Robocalling and Phone Spam Explained
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- How can you fight against the torrent of robodialers and scammers that light up your phone?
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Scam calls are the ones that annoy me like ones saying "there is a problem with your computer" My dad got one so i took over the call but pled ignorance and lead the person ....my fav was when he asked me to click on the bottom left hand corner on the screen and i asked "your left or my left ?"
Eastyy better yet, syskey them, then have them open their BIOS and lock their BIOS, then setting up a program on your computer to flood their phones with “this won’t stop until you stop scamming” over TTS bots.
I sometimes gets ones talking about my non-existent car warranty and then other times i get ones asking about my latest stay at a resort. I've never been to a resort and I've never had a car warranty either. For that matter, I don't even have a car at this point in time.
or that one that goes like "your extended car insurance warranty has expired"
i always answer the phone "agent such-n-such, Federal Bureau of Investigation." they usually hang up pretty quick
Josh Hust Just watch out for the real ones calling, especially if responding first.
I answer "Fortune City! Take ordar pweese!"
Dats illegal
I am not familiar with this agent such and such from the FBI you speak of
That is a bad idea the calls are getting personal information to get access to your bank accounts.Its a automated caller designed to log your personal information when answered
0:26 Translation "Hello hello Good evening Have you eaten I love you" *哈囉您好晚上好吃飯了嗎我愛你*
I got this one "Hello, good night, do you love me?"
Instant translate maybe not quite good.
It missed the "吃飯了" part which concerns eating
I mean, I actually know Mandarin chinese, and that's pretty accurate.
I can only read simplified characters
I got
"Hello, how are you for dinner? I love you"
I would get calls all the time from numbers similar to my number. I keep blocking them but their number changes all the time.
It hasn't happened for about 6 months so maybe they got shut down, or I blocked all the numbers.
Good for you
It has slowed down recently, but it still happens for me.
I get at least 2 scam/spam/advertisement calls from California everyday.
I don't even live in California, it piss me off.
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Literally just got a spam call, then this popped up on my notifications. Spooky
it's like the spam call was telling you to watch this :)
Same here! Something's off
3 spooky 5 me
Google knows more about you than you would be comfortable telling anyone. They know you've got a certain call, they know where you've been, what you've been searching for on the internet. Spooky is the right word
Fun thing is if you decline the call, they'll call you again.... But if you leave your phone alone, letting it time out, they will leave you alone
That's what I do ... if I don't recognize the number I just don't answer.
Maybe this is wishful thinking but I think they seem to give up after a while
"you have reached the voicemail box of... DEEZ NUTS... At the tone, please leave your voice message. When you are finished recording, hang up or press # for more options"
I spent a few years in a more or less desperate job search situation while also freelancing, and let me tell you, being able to disregard calls from unknown numbers is a luxury not everyone can afford.
Joshua McKown - Yeah, or in my situation I get a lot of calls from people who work for different branches of my health insurance company, and they sometimes use their private phones, so...
the worst thing to a scammer is wasting time; what i do is call them back then let the phone hangs and if they hang up call them back again and let it hang repeat until they get tired
Robocopping:
1.Betray the public trust
2.Rob the innocent
3.Break the law
Dead or alive your calling with me
I got a scam call while watching this lol
0:26 the Chinese message reads:
"Hello, good evening."
"Had your meal I love you."
I keep getting calls where domestic violence is going on with people screaming, furniture breaking,
and kids crying and dogs barking. I get about 12 of these a day. That all seem to be coming from India
as the yelling is in English and Hindi.
0:12 "OwO what's this?"
notices missed call
I had the video paused so i tought you talked about his facial expression
*nuzzles ur caller ID*
1:58 that's not the IRS! That's Jenny! Answer the call for a good time!
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I am a collector for a sub-prime auto financing company. Here's a big tip. If you don't want collectors calling you, all you have to say is "do not call this number again" or something like that. By law we have to remove your number and are not aloud to call it. If you do get a call from a collection agency after you tell them to remove your number, you can essentially sue the company for breaking FDCPA guidelines. If you have any further questions I will try my best to answer them for you.
@Deanassar Calls from bill collectors such as yourself are NOT the types of calls everyone is speaking about here. Most Robocalls are actually not placed by people but by computers (hence the term robo as in robot) and when I answer my home phone, for example, a computerized voice is on the other end. Telling her to "remove me from your call list" does little good since she's not real and cannot hear me.
