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yoshmyster
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Got a call from Social Security last week and yesterday (I think) some department issued a arrest warrant. Didn't say who issued it but if I called they'll not peruse it. Don't these machines know when the answering machine states "YOU should not have this number" that means them? Not very "smart" phones. I wonder who'll call leaving me threating messages today? I wonder if I can have them arrested for leaving terrorist messages?
I think I'll work on a new message. Something along "I don't negotiate with terrorists who leaves threatening messages". Or maybe something with "I don't take ultimatums from Skynet".
I think I'll work on a new message. Something along "I don't negotiate with terrorists who leaves threatening messages". Or maybe something with "I don't take ultimatums from Skynet".
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CPR Call Blocker. I have one. It works.
That works on landlines, I don't even have one.
"We have been getting so many scam calls we no longer answer this phone. If you are a legimate caller please leave a message.
I check messages once a year and will get right back to you."
Big improvement!
Not sure when it's to go into effect.
:?:
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
?When is spoofing illegal??
Under the Truth in Caller ID Act, FCC rules prohibit anyone from transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller ID information with the intent to defraud, cause harm or wrongly obtain anything of value. Anyone who is illegally spoofing can face penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation. However, spoofing is not always illegal. There are legitimate, legal uses for spoofing, like when a doctor calls a patient from her personal mobile phone and displays the office number rather than the personal phone number or a business displays its toll-free call-back number.?
Perhaps if there was a federal type database that you had to sign up for in order to use spoofing techniques and maybe even bonded, and there were a way (like *69) to report illegal spoof calls immediately, those registered accounts could be reported to the service providers who would not relay the spoofed number but instead show either the real actual number, or not allow the call to be made period.
What a nice long run-on sentence.
Follow the money.
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
Oh, most definitely. Even if they weren't making anything by allowing it, ultimately it will cost them to fight it. I am in I.T. and spend a fair amount of time working with our spam filters as new trends/threats appear. I am currently trying to develop a method for using a quantity of misspelled words as a filter. It is working perfect for general messages, except emails with lots of names in it.
Have you ever mentioned you have relation that works with the FBI/CIA Fraud division?
If you believe Adam and Eve were the first humans, then we are ALL related ... including those who do work in the Fed Gov't positions.
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
They usually start cussing at me for wasting their time.
It's funnier if they're a male, but I don't care if they are or not.
https://www.nomorobo.com/signup
This one has a 7 day free trial, it's the one that messes with the callers.
https://www.robokiller.com/
Then I'd stop off at Taco Bell and have a couple of tacos and then cruise on back home.
Please go to your front door, open it, and put your hands in the air! We are here to take your guns.
With very little effort, I have found you can get the scammer into a screaming, frothing at the mouth state. I can generally start with "Patel! Is that you, man? Hey, I heard that they were looking to arrest you- something about your sister! "
Since a lot of these calls come from India and Pakistan, I have some friends that have coached me in Hindi and Urdu- to where I can call you a thief, and dog, and pig, and refer to an unnatural relationship to one's sister.
When the caller asks how I am doing- I tell them I am doing much better than they are- I do not spend my day trying to steal from old people. So tell me- what made you decide to be a thief? Was it that you were too lazy to work, or too much of a coward to mug old ladies and steal their purses?
I did not originate the call, they are not MY customer, and I am under no compulsion to be nice, polite, civil or pleasant. They are common thieves, they interrupted my nap, and are using up oxygen.
Enjoy the show- it's free. :twisted: