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From: Adam <adam@no_thanks.com>
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Subject: Re: call from 510-854-4017 legit or not ?
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 11:39:43 -0700
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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
>> <adam@no_thanks.com> 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?