AI bots

Been receiving a few calls from AI bots. Anyone else seeing this on the rise too? When I say they have the wrong number they continue to offer their scam until I tell them I'm in another state.

Bot calls are rampant and have been for a long time.  A PITA for sure.  It would be more helpful, however, if you could take a moment to post information about a call under the number that called.  Type the number into the search box.  If no one has yet posted, you can start the thread.  Cheers.

I posted one of the numbers and will post the other when I find it again in the hundreds of calls I've received in the last few weeks.

Really? my question gets down voted? LOL

You are correct about AI increasing the scam risk.  ABC news did a report back in October.  Here's the link if you're interested:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/artifi ... d-warning-tips/
And of course there was the warning from the FBI a couple years ago about the increasingly convincing scams using AI
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/ ... al-intelligence
Posting numbers that scammers use is a small but important step in keeping the scams at bay.  Keep posting...it's helping.  Cheers.

Thanks for the links!

Your welcome.  It's nice to get a "heads up" from the tech savvy people.

I often get AI robocallers, spoofing local numbers to try fooling me, but as soon as they begin their silly script I have heard repeatedly from previous calls, I begin to toy with them. I have this one particular AI robo caller that is predictable and always says "can you hear me ok?" whenever I say something negative about the subject of the call or it doesn't know how to respond. I always tell it no I didn't hear it say whatever it said. After a few mins, it hangs up. The last time it called, I kept asking why the sky is green, just to see what it might say and of course it wanted to know if I could hear it and then hung up..

Scammers/telemarketers seems to be using these AI robots to screen calls  in order to avoid those who will try wasting their time. The one persistant AI asks about Medicare, but I don't have that. Now if I don't give it any info, it hangs up. I told it no I don't have Medicare, I told it yes, I have it, but need to know what part C is that it is trying to say my account needs.  I have tried to get it to transfer me to a live person, but it doesn't seem to like anything I said enough to do anything but hang up....lol

I once asked a "You're a robot, aren't you?"  The response was, "I'm sure I can help you but if you'd prefer to speak with a human representative, I can transfer you."

I've only received a few of these Ai calls but being asked to be transferred to a human sounds interesting and worth a shot, if you're trying to track down the actual caller.
Unfortunately for me, I've filed so many lawsuits that, once they find out who I am, they now hang up.

Mine was a "legitimate" company and I had actually initiated the call.  It was a financial institution but you had to get past the bot to get a real person.

Oh, what the heck, sue 'em anyway!

Careful, you might get an AI judge!

Be advised to never speak the word "Yes" (or "Okay") to an unknown caller's question.  E.g., "Are you the home-owner?" "Yes." What can be done with that simple utterance is to copy it into a different conversation in which the initiating question is something like, "Are you aware that you owe us $10,000", or "Are you prepared to plead guilty", with a possible future attempt to prosecute.  If you feel you must answer, keep it complex and avoid the word "yes".

I always have music playing and if anyone was stupid enough to attempt to use such a tactic, they would have music playing in the background for everything I said and it would not match up to any sound edits into another conversation.