Weird phone calls I've been getting. - The Firearms Forum

hkruss · 12-07-2011, 08:06 PM

So last night, my cell phone rings.

Me: "Hello"

Robot sounding voice: "This is Globaltel". "An inmate at the Mobile co. correctional facility is attempting to place a person to person collect call to this number. If you will accept, press one. If you do not wish to accept, press two".

Obviously, I did not accept. For one thing, how could you accept a collect call to a cell-phone anyway, - not a land line? For another, I don't have any acquaintances in jail. For another, why was MY number the one called?
Then this morning I get the same call. Over the past year, I have had this same call probably four or five times. I'm just wondering, what is going on?

Anybody here ever had this happen to you?

Weird!

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medalguy · 12-07-2011, 09:11 PM

Yeah we get calls sometimes from the local jail, usually at ungodly hours. My guess is the people calling are having a little trouble seeing the right numbers on the phone dial, very possibly alcohol induced.

I also was told by someone a while back that there's some kind of scam the callers pull wherein if you accept the call, they will ask you to dial something on your phone that allows them to make more calls using your number somehow. I don't know about how that works, but I don't plan on accepting any jail calls at all. Oh, to my brother: If you read this, and land in jail for something, don't call me. I ain't answering.

terryu1 · 12-08-2011, 06:31 AM

I remember of a scam similar to this and cannot remember the details, but it is from a prisoner and if you do accept, the prisoner can then make calls to anywhere using your account somehow. You are right to not accept ANY of these calls. I know that if any of my friends get in trouble they will call me on cell phone PRIOR to getting locked up. (Not that my friends are trouble makers LOL)

bakerconch · 12-08-2011, 06:38 AM

http://www22.verizon.com/pages/securityalerts/

It is listed here as *72 prison scam
There are quite a few cell phone scams out there so be careful.

Little Rooster · 12-08-2011, 01:56 PM

notify the Local agency and let them know about it also.

fuzebox40 · 12-08-2011, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hkruss

So last night, my cell phone rings.

Me: "Hello"

Robot sounding voice: "This is Globaltel". "An inmate at the Mobile co. correctional facility is attempting to place a person to person collect call to this number. If you will accept, press one. If you do not wish to accept, press two".

First of all, my voice does not sound like that!!!

Seriously I would think hanging up even a better option rather than any response to a likely scam.

Dennis C · 12-08-2011, 03:29 PM

Does the caller ID say it is from the prison? If yes, then I would call the prison and have them investigate who made the calls. All calls are probably recorded (they are at the prison I work at). They can match up the time on your caller id and number to an inmate who made the calls. From there the prison will probably have some disciplinary action taken on the inmate. Hope that helps

jlloyd73 · 12-08-2011, 03:41 PM

You sure your number didn't show up n a bathroom stall somewhere........

whymememe · 12-08-2011, 05:20 PM

It could be a scam to somehow get your number to pay for the call and he would talk to someone else at a different number. Like call fowarding.

hkruss · 12-08-2011, 07:15 PM

bakerconch - Thanks for the link. Sounds like the scam described.

Dennis C - Good idea!

And jlloyd...............oh good Lord!!!

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Originally Posted by jlloyd73

You sure your number didn't show up n a bathroom stall somewhere........

If it was the ladies room at the Playboy mansion, I wouldn't mind!

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medalguy · 12-08-2011, 09:55 PM

Maybe the bathroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

gdmoody · 12-08-2011, 10:15 PM

I have had two family members in prison in the past, no way I was going to accept calls from them, much less some one I don't know!! Even with the legit calls from a prison, they charge something like $2.00 a minute to your land line phone.

mogunner · 12-08-2011, 10:54 PM

My wife's ex is in prison, he called shortly after she and I got married, for some reason he hung up after asking who I was when I replied "her new husband"...

But he didn't call collect, I know he's in prison in the same state as we are, but clear across to the other side. Hard telling.

Most times if the phone rings and it doesn't come up with a name that's in my contacts, it keeps ringing till it goes to voicemail...

Capt Mac Turk · 12-09-2011, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mogunner

Most times if the phone rings and it doesn't come up with a name that's in my contacts, it keeps ringing till it goes to voicemail...

YUP-----Unidenifed,,800,, or Dont know the name I WONT Answer either!

raven818 · 12-09-2011, 03:46 PM

I belong to the American Legion. I got a call yesterday from some female wanting to sell me insurance. There is NO way an outsider can get my phone number. I went off on her for calling me, and asked her where she got my number. From the Legion!!!!

