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This number called me on Octiber 28th claiming to be Direct TV and thank me for being a loyal customer and said we would be getting Cinnamax and Showtime free for 3 months and it would be activated in minutes. Never happened... Called Diret TV Direct and it's a scam!!!

They called but left no message.

Called my cell, I didn't answer. Whoever it was left a blank 30 second message. I blocked them.

Called, no message, blocked now.  CID NOT PROVIDED.

This is one of those calls that should NEVER be answered! It's the "Can you hear me?" call that you have been WARNED about! The first thing that is asked is "Can you hear me?" Thankfully I already knew about this SCAM!!! Just don't answer calls from numbers you don't know. But if you do, NEVER say yes if asked "Can you hear me?" They tape your voice and use it to open whatever accounts they want!!! PURE SCAM!!!!

Really, how does that actually work? I mean, tell me how someone can record you saying 'yes' and pull a scam that couldn't work WITHOUT that recording!
You can't, because its a rumor that  the Media just blurted out without ever showing any documented cases, hey a story is a story, right?

Same thing happened to me just now too

Be careful .. I checked with DirectTV and this is not their number.  Report it!

Scam. Direct TV. Not!

Blocked #

Trust me.  Scams have been around forever.  In 1987, I went to Australia for three months.  When I came home, someone had used my credit card to order dozens and dozens of magazines.  The credit  card company stopped payments and wiped that bill clean.  But the magazine people, after a crapload of calls to them, told me they were going to take legal action if I didn't start paying.  Then they said They could prove it was me, that they had recorded me saying "yes."  I told them I wanted to hear it, and they put me on hold.  I am certain they did not expect me to stay on hold for the 36 minutes it took them to produce a nondescript "uh huh."   In the end, I had to get a lawyer to make them go away and leave me alone.   TOTAL SCAM, all based on a recorded "uh huh."   So yes, they can, and do, do scams using a recorded "yes."

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told me they were going to take legal action if I didn't start paying. Then they said They could prove it was me

How did they PROVE it was YOU to the point you needed a lawyer? The burden of proof is on the accuser and if you never said "uh huh" or agreed it was you saying "uh huh", then they had nothing to prove it was you.

Of course a scammer could have said "yes", "uh huh" or "yea" themselves  and say it was someone ordering magazines, but to go as far and try taking legal action to enforce it requires PROOF. So I have to wonder what proof did they have.

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So yes, they can, and do, do scams using a recorded "yes."

Sure, scammers do it all the time, but they can't pull a scam with ONLY a recorded word of "YES", since there is no way to prove WHO said "yes", unless the victim admits it was them. A scammer needs MORE than a simple recording of the word yes, like giving their name, an address, phone number, SSN, account number, credit card info, etc. They need to identify their victims or the scam can't work. If all they needed was a recorded 'yes", why would they need yours when they wouldn't really know WHO said yes and anyone's voice would do?

What you described was a typical credit card scam, not the rumored "yes scam".  The credit card scam they ask you all sorts of questions and trick you into signing up for something. You probably gave enough info of your card that they charged your card for the magazines.

You C-A-N-T charge someone's credit card with ONLY the word YES recorded. Try it  and see if you can charge someone's credit card with JUST a recording of someone saying yes. The first thing you will be asked is  the account number or the card holder name...and you NEED to know those to pull a scam on it...so no, nobody can pull a scam with ONLY a recording of the word "yes"...!!
The rumored scam goes like this:
The 'Yes Scam' or 'Can you hear me?' scam says they record you saying yes and hang up afterwards. Then use the recording to charge you or open accounts anywhere.

Called this morning.. I didn't answer as. It was an unknown #.  Thx.  All above.  I'm blocking it.

Same here, provided no information, the FCC/FBI must do something about theses scammers.  Doing nothing will not correct the problem.

DirecTv

They called to tell me that I had free movie channels but didn’t ask for personal info. I called later that night to confirm with Direct TV when I found out it wasn’t true.

Since I didn’t give info did they get anything from me?

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Since I didn’t give info did they get anything from me?

I think you answered your own question!

Called and left no answer that I could understand.  Seemed there was a bunch of noise in the background.  Immediately block the number.

Why do these creeps still have an 800 number? if it's a scam, shut them down.

CID said "DIRECTV", but that's not likely.  I have most of the 8xx numbers blocked, anyway.   All they heard was a "click".

Supposedly direct tv  Called and asked if I wanted 3 months free moive channels no charge and told me I would get 25$ gift card and I decided to call back direct tv and they said there was no record of it.