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Scam Calls

cooper
Joined: May 2006
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cooper
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 879

Scam Calls
8/19/2024 at 5:03 PM

Is it just us or is it happening to others. We have been getting at least 20 scam calls a day for the last couple of weeks.
Most of them are your Amazon account has all these charges, CRA and Bell.
We are to a point of canceling our land line but we need it for our house alarm.
What can we do?
Grama27
Joined: Dec 2020
Posts: 56

Grama27
Joined: Dec 2020
Posts: 56

Scam calls
8/19/2024 at 5:50 PM

And scam texts! I block the numbers but they just use a different number every time. It’s crazy.
Abbysmum
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 4989

Abbysmum
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 4989

Landlines
8/19/2024 at 6:40 PM

I'm pretty sure you can have a security system without a landline these days. It will use cell or the internet. You should check with your provider. You might need to upgrade your system, but you'll save money if you cab cancel the landline and piggyback on your existing internet.
Bran
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 248

Bran
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 248

Alarm works without landline
8/20/2024 at 7:41 AM

We have no land line. Our alarm runs off internet. No issues. We had Bell mts and worked but now use Starlink
Toolman
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 273

Toolman
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 273

Scam calls
8/20/2024 at 8:50 AM

The best thing we did to reduce scam calls was to get call display. screening calls and not answering the phone if you don't know the phone number.
The answering machine works well too.
cooper
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 879

cooper
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 879

Call display
8/20/2024 at 12:15 PM

We do have call display, but the problem is it rings every 20 minutes and my wife works from home. She will be on her work phone and its ringing away.
Thanks for all the suggestions may have to look into putting the alarm on the internet.
Exhausted
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1692

Exhausted
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1692

Reply to use
9/2/2024 at 12:47 AM

cooper said "We do have call display, but the problem is it rings every 20 minutes and my wife works from home. She will be on her work phone and its ringing away.
Thanks for all the suggestions may have to look into putting the alarm on the internet. "
Saw this. Going to try it.

Answer call and say.

“I told you not to call me here. It’s done but there is a lot of blood everywhere “