Weird robo-call just now, are they faking calls?

[relayerbob]

Supposedly for "Biden-Harris". Male voice, talking about "Biden-Harris". Never said "Joe Biden:, which is unusual, and said "Biden-Harris need a Democrat Senate". Really? Usually we say "Democratic". The overall tone just felt wrong.

So, now I'm wondering, and maybe it's just paranoia, would that donation button lead to a faek GOP fund-raising site? I don't trust those bastards as far as I can throw them.

Call was made from a Farmington, Maine number, according to Spokeo, but who knows what they spoofed, if it is fake.

[SharonClark]

1. You're right to question this.

Did they ask for money?

[relayerbob]

2. Yes, a robo-call, "Press 1 to donate as much as can now"

I didn't press 1

[Ms. Toad]

3. Personally - I NEVER donate in response to an unsolicited call.

If they want my money, they can send me information. I'll review it on my own time, vetting the organization, and then - if I decide it is warranted - I will make a donation.

The content of the conversaton doesn't set off any more warning bells than any other unsolicited call seeking a donation would.

[relayerbob]

6. Oh, I don't either

Had no intention, but I do answer the phone, as some of the calls have been from pollsters and many from local candidates ... but they are always good about understanding that I NEVER give money to a caller.

However, if they are fishing, they only need a few to bite.

I've been working with te campaign enough to have the language set off alarm bells

[DeeDeeNY]

4. The term Democrat Senate is a tipoff

Definitely a fake call. Right-wingers always say Democrat instead of Democratic.

[relayerbob]

9. Yep

[Leghorn21]

12. 100%, yep

the little ratfkrs

[DeeDeeNY]

13. They say it that way so the end of the word sounds like "rat"

Very sick.

[mitch96]

20. +1

[coti]

5. Yeah, sounds like a scam, and the number was indeed likely spoofed.

I'm getting 5 or 6 scam calls, of different sorts, per day now. They've been awful for several weeks.

[relayerbob]

7. Note, I have reported this to the campaign

Whether they'll see the note in the deluge of input is questionable. If anyone here has a direct link to someone specific I can send the info to, please PM me here. The legal team needs to know about these attempts

[Laelth]

8. I think that you are right to be wary.

You can always donate directly if you want to. That sounds awfully suspicious to me.

-Laelth

[relayerbob]

10. Oh, I have been donating and texting and postcarding, etc.

This was not right

[Laelth]

11. I think that your instincts were spot on. n/t

-Laelth

[FakeNoose]

14. Any real call from a Democratic campaign

... would use a correct caller ID , not a fake one.

Whenever I receive a call and there's no Caller ID - I never answer because I know it's SPAM.
So many calls - so much SPAM!

Never answer them - if you do answer you'll go on their "confirmed" list.

[relayerbob]

15. There was a caller ID

I'm very experienced in high-tech and security. But good advice to those who don't know what and how to respond

[The Genealogist]

16. I hate this kind of crap

Due to the nature of my job, I have to answer incoming calls to my cell phone. Most numbers I don't recognize are robocalls offering to lower the interest on my credit card. Good luck with that, as I don't have any credit cards. Or they are from a litany of creditors calling a woman who apparently goes around giving out my number and not paying her bills. I'm not surprised people are running scams pretending to be from presidential campaigns. I'd guess they are running Trump ones as well.

[relayerbob]

17. Yep, some people try to say...

"Well, I just don't answer it unless I know them". That's fine, if you don't need to answer the phone from calls that you don't always have (or want to have) on your contacts list. If I can tell they are fake, I don't answer.

[Sugarcoated]

18. I got one a couple of weeks ago

the guy had a jewish New York accent, or someone trying to sound Jewish, kind of Woody Allen...it was very weird and transparently bullshit

[DSandra]

19. Anything, and I mean ANYTHING, is possible with these ******s