Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Adam Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: call from 510-854-4017 legit or not ? Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 11:39:43 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <5qnk3jdj2fb355092knkmffqa88sp38f9s@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 20:39:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0692f35b241318edc58f875849643780"; logging-data="3592288"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19gI5FpF6EXLcjropScyuwm" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:oHcYUxxOeazOSmX4WJ3yvpjOqA0= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2629 On 05/07/2024 10:23 AM, Jörg Lorenz wrote: > On 07.05.24 19:09, micky wrote: >> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 7 May 2024 01:01:38 -0700, Adam >> wrote: >> >>> On 05/06/2024 03:24 PM, knuttle wrote: >>>> On 05/06/2024 3:15 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote: >>>>> On 06.05.24 18:56, Adam wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Received barely audible voice message from 510-854-4017 asking to call >>>>>> 888-803-33x6 or 888-803-336x. Something about "pending action". >>>>>> >>>>>> How to protect oneself from fraud ? >>>>> >>>>> Not calling back. If they want something from you they will come back. >>>>> Our policy is: We do not answer calls where we do not know the number or >>>>> the name of the caller and let them proceed to the answering machine. >>>>> >>>>> That solves 90% of the cases. >>>>> >>>> Google search on the number 510-854-4017 >>>> >>>> returns this page >>>> https://directory.youmail.com/phone/510-248-4017 >>>> >>>> (510) 248-4017 is a Debt Collector >>>> Name Debt Collector Location Fremont, CA US >>>> >>> >>> (510) 248-4017 is another number altogether. >> >> Only by 3 numbers. 7 are still the same. 7 out of ten is pretty good. > > Is worth absolutely nothing. It would not be even with 9 out of 10. > Google is a scam. > Yep, Google has been taken over by EVIL-forces somehow. Why would they put ALL US patents online? For who?