Jistme Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 When I answered the phone to a Spanish-speaking woman who was crying hysterically. I said " No Espanol señora, can I help you? She could not stop crying, and I was at a loss as to what to do. Finally a Spanish-speaking man came on the phone, and I asked if he understood any English, but I couldn't understand his reply. Finally I had to say No comprendo" and hung up. I've been thinking about this strange phone call, and can't make any sense of it. Was it a wrong number, or someone calling randomly? Very puzzling, and quite troubling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyfull Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Probably a wrong number otherwise they would have called back. I would have done the same thing as you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericurmudgeon Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Sounds like a wrong number to me. If it was some sort of a scam, presumably the caller would have been able communicate with you. A little strange though that she did not hang up once she knew you did not speak Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I would say it was a scam but since you did not understand Spanish it fell flat on their faces. If the woman was with a man why would she be calling rather than the man who would have made more sense and since you said you did not understand Spanish , they would have understood it was the wrong number so they would have hung up. My neighbor had a woman crying called her claiming she was he daughter and unfortunately it went down from there, there are a lot of that type of scam going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 To answer the question: Hung up! Quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinx Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Agree. I´ve had someone call my phone several times looking for a certain person and getting quite angry andd abusive when I try to explain it is the wrong number. Someone told often these types scam calls are run by prisoners with cell phones. If its not clear to me what the call is about in about 15 seconds, I hang up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 An other answer is pay telmex and go on the unlisted list. That is what we did, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Or don't answer any call from an unknown number and never answer one that says "private number". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 if you dont know the number dont answer. too many scams or people wanting to sell you stufff...dont worry .just hang up as you did, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I googled it in English and Spanish, it's a scam. Top 5 in Spanish. A recording of a woman or child crying hysterically ( maybe that's why she didn't respond to you? ) , someone else takes the phone and tells upu that your relative has been kidnapped, in a horrible accident bla bla... No hablo el espanola is the next best thing to just hanging up. For sure you can relax about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
careyeroslib Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 We periodically get calls from financial institutions (Walmart and Bancomer) looking for people we don´t know who gave our phone number to get their credit, and who owe them money. At first we tried to reason with them, explaining that we have had the same number for more than 12 years (we are in the phone book), and nobody else lives here, etc., etc. No luck. They insist that we must know this person since our number is recorded next to their name. Duh. It´s not a language thing. We found out that if we are to be removed from their call list we have to send by e-mail all our identity info (Passport, proof of address, etc., etc) SURE. Like I´m going to send you all this stuff over the Internet? Now we just hang up, don´t answer (we know their numbers basically) and go on with our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Well not answering to numbers I do not know is not an option. I deal with many people and I do not know all the nunbers so it is way easier for me to answer and hang up if I do not know the person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanjo Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Got the same call today. Hysterically sobbing woman. Male comes on the phone in Spanish. Hang up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solfeggio Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I got two of these calls once, with a woman crying hysterically first, then a man came on saying (in Spanish) that this woman needed ransom money for a kidnapped family member . I knew immediately that these were the scam calls I'd read about, so I pretended I didn't speak Spanish and hung up. The "no-call" list won't help with these calls, but hanging up works!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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