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Direct TV scam
May 19, 2020
Fake AT&T DirecTV scam call by madarchod criminals phoning from India This is a fake AT&T DirecTV scam by criminals robo-dialing from India. The scam begins with a pre-recorded robotic person speaking English that is generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of this India scam who pretends to be from AT&T and either tells you that your AT&T/DirecTV service will be suspended due to unpaid fees or tells you that AT&T is offering special sales promotions. This is a scam lure to get you to respond to the scam and then you talk to an East Indian scammer who tells you that DirecTV is offering a special low rate for a two-year subscription, but you have to pay $220 for the first two months in advance, and then the scammer asks for your credit card number. Or the scammer says your service is going to be suspended for some fake unpaid amount and again asks for your credit card number. Both of these suspended service and sales promotion scams are also often used by India scammers posing as Comcast. More than 95% of all North America phone scams originate from crowded phone rooms in India that rotate through numerous different fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as pretending to be a fake pharmacy, posing as fake Social Security officers saying your benefits are suspended or fake IRS officers collecting on fake unpaid back taxes or fake bill collectors threatening you for fake unpaid debts, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, and debt, student loan forgiveness, credit card consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say that an unauthorized purchase was made to your account or that your Prime membership was auto-debited from your credit card or bank account, posing as Microsoft or HP to say that your software needs renewal or they detected a problem with your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, pretending to be DHL, UPS, or a bank, falsely stating that they installed ransomware virus on your computer and you need to pay them money, etc, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account and routing number, or Social Security number and personal information. Some scammers try to gain your trust by looking up the name associated with your phone number and asking for you by name when they call. Many India scammers now phone you with an initial pre-recorded robotic person speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room, but then you speak to the East Indian scammer when you take the bait and respond to the pre-recorded message. Scammers always either use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake Caller ID phone numbers. Anyone, including you, can use telecom software or a third-party service to phone using fake names and phone numbers that show up on Caller ID. India scammers often spoof fake toll-free Caller ID numbers that begin with "8". The Caller ID name and number is often useless with scam calls unless the scam setup asks you to phone them back and the Caller ID area code is almost never the area from which the scam call actually originated since many scams use fake area codes from across the U.S. and Canada, and also purposely faked foreign country Caller ID numbers (e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often use fake Mexico and Middle Eastern Caller ID numbers). Some India scammers also spoof the actual real phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and U.S. banks so when you phone the number back, you realize that you were scammed from the spoofed Caller ID number of the actual business. What is the best way to avoid being scammed by a phone call? Never trust any unsolicited caller or anyone who phones you with any kind of sales offer (more than 90% of unsolicited sales calls are scams so your odds of saving money are poor), any kind of legal or arrest threats, any claims of suspicious activity on an account, any claims of refunds or auto-renewed/auto-debited accounts, and any pre-recorded messages. Any unsolicited caller with a foreign accent (usually East Indian) should immediately be treated as a scam until proven otherwise. India scammers do not care about the U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry and asking scammers to stop calling has no effect. I love to play with these scammers and keep them on the phone by pretending to be interested in their scam because many scam victims are the senile elderly. You do these scammers a favor by yelling at them and immediately hanging up. But you ruin their scams by slowly dragging them along on the phone call, calling them back if their phone number can be phoned, pretending to be interested in their product or service, pretending that you are worried when they threaten you, always giving them fake credit card numbers and fake personal information, asking them to speak louder and to repeat what they said to use up more of their energy, pretending to innocently ask the scum why he is shouting profanities at me, etc. The best defense against phone scammers is a good offense by not quickly hanging up the phone, but instead toying with them for at least 10 or 20 minutes to use up more of their time and energy so they have less time to deceive an elderly victim. Never give an unknown caller your credit card number or Social Security number. Companies who already have your information may ask for the last four digits for verification. Some India scammers ask for your bank account and routing number or ask you to wire transfer them a payment, giving a fake explanation that they cannot accept a credit card or personal check. This is an instant scammer alert because scammers can withdraw money if they know your bank account and routing number (e.g. counterfeit cashed checks) and illegal wire transfers are far less traceable than unauthorized credit card charges. India scammers may threaten to have you arrested, but the IRS, Social Security Administration, and debt collectors cannot threaten to arrest or sue you on the phone; they are required to send you paper notices by registered mail. Local law enforcement also will never phone you and say that officers are coming to arrest you (many India extortions threaten to send officers); if the police really want to arrest you, they just show up with a warrant without phoning first. Some India scammers ask you to use your browser to visit a website that allows the scammer to directly access and control your computer and then they can install a ransomware virus to extort money from you, or they ask you to download a virus file to your computer. If the scam sounds very authentic, ask the scammer for their verifiable company name, street address, and a callback number that can be searched and matched to the company name and address, which all real businesses will provide. Every East Indian scammer will immediately fail this test since they all use spoofed fake Caller ID numbers or VoIP numbers that they quickly dispose of. Never trust any unsolicited call because they are mostly scammers, usually with a slight or strong East Indian foreign accent, and most scam calls originate from India. No other foreign country is infested with numerous noisy sweatshops filled with phone scam criminals. These India scammers belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves, robbers, and rapists who were serving jail sentences and released early due to prison overcrowding. Most India scammers are men, but many are women who also readily shout profanities. Just laugh at them. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites to feed to these scammers.
