'Every Day I Either Get An Email Or A Phone Call From Someone Trying To Screw Me Out Of My Money'

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) spoke to witnesses about online scams.

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[harrychildress]

“These phones we carry” allow “unknown callers”, so there is no direction between the number calling and the person who calls.
We all are being forced to answer “unknown numbers” from someone at a healthcare agency, so I have to answer ALL calls. For instance, I get called from one Kaiser Department, but my doctor makes his calls on a phone that uses a technology that dials out on a number that is “UNKNOWN”. When you’re waiting for a call to make an appointment, that call could take weeks before it is made. So if you don’t answer ALL calls you are likely to miss that important call.

[markbrusberg]

The biggest problem is they attack the elderly - I could write a book on the calls my parents got trying to bilk them out of money. One scam involves a fake doctor prescribing tests or equipment that is covered by Medicare. That happened to me (I intercepted that one) and some of my friends' parents. My mom - who was suffering from dementia at the end - was getting daily calls from a call center in India trying to sell her equipment that they told her she needed. I got into a shouting match with one of the bastards and they would just call back later.

[jeffb]

Because businesses that you deal with sell/use your information and transfer it to a third party. Congress needs to make it law that consumers must OPT IN, not OPT OUT to selling/use your information to make money off your information.

[paulbrancato]

These crooks are not making 1 call a day, they are making hundreds, if not thousands, hoping someone will answer. That sort of volume is something that the telecos should be able to detect and block at the source. Even if that means blocking all calls from a certain Asian country known to harbor these crooks. Blocking individual numbers is useless as all these numbers are spoofed. A practice which a telco could stop if they wanted to. These were softball questions designed to make those involved look smart and caring.

[tarawhite]

I have 4 or 5 call filters on my phone

[KDROzzz]

Getting the money back to the person who got scammed?

[blaie]

Although I'm in Australia, this is a major problem throughout the world. *How about the telco's not forwarding a call to its destination if they know it doesn't match the Caller ID?* They have the ability to discern whether the _reported_ number the call is coming from actually matches the _real_ number (the same is true if the caller tries to hide the Caller ID). I know this is possible as I used to monitor the national emergency number (000) for availability in one of my jobs (IT for the national carrier) and naturally, you couldn't block or spoof a Caller ID to their system... and that was over 20 years ago! *A scammer is less likely to call if they know a number can be physically linked back to them and greatly increase the risk of being caught.*

[sparkyjerred]

I probably get 20 a day & I'm trying to run a business. I wish i didn't have to answer every call.

[bswogger]

Tons of politicians bothering me daily is a nuisance!

[JetLagRecords]

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[AeroGuy]

Only one a day? He's lucky, I get 7 to 10 BS calls a day.

[jeffb]

So much for the government Do Not Call List.

[jeanniestegner]

10 to 15 scam calls daily. Cant even answer my phone😢

[theGefilteFist]

This video has all the best comments. That’s what people tell me.

[MrDerekMagnuson]

This would have been great 10 years ago!!!

[brendamathes]

But when you block them they come up with a different number and a lot of them are wherever state you live in and they're copying other people's numbers and it's so hard to block them because then they're coming up with another number

[TheSilverSphincter]

HOW ABOUT PROTECTING OUR MONEEY FROM THE BANKING ORGANIZATIONS IF I WALK INTO STORE TO BUY SOMETHING AND PAY WITH CASH ALL I OPAY IS THE ACTUL COST OF THAT ITEM....IF I BUY THE SAME PRODUCT WITH MY CARD I GET 3 DOLLAR CHARGES FOR USING MY CARD....ITS MY MONEY AND TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS THEFT..FEES AND SURECHARGES ARE ILLEGAL THEFT OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY...

[anielrivera]

Also Hackers too, i just got a new debit card

[MawarPutih-eb]

Ia tidak boleh dibuang kerana ada jumlah yanv besar.. Serta ridak boleh dihapuskan... Kerana hak kerajaan... Negara...

[JohnDoe-ojit]

I have Verizon call filter works good for me. I do miss jacking them around getting their goat and wasting their time .