And nobody in my household has ever had or requested or inquired about a back brace.

I'm on Medicare though, so I suppose that's the selecting criteria.

She is so sweet as she informs me that "there is nothing wrong with your credit card - press 1 now important details."

but there is a related scam where you press the number and are talking overseas long distance, at high rates.

They can't get you if you don't answer

I was chuckling at myself when I kept repeating, "What?", until I realized it was a recording. Bummer

Mr. froggy answered the phone, and before hanging up checked with me to see if I'd asked for back brace info, since I have sciatica big time. Nope, I sure didn't.

I hate these scam calls with a passion. So does Mr. froggy.

We get a lot of them from boiler-rooms for our nonexistent Windows machines. "Hello, this is Bob Brown from IT," says a young male voice with an Asian-Indian accent.

For the second time I've been notified that the IRS is suing me, same thing: young, male, Indian subcontinent.

I finally tried psychological warfare when getting a human on the line. "This is a criminal activity! A scam! Does your mother know you are doing this?! Shame on you!"

Well, this assumes that there are still cultures on this planet where the opinion of one's mother still matters, and that there are people who still have a sense of shame. But you never know...