A robotic phone call: From Apple Support, your iCloud account has been breached

[question everything]

I hang up. Yesterday these calls came again and again within a couple of minutes. Finally, when we left home, the "caller" just left a message. So I figured as long as I pick up the phone it will start again. So this morning, after the first call we let the machine get it. Hope that we are done for today.

I do not trust robotic calls - except when they are reminders of a doctor appointment or from the pharmacy.

Recently we have been getting these robotic calls from the credit cards. Yes, I know, they all are robotic but at least they appear to be from live persons: Rachel, Carmen, flirting Emily. Even the recent "police officers foundation." (or something). I know it when the caller continues to talk even when I say - to the police officers foundation - that I am sorry, I cannot help.

But the recent obvious robocalls that sound so mechanic - why would anyone fall for them?

Oh, and about my ICloud account - might as well call me about my timeshare at a Trump property. Neither exists.

[in2herbs]

1. When I get calls (from a live person) asking for a donation to the police department or a military

veteran's group I tell them no donation until they stop voting Republican because it's not the Democrats who have cut their funding over the years.

[rocktivity]

2. That alone is my reason for continuing to do my "cloud computing"

via unlimited space Web hosting.


rocktivity

[Beartracks]

3. I like the ones where the person sounds SO spontaneous...

... as they follow their script.

"Hi! This is Emily at the Loan Department. I think my manager, John, already reached out to you? Anyway, I just wanted to follow up with you about the new, low rates we're able to offer. I'd love to talk with you whenever you have a chance. Please give me a call back at 123-4567, and, uh... let me go ahead and give you this reference number so when you call it makes things easier. That's 98765. I really look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!"

I had a dude call once and leave a message, VERY spontaneous and realistic -- "Hey, this is Mike with ABC Siding and we were working in your neighborhood..." -- and then a couple weeks later I got a call from a "different" guy -- "Hey, this is Jason with 123 Roofing and we were working in your neighborhood..." -- with a very similar script but the exact same voice actor. LOL

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