Granny
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Granny is supposed to be on 11:00 news tonight.
As a general rule, I don't answer phone calls from "Private Number," "Unknown Caller," and similar callers. But I had a couple calls from a Knoxville number and have answered. Happened again yesterday and this dude says my LifeAlert system is ready for delivery and blah, blah, blah. It's "similar to ads seen on TV - you know - I've fallen and I can't get up." And guess what? It's already been paid for!!! Woohoo!! I tried to get the guy to shut up: LISTEN ... TO ... ME!!! blah, blah STOP ... READING ... YOUR ... SCRIPT!!! At which point I realized I was yelling at a pre-recorded message.
I was supposed to press #_ if I wanted to accept delivery or #_ if I wanted to decline delivery.
I don't know if this is a nationwide scam or just around the Knoxville area. But I got all full of piss and vinegar and called my local TV station - good way to get the word out to others. Apparently another station carried a story about this a couple weeks ago - but I don't watch that station. This afternoon a reporter called and asked if she could come by and interview me ... and so she did ... and now I'm supposed to be on the late news. They're targeting elders who are a very easy target. Once that damn thing is delivered you can bet someone is going to be asking for credit card or bank account information.
As a general rule, I don't answer phone calls from "Private Number," "Unknown Caller," and similar callers. But I had a couple calls from a Knoxville number and have answered. Happened again yesterday and this dude says my LifeAlert system is ready for delivery and blah, blah, blah. It's "similar to ads seen on TV - you know - I've fallen and I can't get up." And guess what? It's already been paid for!!! Woohoo!! I tried to get the guy to shut up: LISTEN ... TO ... ME!!! blah, blah STOP ... READING ... YOUR ... SCRIPT!!! At which point I realized I was yelling at a pre-recorded message.
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I don't know if this is a nationwide scam or just around the Knoxville area. But I got all full of piss and vinegar and called my local TV station - good way to get the word out to others. Apparently another station carried a story about this a couple weeks ago - but I don't watch that station. This afternoon a reporter called and asked if she could come by and interview me ... and so she did ... and now I'm supposed to be on the late news. They're targeting elders who are a very easy target. Once that damn thing is delivered you can bet someone is going to be asking for credit card or bank account information.
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