# Anyone speak Mandarin? Weird daily voicemail **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972 "2022-04-17T22:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972/1 "2022-04-17T22:24:01Z")
I get a 6 second voicemail from a caller in southern California every day for a couple of weeks now. If I pick up I get the same thing. Anyone know what they’re trying to tell me? Dropbox link to the audio: [Dropbox - File Deleted](https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mvced36035jue7/voicemail-136.m4a?dl=0) PS: I’m sure it’s Chinese, I assume Mandarin but could be another dialect I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972/2 "2022-04-17T22:32:15Z")
You’re likely getting the same sort of thing that CBS News did a story on four years ago: > **[What's behind all those Chinese-speaking robocalls](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-behind-all-those-chinese-speaking-robocalls/)** > > Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are getting scammed into paying up to avoid putting their status here in jeopardy ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972/3 "2022-04-17T22:46:58Z")
Actually it says you have a delivery pending and asks you to call them. It’s 100% a scam, we’ve gotten this call literally hundreds of times. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972/4 "2022-04-18T04:41:35Z")
It also says press 9 for customer service, if you’re so inclined to talk to these folks… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-speak-mandarin-weird-daily-voicemail/962972/5 "2022-04-18T04:59:16Z")
I used to get some Japanese version (I can tell the difference, not sure why as I don’t speak either though I’ve spent time in Japan) as well, though it’s been at least a year.