In the past two weeks a resident received the fake “Grandma, this is your grandson” call; numerous calls from “Brandy, a trip adviser,” who also asked “Can you hear me all right?,” a question from a Spam caller we never want to answer “yes” to; a call from Social Security (they will never call us); offers of free interest rates; and an “I repaired your computer recently” call.
The resident generally tries to hang up without speaking as soon as she recognizes it as a Spam call. They are trying to trap us into doing something we don’t want to do, whether giving information or sending money. The fake grandson calls are often in the morning, when we might still be drowsy, so be wary.