The great thing about spam and robocall scams is that if your success rate

for hooking a sucker is 1 in 100,000, you still make money.

And I expect they don't "get" cell phone numbers from anywhere. They just start with an area code and a common 3-digit phone number exchange then dial every number combination. When bots are doing the work, brute-forcing your way to people's phone numbers is more cost effective than stealing them somehow.

In response to this post by RhinoVT

Posted: 07/30/2020 at 10:29AM

Has anyone ever bought an auto extended warranty from these telemarketers -- RhinoVT 07/30/2020 10:23AM

I purchased one once years ago from Carmax when I bought a used Explorer. -- MikeVT85 07/30/2020 4:08PM

I get one of those calls every week. ** -- HokieNLot11 07/30/2020 12:15PM

No way it's legit. I got one the other day saying my warranty would soon -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 10:49AM

Is that better or worse than the warranty expiring soon on your -- Tafkam Hokie 07/30/2020 11:07AM

I got that one for my previous car (10+ years old) before I sold it. My -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 11:09AM

The great thing about spam and robocall scams is that if your success rate -- Tafkam Hokie 07/30/2020 10:29AM

That is what’s annoying. That ONE idiot keeps the scam going. ** -- HokieSignGuy 07/30/2020 11:06AM

You answer it once, it goes on their list as a live number. ** -- Hokie360 07/30/2020 10:30AM

I never answer a call that doesn't have a valid ID, or... -- EDGEMAN 07/30/2020 11:00AM

Wouldn’t voicemail answering make it a valid number? ** -- HokieSignGuy 07/30/2020 11:05AM

Most of mine don't access VM and get mmediate deletion. ** -- TomTurkey 07/30/2020 11:53AM

My home answering machine just says, "Speak" -- EDGEMAN 07/30/2020 11:06AM

Interesting. Does it give you a treat if you leave a message? ** -- Hokie360 07/30/2020 11:37AM

OOOOH. That's bad. Sometimes I answer just to F, err, mess w/ them. That -- RhinoVT 07/30/2020 10:46AM

I've answered and asked them "Which car are you calling about?" When they -- Late 80s Hokie 07/30/2020 12:27PM

Someone MUST buy it on occasion, or they'd give up. As for how they get -- Late 80s Hokie 07/30/2020 10:27AM

Yep, for each exchange: 0001, 0002, 0003 -- `lag 07/30/2020 10:31AM

The great thing about spam and robocall scams is that if your success rate

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