• Re: new google scam?

    From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to August Abolins on Wed Dec 16 20:30:22 2020
    On 16 Dec 20 12:30:10, August Abolins said the following to All:

    This is one is new - at least for me.

    I got a phone call from someone claiming to notice that my google mybiz inf may not be accurate, and they wanted to know my hours to make adjustments o

    Lol, never ever answer any Internet-marketing or telemarketing related calls.

    Nick

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Nick Andre on Wed Dec 16 23:09:00 2020
    Hello Nick!

    ** On Wednesday 16.12.20 - 20:30, Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins:

    I got a phone call from someone claiming to notice that
    my google mybiz info may not be accurate..

    Lol, never ever answer any Internet-marketing or
    telemarketing related calls.

    I don't use CallerID so I *have* to answer every call to find
    out what it is.

    Sometimes when I am not really expecting any important calls,
    I put those people on HOLD, and wait for them to hang up. I
    love doing that.

    --
    ../|ug

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Niklas Lindholm on Wed Dec 16 23:14:00 2020
    Hello Niklas!

    ** On Wednesday 16.12.20 - 18:21, Niklas Lindholm wrote to August Abolins:

    I got a phone call from someone claiming to notice that
    my google mybiz info may not be accurate..

    I got calls like that a few years ago. At first I just
    let them go to voice mail but eventually I answered one.
    Before proceeding I insisted that they tell me what the
    name of my business was (the one they claimed had
    problems). But obviously they couldn't do that..

    Most of those calls begin with "May we speak to the person in
    charge of the merchant accounts". Obviously, they do not have
    a name researched ahead of time. I never give them a name. I
    would simply answer with.. "Speaking." And I try not to use
    the word YES at any time.

    In the google call, I realized near the end of the call it was
    just a recording. It reminded me of the some of the telephone
    answering games some people would play by recording something
    like: "Hello? ....[long pause], Hi. ....[long pause] Uh-Ha
    ...[long pause] Interesting ...[long pause] Sorry, I can't
    come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep!"

    I encountered a few of those over time.

    I still get calls from Canadian POS (and others) who want my
    sales data so that they can analyse how much I'll save with
    their debit/cc point-of-sale rates.

    Totally annoying.

    When I get those, I do not shy from making sure other people
    in the store hear me say soemthing like: "Unless you'd like to
    buy - and pay for a book right now, I don't have time to talk
    about anything else."

    --
    ../|ug

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