Last week this computerized voice called my house on my landline pretending to be from the local Apple store, in attempt to gain my iCloud password, 55 times over a period of two days. The first call showed it was from the local Apple store but rather than "dial one" as the caller advised, I called the store myself.
Turns out they had been inundated with calls from the public who had also received calls by this Robocaller. So I blocked the Apple store's number and the next thing I knew, Robocalls started flooding in from the same caller with caller iD showing "Unknown Caller" from that point on, which cannot be blocked.
This is why I only text people.
That's great until you have to do phone interviews or are waiting for a callback for a job application.
Mikeyguy94 don't get a job. Problem solved.
Jeff Gordon Not an option. Student loans, car payment, internet, electricity, and cell phone bills don't pay themselves.
But you're not answering the question how to get rid of it or at least minimize it
Spam text messages can also happen, but its even easier to figure out that it is spam. :D
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Barnacules Nerdgasm actually made a really nice video on how he simulated a 56 K modem, so they put your number on a do-not-call-list
Quick tip. If it says "Anonymous" or unknown number, chances are it's spam or fraudulent. I've dealt with plenty of these ranging from" You have a virus on your computer" , to Oh yeah you are going to jail for x, y, z.
"Robocopping", great to see these golden moments not get removed when editing.
Robo copping
In Switzerland they are currently calling with a spoofed police number. Claiming they have knowledge of a criminal network who try get into your bank account. They suggest you withdraw your money from your account and hand it to them for a safe deposit.
But so far the law enforcement has no knowledge of people who fell for it,
This is nominally informative. The presentation advises: do not answer your phone if you do not recognize the number. That is it.
3:48 Linus got possessed by robocopy. Call a Linux Priest to save his dirty soul corrupted by Windows ! xD
Vade Retro Windowsas !
You shall call your campaign make "communication great again" and take any kind of communication should it be tech related or not in account. :)
lol, but he actually said robocoping not copying. As in the movie Robocop...
I hate getting robo copped
You got me man. You got me
seevnaa rip
I always get the Microsoft tech support scam that says that my computer is sending them error messages. I usually say "What is the Microsoft account e-mail" or "I have a mac" and then they hang up. Fun times.
thecomputergeek95 I got one when I was building my first computer....
I tell them that I don't own a computer. The pause that then happens, is precious. :)
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here in France, you don't pay to receive calls so the scam relies on you calling the unknown number back. basically, don't call random numbers
You should do a video on the 18:9 aspect ratio
There is a man who created a service that annoys the hell out of the spammers, dont know his name anymore sadly.
It is Robokiller. But it is not free. Like True Caller or Mr. Number those are two are 3rd party apps which are of course free.
You talking about Nicole Mayhem?
My mom had early onset Alzheimer's and one of the Microsoft Support scammers tricked her into giving them access to her computer and bank account. They withdrew $280 a month (sometimes more) for nearly two years. It wasn't until she got to the point that she could no longer take care of her finances and I started doing them that I noticed what was happening. I still get 10 to 20 calls a day from scam artists trying to trick her, they even ask for her by name. They don't seem to know that she passed away in May. Recently they've even started spoofing local numbers with the correct name showing on the caller ID. It takes some really scummy people to take advantage of people that are sick.
You can set up a system where new callers need to press a number like 0 on the keypad to get forwarded to you phone and are then whitelisted for future calls. You can even run it off of a Raspberry PI Zero . The problem is that this is a little complicated to set up and when enough people do it it'll be incentive to find a work around. Also because of the number spoofing, blacklisting numbers is basically useless and "Do not call lists" are more of a feel good solution.
If you are in the UK, register with the telephone preference service: doesn't stop all spam but companies who don't check it before cold calling are breaking the law.
The US has a similar thing called the do not call list and practically nobody abides by it because tons of robocallers are from overseas, largely india. A service like nomorobo works well.
Simple solution. When making a legit phone call, the # you're calling will prompt you to dial 1 which will enable athe call to go to the person you're trying to reach. If a robocall is placed it will be stuck on the prompt stage and will never go through. Slight inconvenience for those making a call but effective. This is available for landlines.