They sell member information. That sucketh.

12-07-2011, 08:06 PM	#1
hkruss Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mobile, Al. Posts: 1,092	Weird phone calls I've been getting. So last night, my cell phone rings. Me: "Hello" Robot sounding voice: "This is Globaltel". "An inmate at the Mobile co. correctional facility is attempting to place a person to person collect call to this number. If you will accept, press one. If you do not wish to accept, press two". Obviously, I did not accept. For one thing, how could you accept a collect call to a cell-phone anyway, - not a land line? For another, I don't have any acquaintances in jail. For another, why was MY number the one called? Then this morning I get the same call. Over the past year, I have had this same call probably four or five times. I'm just wondering, what is going on? Anybody here ever had this happen to you? Weird! . __________________ obama - "non gratum anus rodentum" -->

12-07-2011, 09:11 PM	#2
medalguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 585	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. Yeah we get calls sometimes from the local jail, usually at ungodly hours. My guess is the people calling are having a little trouble seeing the right numbers on the phone dial, very possibly alcohol induced. I also was told by someone a while back that there's some kind of scam the callers pull wherein if you accept the call, they will ask you to dial something on your phone that allows them to make more calls using your number somehow. I don't know about how that works, but I don't plan on accepting any jail calls at all. Oh, to my brother: If you read this, and land in jail for something, don't call me. I ain't answering.

12-08-2011, 06:31 AM	#3
terryu1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NE Pennsylvania Contributor Posts: 1,265	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. I remember of a scam similar to this and cannot remember the details, but it is from a prisoner and if you do accept, the prisoner can then make calls to anywhere using your account somehow. You are right to not accept ANY of these calls. I know that if any of my friends get in trouble they will call me on cell phone PRIOR to getting locked up. (Not that my friends are trouble makers LOL) __________________ ARMED INFIDEL

12-08-2011, 06:38 AM	#4
bakerconch V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: North Florida Posts: 259	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. http://www22.verizon.com/pages/securityalerts/ It is listed here as *72 prison scam There are quite a few cell phone scams out there so be careful.

12-08-2011, 01:56 PM	#5
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. notify the Local agency and let them know about it also. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

12-08-2011, 03:29 PM	#7
Dennis C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 789	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. Does the caller ID say it is from the prison? If yes, then I would call the prison and have them investigate who made the calls. All calls are probably recorded (they are at the prison I work at). They can match up the time on your caller id and number to an inmate who made the calls. From there the prison will probably have some disciplinary action taken on the inmate. Hope that helps __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

12-08-2011, 03:41 PM	#8
jlloyd73 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,938	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. You sure your number didn't show up n a bathroom stall somewhere........ __________________ --------------------------------------------------- The only thing better than good family is good friends. J and D Lloyd Get ready...it's getting "real" and really fast!

12-08-2011, 05:20 PM	#9
whymememe Former Guest Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: FEMA Region IV Contributor Posts: 1,445	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. It could be a scam to somehow get your number to pay for the call and he would talk to someone else at a different number. Like call fowarding.

12-08-2011, 09:55 PM	#11
medalguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 585	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. Maybe the bathroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

12-08-2011, 10:15 PM	#12
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,403	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. I have had two family members in prison in the past, no way I was going to accept calls from them, much less some one I don't know!! Even with the legit calls from a prison, they charge something like $2.00 a minute to your land line phone. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

12-08-2011, 10:54 PM	#13
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,049	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. My wife's ex is in prison, he called shortly after she and I got married, for some reason he hung up after asking who I was when I replied "her new husband"... But he didn't call collect, I know he's in prison in the same state as we are, but clear across to the other side. Hard telling. Most times if the phone rings and it doesn't come up with a name that's in my contacts, it keeps ringing till it goes to voicemail...

12-09-2011, 03:46 PM	#15
raven818 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Jax, Fl. Contributor Posts: 4,435	Re: Weird phone calls I've been getting. I belong to the American Legion. I got a call yesterday from some female wanting to sell me insurance. There is NO way an outsider can get my phone number. I went off on her for calling me, and asked her where she got my number. From the Legion!!!! They sell member information. That sucketh. __________________ Firearms and Salt Water Fishing Retired 42 Years LEO