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BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Live Safe manager Jennifer Maskala said she’s been contacted by four people who say they’ve been getting calls that they say are a scam.
“It’s robo-calls that are made and they’re pretending to be representing the personal emergency response service that they have, or they are offering free shipment for a personal emergency response trying to get them to sign up for something,” said Maskala.
The results can be credit card charges for services you don’t wont, or don’t end up getting at all. Dirigo Pines resident Polly Camp said just a few weeks ago a friend of hers told her about these types of calls.
“And then Tuesday the phone rang and I answered it, what they said was “we are about to deliver your emergency medical services” or something of that order, deliver them. I thought ‘this is a scam.’ I listened for a minute and then i hung up,” said Camp.
Both Maskala and Camp say these automated calls feature two options; it says to press one if you would like more information, or press five if you wish to decline.
“I did not do that. I hung up fast,” said Camp.
Camp did say that the calls could be very confusing to some, leading them to fall into the trap that these scammers are setting up. So just how can you distinguish the call as a scam?
“Usually what they say is if it sounds too good to be true it usually is and that’s kind of what it is that they are asking you for, credit card information to send you something or for offering free goods or free shipping. Its too good to be true,” said Maskala
“If you have caller ID it’s helpful. If you can read it, this call came from augusta, and I was able to get the number from the caller ID and I hang up,” said Camp.
If you receive one of these calls, you are advised to contact the Better Business Bureau with information such as when the call was received, what time the call was received and the number in which the call came from.