February 8, 2020
Scam
December 11, 2019
It’s always the same man, Indian, Middle Eastern accent
November 24, 2019
Direct TV
November 20, 2019
Foreign thieving cockroaches attempting to steal our money...
November 2, 2019
Didn't say anything after it went to voicemail. Showed up as police on caller ID but registered to directv when googled.
November 1, 2019
Why did not Robo killer block it?
October 21, 2019
Police Dept from Venus, TX? I doubt it. Blocked.
October 18, 2019
AT&T promotion
October 2, 2019
awesome app.
September 20, 2019
Block
September 14, 2019
Sales call from Direct TV not interested in sales calls from them
September 1, 2019
AT&T and Direct TV offer
August 31, 2019
TR V direct
August 20, 2019
Medicare scan
August 19, 2019
AT&T Promotions
August 17, 2019
Scam
August 6, 2019
Weird call. Like I was listening in on some dude talking with Directv, with the dude’s wife/mother yelling in the background.
August 3, 2019
Direct TV
July 30, 2019
DirecTV
July 17, 2019
I absolutely love this app it just got done blocking a number that has been bugging me for months thank you whoever came up with this may keep up the good work h**l yes it was a scam about AT&T and DirecTV wanting to boost my television viewing pleasure it was just garbage that's all it was
July 9, 2019
It’s my satellite company
July 9, 2019
U. S. Pharmacy
July 8, 2019
It was from At &t about subscribing to Direct T V
July 8, 2019
Direct TV
July 5, 2019
Att / direct tv
July 1, 2019
ID says DirecTV, but caller states he is with Medicare.
June 28, 2019
Said they were Medicare but continued to ask if I had received my new card even while the Robo call was talking so I couldn’t understand the rest but it was definitely a Spam
June 25, 2019
DIRECT TV
June 24, 2019
Direct tv
June 21, 2019
Direct TV
June 21, 2019
Sales call from ATT
June 17, 2019
Spoofed number
June 17, 2019
Direct TV
June 17, 2019
Guy is Indian. Barely spoke English. offered ATT DIRECT TV.
June 17, 2019
AT&T Sales
June 15, 2019
Medicare
June 13, 2019
AT&T direct tv
June 1, 2019
AT&T
May 31, 2019
constantly calling
May 30, 2019
pretended to be ATT cable offering discounts.
May 25, 2019
Medicare scam
May 21, 2019
DirecTV is the worst
May 17, 2019
Purports to be from Medicare.
May 14, 2019
Direct tv
May 14, 2019
Language is abusive
May 10, 2019
health insurance scam
May 9, 2019
Rose from Medicare
May 9, 2019
It was an ATandT caller wanting to offer a 50% discount
May 9, 2019
DirecTV
May 2, 2019
AT&T
May 1, 2019
Direct tv
May 1, 2019
Foreigner
April 30, 2019
Att direct tv
April 30, 2019
Claims from Direct TV, ATT. Has India/Pakistan accent.
April 29, 2019
Directv
April 29, 2019
Claims to be directv
April 27, 2019
For Direct TV
April 27, 2019
Annoying
April 26, 2019
Direct tv
April 22, 2019
Very funny he fell for the spoiled child
April 17, 2019
Medicare asking for my husband who is deceased. Peddling devices for knee, back and arthritus pain.
April 11, 2019
Spam
April 10, 2019
Direct TV
April 8, 2019
direct tv
April 8, 2019
Someone who couldn’t speak good English. Annoying and a telemarketer I think.
April 3, 2019
SCAMMER AND PRETTY BAD USING A &00 NUMBER- YOU SCAMMER NOBODY CALLED YOUR NUMBER USING AND 800 NUMBER THEY ARE JOKERS
April 2, 2019
Direct TV
March 29, 2019
Claims to be from Medicare
March 29, 2019
Direct TV
March 19, 2019
Medicare scam
March 15, 2019
keeps trying do not care to be anoyed by scammers
March 9, 2019
Direct tv
March 8, 2019
Block
February 12, 2019
Direct TV SCAM
February 9, 2019
Re ‘my credit card account’
February 9, 2019
Direct TV?
January 23, 2019
Direct TV
January 17, 2019
Att/DirecTV
January 9, 2019
T.V. Scam
January 2, 2019
Direct tv
December 18, 2018
Fake at&t person obviously from an India call center
November 16, 2018
AT&T Direct TV
November 16, 2018
Foreign caller with East Indian accent representing AT&T Direct TV.
November 10, 2018
DirectTV. Hung up within 20 seconds. Autoblocked
November 7, 2018