CHURCH POINT, La. ( KLFY )– A Church Point woman is warning other parents about a disturbing spam call. She told the spammer she was 15 years old, hoping he’d hang up.
It turns out he was interested in more than selling car insurance.
“If I told them that I was 15 years old, maybe they won’t want to sell me car insurance or some sort of extended warranty. Who wants to talk to a 15-year-old?” Jay Bernard questioned.
Bernard was right. The spammer became interested in something else.
“He said, ‘Well, what grade are you in?’ I say, ‘I’m in 9th grade.’ He tells me, ‘I’m in 10th grade, but I haven’t graduated yet.’” Bernard shared. “I’m thinking to myself, dude you sound 30 years old. You are not in 10th grade.”
She added, “The next thing I know, he’s telling me all about how we can be friends, and I kept insisting. I don’t know you.”
Still, Bernard said he pushed, saying he wanted to contact her outside of the call.
“Do you have Snapchat and Instagram and TikTok? Do you have what’s app? I kept saying no to all of these things, and I kept repeating, ‘My parents won’t let me have that. I’m not old enough. I’m only 15.’ And he just kept pushing it. He wanted any social media he could possibly get,” Bernard said.