# Is this a Phone Scam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phone-scam/647179>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 14, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phone-scam/647179 "2013-01-14T16:46:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phone-scam/647179/21 "2013-01-17T20:33:41Z")

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> [@Icarus](#):
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> Just another data point…
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> I got a couple of these calls so I did call them back - they asked if I knew so-and-so and I told them I did not. They apologized and explained that they would update their records to indicate that I was not the droid they were looking for (they didn’t use those words…). No more calls. 🆒

This was my experience too, except that the phone calls started again after about 2 months.

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