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colesmom
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Lea
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Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Someone just called to tell me about Optimum Voice, the caller ID shows "Ontario" and the first thing the guy asks me is "do you have a home security system? do you have a burglar alarm?" I asked why he needed to know that and he got annoyed and said "we cant proceed without this info"
I told him to call back.
I think it was legit, but I was uncomfortable with security questions when they were the ones soliciting the call.
Anyone else get this? And Spinoff ? -- do you have Optimum Voice? It's only $14.99 a month -- a lot better than the $54.99 we're paying Verizon!
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Emily
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Optimum/Cablevision calls usually come from CT, not Ontario. 
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:03 AM |
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johnsae
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
No, you're not paranoid.
I would not give any info like that.....there are professional scammers out there all over the place. You were being smart!
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:03 AM |
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Michelle913
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Michelle
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
I have optimum voice and when they came to our house they asked the same thing....since it is ran through the cable the alarm will not work or something....you would have to buy another gadget that allows the alarm to work....I cant remember exactly..but I wouldnt worry.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:03 AM |
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BabyFever
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
We have gotten calls from ontario before and it has been cabelvision. But i have never gotten asked do we have a security system, very weird. You have a right to be paranoid,
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:04 AM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
why would A phone service ask about security ?'s?
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:04 AM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Not paranoid. I wouldn't give out that info to some random telemarketer either.
Funny, I've been seeing alot of Ontario calls on my caller ID lately also. I have yet to answer the phone for one though.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:05 AM |
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ODonnell
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Posted by dm24angel
why would A phone service ask about security ?'s?
It used to be that if you have a home security system they couldn't have you wired to central monitoring. Now I believe they can but they need to route it a different way.
I switched to optimum voice in the summer and I love it. I used to pay $80 a month for local, long distance and international and now it's only $35 - local and long distance is $14.99 and international is $19.99.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:14 AM |
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MrsPorkChop
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Posted by Michelle913
I have optimum voice and when they came to our house they asked the same thing....since it is ran through the cable the alarm will not work or something....you would have to buy another gadget that allows the alarm to work....I cant remember exactly..but I wouldnt worry.
same here
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:16 AM |
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munchkinbugs
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Why would they need to know about your security system?????
That is very shady.
If they call back just tell them that you have one even if you don't.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:17 AM |
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
I just want to say, I have caller ID and I don't pick any calls I don't know. Well execpt a few times, and tell them I'm sorry I do not want to take any survey/don't give any information over the phone and please don't call here anymore.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:19 AM |
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colesmom
Brady's mom too!
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Thanks guys -- A while back I got scammed by a fake Paypal email and I learned a lesson. I do think this phone call was legit, but now I go by better safe than sorry.
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:26 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
I would have told them that you have a security system, 2 Rottweilers that are hungry and a DH with an itchy trigger finger, that should have shut him up 
What a wierd call 
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:33 AM |
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skip123
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
I am getting alot of calls from canada as well..I never answer them and they never leave a message..this just started happening...i have verizon though
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:48 AM |
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Taylorsmom
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
Alot of Phone centers are in Canada these days. For some reason it is cheaper for them to call from there than the US.
I too would be cautious about giving out such information. Better to be safe than sorry!
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| Posted 10/24/06 10:51 AM |
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Beth
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Re: Am I totally paranoid? Strange phone call?
if you think the call was legit- call them back and ask to speak to someone
that's what ebay and paypal tell you to do- go to there website and see if the email is in your messages- I can't been sent tons of fake emails - it's tricky and scary
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| Posted 10/24/06 11:24 AM |
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