# Why am I getting robocalls in Spanish on my cell phone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240 "2007-05-15T22:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/1 "2007-05-15T22:15:07Z")
For the past few days I’ve been getting automatic calls in Spanish. I don’t speak it and hang right up, so I don’t know what they are about. I’ve never gotten any previous telemarketer or political calls on this phone. What’s up? Should I be concerned? I do live in an area with a high concentration of Spanish speakers. (Just to note, it was the same voice in the recording both times.) ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/2 "2007-05-15T23:31:20Z")
Some of them are phishing and other scam sorts of calls. They intentionally prey on the undocumented, who are less likely to involve the authorities when they get scammed. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/3 "2007-05-15T23:34:34Z")
If it is [this number](http://www.whocalled.us/lookup/3239271550), they are running a scam aimed at Latino residents: > [@](#): > > Yet another of the many numbers being used by the pre-recorded spanish “you’ve won a camera” scam. Phone/CID number is fraudulent. I would imagine there are other numbers and calling operations that are targeting Latinos. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/4 "2007-05-16T21:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=Kevbo] Some of them are phishing and other scam sorts of calls. They intentionally prey on the undocumented, who are less likely to involve the authorities when they get scammed. [/QUOTE] That’s what it is, apparently. Someone on a site I googled said that the call instructs you that you’ve won a prize, but if they took the call and spoke English, the caller hung up on them. The number is 859-212-1501. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/5 "2007-05-17T12:12:22Z")
I’ve been getting Spanish calls too on both my cell and home number. Plugging that 952 extension into **Fear Itself** ’s link says “spammer” as well. Looks like a pretty widespread op. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/6 "2007-05-17T17:28:35Z")
Just to add that Ive gotten them as well. I never thought telemarketers could get any more annoying… and then I got the spanish calls. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/7 "2007-05-17T17:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=Meeko] I never thought telemarketers could get any more annoying… and then I got the spanish calls. [/QUOTE] Just wait until you have to go to a _Do Not Call_ site written in Spanish to get rid of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-robocalls-in-spanish-on-my-cell-phone/404240/8 "2007-05-17T20:25:36Z")
I get them too, and have had them every so often for months. Now the question is, who owns the number. (I need to write down the one who calls me. Does anyone know of a site which give the company who owns a number? Oh for the days of the Bell System - no problem finding out then.