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Old October 10th 18, 03:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A new scam

In article , Mark Lloyd
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you can wildcard it by blocking entire area codes or exchanges.

You might have noticed I was talking about the name, not the number.


as i said, the name isn't guaranteed. if you want to block a region,
you need to do it by area code or exchange or even a smaller block.


Nothing is really guaranteed. So far, the caller ID name field had been
a more reliable way to identify scammers than anything you can do with
the number. "blocking areas" as you stated doesn't work with the numerous VOIP
services that give out numbers for different areas, and with CID
spoofing. A number that used to indicate the Phoenix AZ area now could
come from anywhere.


voip or clid spoofing doesn't change anything. mobile phones can be
used anywhere and numbers can be ported. the physical location of the
caller can be anywhere.
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