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Hi all,
I just literally got off the phone with a phone scammer and wanted to know if there's any way to report what happened. I got a call (to my Google Voice line of all places) and it was an automated voice prompt saying that I have issues with my Google My Business listing and that if I'm the owner or run Marketing that I should select Option 1. I did this and then got connected to a gentlemen who referenced a fictitious website (he mentioned it so fast I had to ask him to spell it - even spelling it he was slurring letters) - Gapinto.net. I told him that wasn't my website, and he asked me if this was a business phone #. I said yes. He asked me if this was my business. I said yes. Then he asked if it was a new business and I said yes. So he says "AH, That's what it is - you aren't listed properly because you are new! We can help with that." So, I said "What company do you work for" and he said LLH. I asked him if they have a website and he said yes. I asked what it is, and he said "well, what is the name of your business?" and I said, you go first, give me your website and then I'll give you my info. And then he hung up.
Caller ID showed the number came from 732-455-1460 - I realize this is likely meaningless, but of course it is the same area code as my number, likely to prompt answers.
This is likely going to wind up with me just venting, but wanted to see if anybody else has experienced this and how to report folks like this.
I just literally got off the phone with a phone scammer and wanted to know if there's any way to report what happened. I got a call (to my Google Voice line of all places) and it was an automated voice prompt saying that I have issues with my Google My Business listing and that if I'm the owner or run Marketing that I should select Option 1. I did this and then got connected to a gentlemen who referenced a fictitious website (he mentioned it so fast I had to ask him to spell it - even spelling it he was slurring letters) - Gapinto.net. I told him that wasn't my website, and he asked me if this was a business phone #. I said yes. He asked me if this was my business. I said yes. Then he asked if it was a new business and I said yes. So he says "AH, That's what it is - you aren't listed properly because you are new! We can help with that." So, I said "What company do you work for" and he said LLH. I asked him if they have a website and he said yes. I asked what it is, and he said "well, what is the name of your business?" and I said, you go first, give me your website and then I'll give you my info. And then he hung up.
Caller ID showed the number came from 732-455-1460 - I realize this is likely meaningless, but of course it is the same area code as my number, likely to prompt answers.
This is likely going to wind up with me just venting, but wanted to see if anybody else has experienced this and how to report folks like this.
