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People are getting recorded messages warning them to stop posting negative comments about Trump. (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2017 OP
Where is the FBI onecaliberal Nov 2017 #1
In control of Sessions, and t-rump controls Sessions Iliyah Nov 2017 #3
Hunting Black Identity Extremists Nevernose Nov 2017 #19
I fucking despise these evil fucks onecaliberal Nov 2017 #21
Yes you're supposed to be able to send a fake caller ID over a VOIP call Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 #2
That's quite laughable. I wouldn't take it seriously. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #4
This Is a Hell of a Problem on So Many Levels Leith Nov 2017 #15
I will give them the same treatment I give the callers from Microsoft wanting access to my PC liberal N proud Nov 2017 #5
Youd give this a pass? VOX Nov 2017 #10
To be fair, those scam calls from "Microsoft support" are illegal, too. herding cats Nov 2017 #11
Indeed. Im actually hoping I get a be-kind-to-Trump call! VOX Nov 2017 #13
You have no idea what I do to unsolicited phone calls liberal N proud Dec 2017 #22
Wow! How pathetic a presidency is this?????? lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #6
That lisp... HipChick Nov 2017 #7
I would just tell them "The truth hurts sometimes." Doreen Nov 2017 #8
THIS STINKS OF RUSSIA. Report this shit to the FBI, now! VOX Nov 2017 #9
It's totally fake. The video uploader has an explanation. Oneironaut Nov 2017 #17
Sounds like bullshit superpatriotman Nov 2017 #12
You could be right, but Id put nothing past Trump fascists. VOX Nov 2017 #14
Luckily, this isn't true. See the video poster's comments: Oneironaut Nov 2017 #16
Possibly a bad prank? Regardless, people are indeed getting these robocalls. blogslut Nov 2017 #18
sounds like a threat Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #20
Report it to the media LeftInTX Dec 2017 #23

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
19. Hunting Black Identity Extremists
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:49 PM
Nov 2017

Because Black Lives Matter is going to kill all the white people any day now, probably, if Sessions FBI is accurate.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
15. This Is a Hell of a Problem on So Many Levels
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:31 PM
Nov 2017

Funny how you want to just dismiss it. Hhmmm...

If I got one of those calls, I would notify the FBI.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
10. Youd give this a pass?
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:44 PM
Nov 2017

Because it’s NOT like a Microsoft robo-call in the slightest. We expect calls from entities trying to take our money.

But we DON’T expect robo-calls from some unknown voice making veiled threats based upon our beliefs. It’s got to be illegal.

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
11. To be fair, those scam calls from "Microsoft support" are illegal, too.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:51 PM
Nov 2017

The problem is they usually are from a foreign country and as such aren't often prosecuted. Occasionally, but not often.

Now, I'd suspect if these calls could be traced to the US that would be a different matter. I'd even say if they could be traced to a foreign country suspected of meddling in US politics that also might be a different matter.

I'm wondering how/where they're getting their calling lists from? That could be an interesting tie but here, too.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
13. Indeed. Im actually hoping I get a be-kind-to-Trump call!
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:25 PM
Nov 2017

So I can report it to the FBI. But that means I’d have to pick up EVERY damned robocall, in the time of year when they are coming in thickest!

“Hello? Hello?”

VOX

(22,976 posts)
9. THIS STINKS OF RUSSIA. Report this shit to the FBI, now!
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:39 PM
Nov 2017

Or some banana republic — “We’re watching you!”

Jesus fucking Christ, this is all so goddamned insane. I should have moved to New Zealand 10 years ago. Fuck this shit.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
14. You could be right, but Id put nothing past Trump fascists.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:29 PM
Nov 2017

They’d just say they’re being patriotic.

Oneironaut

(5,491 posts)
16. Luckily, this isn't true. See the video poster's comments:
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:44 PM
Nov 2017

**UPDATE**
Turns out that this was just a prank call from own.ag, a prank web site where you can call people with pre-recorded things and they save what the responses are and allow you to post them online.

Guess I'm not a lot of fun to prank? lol

blogslut

(37,997 posts)
18. Possibly a bad prank? Regardless, people are indeed getting these robocalls.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:47 PM
Nov 2017
https://gizmodo.com/people-are-getting-robocalls-about-their-derogatory-t-1820819203

Update (Nov 29. 8:46 p.m.): Several readers recognized the voice in the recording from Ownage Pranks, a service that places automated prank calls. “Citizens for Trump” is a prank offered by the service, which records the call and lets the person who ordered it post it publicly if they choose. In the full recording, the caller is identified as “Russell from the Citizens for Trump Foundation.”

Citizens for Trump describes itself as a “grassroots organization” that advocates for President Trump. According to a legal filing by its co-founder Timothy Selaty, the group was formed in 2015 by Patriotic Warriors LLC. Patriotic Warriors had now-expired business licenses in West Virginia and Arizona. The Citizens for Trump website encourages people to submit “Trump-related memes” for publication. In 2016, with the help of the ACLU, Citizens for Trump sued the city of Cleveland for the right to hold a parade there during the Republican National Convention...


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