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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
They've called 2 days in a row and 2 times back to back. Foreign language.. BLOCKED
October 5, 2019
Has called several times, never left a message. I answered the phone today and asked them nicely to stop calling me. The man I spoke with could barely speak English and kept saying "Sorry, I do not understand". After repeating myself several times, I finally hung up.
October 5, 2019
Directv
October 5, 2019
If u call the number back it says at&t but I looked up the toll free number and of course there is no match
October 4, 2019
Block
October 2, 2019
Female with accent called first said she was from AT&T. Before she could say anything else I told her that AT&T could shove it! and hung up on her. Exactly one hour later, to the minute, male with foreign accent called. Before he could continue I told him I was sick of this shit and don't call this number again and hung up on him. Just passed the three in a row call time without a call. In case it matters, I haven't had any AT&T service in a long time. They picked the wrong bait for me.
September 29, 2019
Said he was from the promotional department of AT&T and wanted to give us a discount on our service. I said dandy - put it in writing and we'll take a look at it. Insisted that I listen to his spiel, and I noted that my wife (an attorney) was the one that had answered the phone - she agreed, in writing only, period. He hung up. This sounds like a disastrous scam - avoid this one like the plague!
September 28, 2019
Super fun messing with them...similar to others...asked me how much I am paying for DirecTV/AT&T, told him I didn't know and that he should be able to see that. Told me if I pre-paid 4 months at $69.99, I would get a 50% discount for the next two years. gave me a promo code and a number to call. asked me to read him back the numbers. told him I would just call the number off the website, he said they have over 50 departments and I can't just call one of the numbers on the website, I had to call the number he gave me. told him I would call AT&T/DirectTV directly with a promo code - he said ok and hung up. :-)
September 21, 2019
Direct tv
September 10, 2019
keeps calling
September 4, 2019
AT&T wanting gift cards for prepay.
August 29, 2019
DIRECTV sales person.
August 28, 2019
As soon as the foreign accent started in - I hung up.
August 28, 2019
Annual flu reminder
August 22, 2019
AT&T
August 17, 2019
We are on a do not call list. DID NOT ANSWER
August 17, 2019
DirecTV scam
August 16, 2019
WARNING DO NOT ANSWER HIGH RISK OF BEING A SCAM FRAUD PER THE WHITE PAGES NUMBER BLOCKED AND BLACKLISTED
August 16, 2019
not sure what it was.
August 15, 2019
AT&T DirecTV offer
August 14, 2019
Direct TV Scam
August 13, 2019
Direct tv
August 10, 2019
Att services
August 10, 2019
The gentleman with a strong Indian accent really wanted to give me a discount on my DirecTV service (I don't have DirecTV). He didn't know my name, but thought I was the name of someone who used to have my phone number. He said I was paying $120/month for my DirecTV, and wanted to give me a promo code to make it cost only $69.99/month. Eventually I started asking if he could get me a discount on hotel rooms, as that's what I really need right now. He failed to provide me a hotel room discount, and finally hung up.
August 9, 2019
Direct TV
August 8, 2019
Multiple calls!!
August 8, 2019
Called to disturb people and Left a silent message. Must be scam or so.
August 8, 2019
AT&T
August 7, 2019
‘AT&T and Direct TV’
August 2, 2019
They even have some knowledge of past addresses and/or addresses of relatives! BEWARE.
July 31, 2019
Passing itself off as AT&T offering discount plus Direct TV service offer.
July 30, 2019
Direct t v sales
July 29, 2019
AT&T
July 29, 2019
At and t
July 27, 2019
Direct Tv
July 27, 2019
claimed to be with att and directv, but didnt know if I had any services, just called him out on it and hung up
July 26, 2019
Hard to hear att? Offer
July 22, 2019
Spam
July 22, 2019
Offers to lower your AT&T bill. Just requires a payment on the phone for the first 4 months! SCAM
July 20, 2019
Courtesy call from AT&T and Direct TV. When the heavy Indian accent said "As I am already a AT&T and Direct TV user" I knew it was a scam as I have neither. Called the number back and it connects to a phone tree claiming to be from AT&T. Now blocked.
July 20, 2019
Att and Direct TV
July 20, 2019
Called left no message.
July 20, 2019
It’s been identified as an “incoming” scam call. Don’t answer, and block the number! I did!
July 19, 2019
Obviously this loser is a useless turd 💩 with nothing better to do then call random phone numbers and hang up and or not leave a msg! Get a job you waist of air time and space!!!
July 19, 2019
Calls every day at different times. This is harassment. Never leave a message.
July 18, 2019
Hung up
July 18, 2019
Spam
July 18, 2019