That Chinese sentence in the beginning....lol very classic, traditional greeting
Totally a great Tommy Tutone reference at 2:00 👍🏻
When an unknown number shows up (or more frequently, a missed call), i usualy just ignore it. But this gets way out of control when you are waiting for a call from an unknown number. I recently sent my laptop to a repair service and since all the technicians use their seperate landline numbers at the company to call their client, it is almost impossible to figure out whether that missed call i got was from a telemarketer or the call from the technician. And worst of all, almost all of these numbers disconnect as soon as you redial (as a polite move) since it is considered impolite to not call back a missed call, the same way that it is rude to not reply to a message within a certain period of time.
"This is the final call before your car warranty expires (Just kidding the next 5 calls will be)" I never had a car warranty
1:11 "And which of the two candidates do you find less revolting".. lol, relevant
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i guess because of his chromosomes
Ahmed Boukhalfa that made my day hahaha
I read it the same way at first.
I think he's being held hostage
he doesn't read comments :(
Lolz at the many Office Space references you guys keep throwing in 👍🏼
3:59 _"robocalling is still allowed under a number of circumstances"_ ... luckily not so much in Germany ... where you are only allowed to call customers you have an already active contract.
robocopping is so good i had to watch linus' outtake again
I've been getting these all the time lately. Pro tip, Don't call them back. sometimes they have extreme charges that will end on your bill.
Can RAM be written to a limited number of times like SSDs?
I’ve been on the do not call registry for about 12 years now, i still get at least 1 call a week from a number I haven’t blocked yet. I use mrnumber to help check for spam but I still have to block hundreds of phone numbers regardless of being signed up for the do not call registry.
4:15 You see that? He's trying to make himself look like a white-hat, but if you look closely, you'll see it's actually gray. Half-Life 3 confirmed. And I'm voting for Luke.
These robo-calls are getting sneakier. I had one say "Hello I'm...oops sorry there's an issue with my headset......." I thought it was a real person.
I didn't expect my suggestion to be partially accepted! Nice!
"Robocopping"
Is it possible for a spammer to download your contacts within a few seconds of answering the call?
My phone was robocalled while I was watching this. For a second I thought the call was part of the video. Linus, you crafty Canadian, you!
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Robocalling isn't even fun like telemarketing was. At least with telemarketing you can screw with the person on the other end.
I just got a phone call about credit card debt erasure because of the pandemic. Felt like a robot but sounded like a normal person. I said I didn’t want more info and they just hung up
"Robocoping". Loving it Linus. A like just for that! Bloopers just make the videos even more entertaining!
3:23 Dammit Linus I'M EATING
@aitareya Dwibedi Thank.
The Chinese text reads, "Hello, are you good at night? I love you."
I've only gotten one of these calls from as long as I can recall. They were just doing a servey. I had to confirm I was who I was by entering the last 4 diigits of my social. They asked some general questions like how many children were in my house hold, what cities have I lived in in the last 10 years, and my Mother's maiden name. Then had a final validation that I was who I was by entering the first 5 digits of my social.
It's 2021 and robocall spam is still a major problem.
I thought by "robocalling" you'd mean those robots where you pick up the phone and its an English speaking woman all "im calling from [gibberish] limited, we heard you were recently in a car accident, is that true?" and when you say yes you get disconnected from the person that doesnt exist and get forwarded to some non-English speaker and typically then changed sex too. I love responding to them in various ways, my favourite when they ask how are you, I pretend to start crying "my wife died in the car accident". They normally then hangup. Which is kinda confusing since I thought they wanted me to be in a car accident. That and "yeah I just crashed my car answering your phone call".
We had AT&T U-verse VoIP along with U-verse IPTV and U-verse V-DSL since we've upgraded from the old analog phone and A-DSL services in 2013. In 2016, we disconnected our VoIP service because of the amount of SPAM and there was no point of having it since our mobile plan is now Unlimited.
There once was a man lost in the desert, He found a payphone, but 911 was disabled so he called everyone he knew but they did not answer for they did not know the number and hung up so the man ran all the way home and nearly killed them all for stranding him there.. The End
Lol robocoping, good one linus 🤣
Ever answer a call and it quickly hangs up? Its a robocall system that's made to keep the phone worker as busy as possible. If there is no one free it just hangs up, adding your number to a list of people who picked up ensuring you will be called again.
Sometimes when these robo-calls come up on my phone, it labels them as "Scam Likely." My love saw this and laughed
Who here don't want notification for every video uploaded? There is enough messages and notifications already, i don't need more. I watch the videos when i want, and i know what i want to look at, dont need any notification for that.
