. All display 'Out of Area' or
>> something similar on the called ID.
> 
>> A vague recollection from something I read is this originates from our
>> friends at Google.
> 
>    Aha! Just now a call came in from Fullerton, CA, and I answered the phone.
> Immediately a robo-voice asked me to verify my google business listing by
> prssing '1' or remove the listing by pressing '7.' I pressed '7' since I
> have no google business.
> 
>    When allowed to go to voice mail all I heard was the last bit, "... press
> 7 to remove."
> 
>    So, it was google calling every day (or twice a day.) Persistent buggers.
> Perhaps now it will really stop.

What makes you think it's Google calling you?  I frequently get Windows
tech support scam calls.  Despite my loathing of Microsoft, I know these
calls are not their fault.  What leads you to believe the calls you are
receiving are legit?  It seems to me that they are more likely to be
originating from some search engine optimization scammer.

galen
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Galen Seitz
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