Getting phone calls asking Press 1 to accept etc

[BSdetect]

No ID showing so I suspect its a scam attempt.

Anyone know the name of this scam if any? Or the nature (IRS, credit card)?

I never answer these calls of course.

[Ocelot II]

1. Pressing one tells the caller a live person answered the phone

and they'll keep pestering you.

[PoliticAverse]

2. See...

Health Insurance Marketplace Scam Alert
Press 1 when you get the robocall and you'll open yourself up to identity theft

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumer-protection/health-insurance-marketplace-scam/

[BSdetect]

3. Thanks, just as I suspected

[canetoad]

4. It's name is legion

It seems to have become quite trendy in scam world. I get those from a number of sources here in Au.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. I have no idea

My phone is an android based Blackberry and has a "Priority Only" setting. I use it all the time. I have most known callers and businesses that I deal with saved in my contacts list. For calls not in that list, known numbers, blocked numbers, toll free numbers... the phone never rings. If they don't leave a message about something I care about, I block the number and flush it.