As the world starts returning to more of a sense of normalcy by the summer, so are some annoyances like robocalls.
UMBRELLA HANDY AND KEEP THATUMBRELLA HANDY FOR TODAY!{***TRI PLAS**}AS THE WORLD STARTS RETURNING TOMORE OF A SENSE OF NORMALCY THISSUMMER.... SO ARE SOMEANNOYANCES - LIKE ROBOCALLS.AND THIS MORNING - CONSUMERREPORTER JOHN MATARESE SHOWSWHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THOSECALLS, SO YOU DON’T WASTE YOURMONEY.{***PKG**}NOW THAT THE COUNTRYIS GETTING BACK TO WORK....TELEMARKETERS AND SCAMMERS AREGETTING BACK TO WORK AS WELL.AND THE NUMBER ONEUNWANTED CALL IN 2021 HAS TO DOWITH.... YOUR CAR’S WARRANTY.----------------HAVE YOU EVER ANSWEREDYOUR PHONE, AND HEARD SOMETHINGLIKE THIS?"WE ARE CALLING WITH AN URGENTMESSAGE ABOUT YOUR CAR’SWARRANTY."IT SEEMS EVERY DAY,SOMEONE NEEDS TO REACH YOU ABOUTYOUR WARRANTY EXPIRING.SOMETIMES THEY EVEN KNOW THEMAKE OF YOUR CAR.HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT?THEY BUY IT FROM MANUFACTURERSAND THE STATE.BUT THE FTC SAYS BUYER BEWARE:IN MANY CASES THESE ARE SHADYCOMPANIES THAT MAY SELL YOU AWARRANTY YOUR DEALERSHIP WONTHONOR!-----------2 SECS SEPARATORAND FROM THEDOESN’T THAT STINK FILE... THEWORST THING YOU CAN DO WHEN YOUGET THESE CALLS: PRESSING 1 OR2 TO OPT OUT.THAT TELLS THEM YOU ARE A LIVECALLER, AND YOU MAY GET EVENMORE CALLS!
AND THAT STINKS.HAVE AN APPLEIPHONE?
THERE IS A SECRETSETTING TO NOW BLOCK THEM: GO TOSETTINGS, THEN PHONE, AND LOOKFOR CALL SILENCING.YOU CAN THEN SILENCEUNKNOWN CALLERS..... AND THEY’LLJUST GO TO YOUR VOICE MAIL.HAVE AN ANDROIDPHONE?
CHECK WITH YOUR CELLPROVIDER ON HOW TO BLOCK UNKNOWNCALLERS.IF YOU WANT ANEXTENDED WARRANTY, TALK TO YOURDE
With the country getting back to work this summer, robocallers and scammers are still calling our cell phones.