Could you simply play fax machine or dial-up internet sounds over the phone when they call?
They flag that as a bad number, I know if you play the disconnected number message they might stop calling.
Jolly Roger Telephone Company should have gotten a mention. They offer a service where bots will keep telemarketers engaged and waste their time.
Are there people that get paid to just dislike as many videos on youtube as possible? If so, I wanna know how much they make and where I can sign up, thats easy money right there.
Robo-Steve: 6, 9 AM. 12,3,3:30,5,8,11 PM
Literally just got a robo call while watching this video. 😂
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"What can you do about it? Well," And then the video cut out. ROBOCALLERS HACKED MY SYSTEM!!!!!!
Awesome video! These phone calls are really annoying and I didn't find such complete information about it before at all. Thanks!
There is a case in hong kong reated to spam calls. Not a long time a go, a woman keep receiving calls that start with 3 like 3123 4567. Normally these kind of number shoukd only be used by companies and most them are spam call. So that the woman refuced to accept the call and keep deny it. Note that she keep receiving the same call over 30 times wasted around 40mins. Than she finally wanted to accept the call told them stop calling her, but when she accepted the and just want to told them, the other side told her they are from the A&E department. She don't believe that at the beginning but soon after they told her her husband's name and her home adress id card number and his id card number she finally started to believe it. The doctor told her that her husband was injured in a car crashes and wating for her approve to begin his surgery. And the story was recovered by the doctor at that time in a tv show.
Sorry for my poor English.
is that shirt from the video that you troll your team a long time ago? Its feel nostalgic actually
Someone was spoofing my number and I kept getting angry return calls from people. It lasted for months and was super annoying.
I don't know about everyone else but phone scammers and spammers constantly leave voicemails on my phone. I mean, it's not annoying enough for them to call me and pester me. Oh no! They have to leave a voicemail too!
I wonder if Linus realizes how often he asks a question and then begins the answer with, "Well..."
Looks like Linus needs another “How the internet works” tech quickie
"You have 20 seconds to reply" Good blooper there
I simply don’t answer any call from an unknown number. if they don’t leave a message, it wasn’t important.
And I also block any unknown numbers I know to be robocalls.
I’m not going to let them waste my time.
I get numbers calling me from Leeds, UK. When you pick up no one is connected on the other end
pls check the crack attack thing . I just heard about it and i am kinda interested but don't understand it.
there are lots of videos online already
not really
techquickie usually explains it very nicely
Anugrah Abel thiojoe might have what you look for
but techquickie explains it better. I already saw thiojoe's video and thats how i know about it
There's only one (and now two!) comments referencing the intro, and not one of them is complaining!
That's a first! :D
RoboCopping 🤣🤣🤣
Good one, dude!
Well, we have the Pirate Party. What's to stop the creation of a Technologist Party?
Yall can thank google, twitter and Facebook for selling your information to the highest bidder.
I'm on my own countries do not call registry but so many companies don't even regularly cross reference their database with the dnc database that I still get called all the time. I just tell them that they're in breach of federal law by calling me and I want their details so I can complain to the relevant government watchdog who will gladly send them a fine.
Hey Linus Tech Tips/Techquickie. Could you just play dial-up noise or fax machine data noise over the phone. I have a small recorder with the disconnected number message on it that I'm going to try and then the fax machine sound.
In Germany i got the Last ad call 10 years ago. It is Not allowed and forbidden here. Didnt knew that this is still a Thing in the Rest of the world
Yo this channel deserves way more attention. It’s super helpful and it is awesome.
1:55 Luckily, that doesn't work in the country I live in, and I could see that it was a +91 (for India), so i was very sure it was a tech support scammer.
2:19 For example, Samsung Experience 8.x and later (on Galaxy S8, Note8, and later models) have Hiya service built in, while Cyanogen, when they were still around, used Truecaller. Both of those services are available as separate apps for other Android phones, but I recommend the former.
That plunger was actually pretty good
My landline gets called 5 times a week from people who can barely speak english offering "Air Duct Cleaning"
5 years later. The problem got even worse lol
ok so today I’ve gotten like 15 spam calls and like 8 spam texts.. I’m kinda scared. Should I be worried or just keep blocking and deleting them?
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@ 3:50 it was at this moment that linus knew, he fuqqd up. GGs
TIL 哈囉 is Chinese for colloquial "Hello", which is pronounced as "ha luo" (0:25)