Scams involving Telmex home lines

It seems there has been a release of home numbers to scammers calling, pretending to be someone's friend, getting the person to say the name & then go on about an accident that happened, need money, go to Oxxo now.. how much do you have on hand...blah blah blah. While it seems obvious if u heard it before, it catches unsuspecting elderly by surprise & very upsetting. Know of 2 cases in the past 2 days... So let peeps know - it's happening again..perhaps also dialing 766-xxxx numbers to see who's NOT answering, snowbird homes ripe for invasion. As I recall this happened a couple years ago, it tracked back to some insider @ Telmex giving out info...? dunno. just make sure you're elderly friends don't fall for it.

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On another crime note, some bad guys ripped out the new San Antonio Hospital fiber-optica 'system'... after the Hospital paid the big bucks to install it.. not for anyone else in the area of course, as Telmex would quickly tell you. So a real set back in the Telmex - Ilox horse race... Some Telmex installer told me they were building a new fiber optica station 2 weeks ago for us wee folk, so I am sure that is off.. Ilox can't get to Chula Vista fast enough.

There's a lot to be said for having an answering machine. Sorts 'em out fast. For some reason, the "scammers" never leave a message.

My phone is with Ilox now and I still get scam calls.....lol.

CanuckBob wrote:My phone is with Ilox now and I still get scam calls.....lol.

Since I'm not on Facebook and/or its brethren and sistern and I'm not listed in the LCS annual booklet, that leaves the plain old phone directory. Lots of robocalls come in. Mystery. I like Ferret's system.: say nothing.

They buy phone numbers from TelMex……...

I would think they could just automatically dial numbers without an outside source using an exchange number like 765 or 766 since it’s robot calls anyway. For 9 years I daily get calls for a propane delivery company but they’re just misdials.

I do not get it. I have had a land line since 1997 in Ajijic. I'm in the LCS phone book and that other phone book as well. I have taken no protective measures, and I do not get any robo calls, well maybe one or two per month. And because I get so few I rather enjoy playing along with the caller using up his time.

Why do some folks get so many, and others like me, get almost none?

You just live right, Pete!

I get none here and many in Chiapas and both numbers are unlisted...

brigitte wrote:I get none here and many in Chiapas and both numbers are unlisted...

My partner's cell # is a Hermosillo prefix and she gets none here, while I am slammed (thank goodness for the app Should I Answer). I believe it was Bancomer that "shared" my # because most are from one financial institution or another. Bastards!