Scam phone calls

Between 2:23 a.m. and 4:42 a.m. Saturday my phone received 13 calls. I answered two, the first and the second. Whoever made the first call did not reply. The second call was a recording notifying me that my internet connection would be shut down unless I pressed 1 for additional information. I turned off my phone. For whatever it is worth, the recorded voice was of a woman with English accent.

The calls I received were:

642-472-0263 – Kansas

654-133-382 – Minnesota

Unknown

670-419-028 – Commonwealth of North Mariana Islands

604-908-018 – City of Vancouver, British Columbia

646-238-429 -- NYC

272-215-1514 – Williamsport, PA 0251. A legitimate number. Call went to voice mail. Waiting for reply.

657-948-126 – Los Angeles

682-977-567 – Fort Worth Texas

977-840-0125 -- Texas

637-671-9514 – Not a valid Area Code in North America

902-289-1509 – Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Not a working number. Stewiacke has a statue of a mastodon, a bar, a pharmacy, a grocery store, a pizzeria, numerous fast food restaurants, two gas stations, a hardware store, an 18-hole golf course and a newly built elementary school that consolidates 2 former local schools. The population is around 1,400.

485-131-2162 – NY State, not a working number.

The three-digit last groupings are as recorded by my phone.

The numbers are, of course, part of a scam. If you get a call between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and you do not recognize the number, don’t answer. Wait until 10 a.m. or so and then run a search on the numbers.