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A new scam
Wolf K wrote:
On 2018-10-09 12:20, nospam wrote: In article , Wolf K wrote: '800 service' is generic and suggests spam, but isn't always. That sounds like a junk call, like "TOLL FREE CALL". Do you have any idea why phones won't block calls by "NAME"? It would help a lot with these junk calls caller id only sends the number. the name is obtained by a cnam lookup by the destination central office and only for landlines. if there is no name info in the database for the number, it will show something generic. it can also be wrong. On both our cell and landline phones, if the cell number is in your phone's contact list, Caller ID will use that. then you have an unusual landline phone. Just a cordless phone (one base, three handsets) with contact list facility. Can you please stop this being-sensible nonsense!? If 'we' want square wheels that's up to us and because 'we' want them, you must use them too! Capice!? Sheesh! Next thing you'll want to use standard Android folders instead of Arlen-invented ones! |
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A new scam
Wolf K wrote:
On 2018-10-09 14:25, nospam wrote: In article , Wolf K wrote: '800 service' is generic and suggests spam, but isn't always. That sounds like a junk call, like "TOLL FREE CALL". Do you have any idea why phones won't block calls by "NAME"? It would help a lot with these junk calls caller id only sends the number. the name is obtained by a cnam lookup by the destination central office and only for landlines. if there is no name info in the database for the number, it will show something generic. it can also be wrong. On both our cell and landline phones, if the cell number is in your phone's contact list, Caller ID will use that. then you have an unusual landline phone. Just a cordless phone (one base, three handsets) with contact list facility. in other words, not a normal phone. All cordless phones available here have this facility. Can't recall when they didn't, must be a decade or two by now. And they don't have to be cordless either. and if the name isn't in the contacts list, which a spammer would not, then it shows the cnam dip. Well, of course. We don't do dips and surely no CNAM dips! |
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A new scam
On 10/09/2018 10:18 AM, nospam wrote:
[snip] you can wildcard it by blocking entire area codes or exchanges. You might have noticed I was talking about the name, not the number. -- 77 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "What excellent fools religion makes of men." -- Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English poet and playwright |
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A new scam
On 10/09/2018 11:20 AM, nospam wrote:
[snip] On both our cell and landline phones, if the cell number is in your phone's contact list, Caller ID will use that. then you have an unusual landline phone. Mine do that. Of course that won't help with the scanners, since I don't put that stuff in my contact list. -- 77 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "What excellent fools religion makes of men." -- Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English poet and playwright |
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A new scam
In article , Mark Lloyd
wrote: 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. |
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A new scam
On 10/09/2018 08:28 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Mark Lloyd wrote: 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. -- 76 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "It works just finE*~#^'=#:."]~'=#:." ~" |
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A new scam
In article , Mark Lloyd
wrote: 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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A new scam
On 10/10/2018 7:56 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Mark Lloyd 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. Current spoofing tactics have changed things for me. With the physical blocker: Most of my spam calls USED TO come from specific OUTSIDE area codes and since I didn't expect calls from any of them, blocking the whole area code worked. Now many of my spam calls are munged to MY AREA CODE and obviously blocking my own area code won't fly. And blocking individual numbers as they come in is pretty useless since they continuously change numbers. Update on the online blocker NoMoRoBo: In the one day I've had it I've had 2 spam calls. They both rang the phone once and quit. The CID said one was from a local area code and the other not. Score = %100. So far... |
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A new scam
On 2018-10-10, 123456789 wrote:
Most of my spam calls USED TO come from specific OUTSIDE area codes and since I didn't expect calls from any of them, blocking the whole area code worked. Now many of my spam calls are munged to MY AREA CODE and obviously blocking my own area code won't fly. And blocking individual numbers as they come in is pretty useless since they continuously change numbers. I've found that most of the spam callers are spoofing their phone number to be not only from the same area code but the same exchange as ours. So if we get a call from the local exchange and it's a number that we do not otherwise recognize we just let the answering machine pick it up. (Unless I have time to have a little fun with the scammers.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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A new scam
On 10/10/2018 2:18 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-10-10, 123456789 wrote: I've found that most of the spam callers are spoofing their phone number to be not only from the same area code but the same exchange as ours. I've read that some spoof your own number just to get you to pick up So if we get a call from the local exchange and it's a number that we do not otherwise recognize we just let the answering machine pick it up. If you can stand those several spam rings before the answering machine picks up that's good. It bugs the hell out of me... (Unless I have time to have a little fun with the scammers.) I've never thought it wise to **** off any anonymous caller who knows my phone number and possibly my name and address. Paybacks (swatting, false deliveries, etc.) are relatively easy to do from most anywhere. BTW two more one ringers today since my last report... |
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A new scam
On 2018-10-10, 123456789 wrote:
I've never thought it wise to **** off any anonymous caller who knows my phone number and possibly my name and address. Paybacks (swatting, false deliveries, etc.) are relatively easy to do from most anywhere. I **** them off all the time, call them stupid wogs sitting on trash heaps, etc., taunt them saying there's not a damned thing they can do from their ****hole country. I always love it when they lose it and start cursing and hang up. Never had a problem. It's hard to imagine how dumb someone would have to be to fall for their crap. But I guess enough do to make it worth their while. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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A new scam
On 10/10/2018 05:33 PM, 123456789 wrote:
On 10/10/2018 2:18 PM, Roger Blake wrote: On 2018-10-10, 123456789 wrote: I've found that most of the spam callers are spoofing their phone number to be not only from the same area code but the same exchange as ours. I've read that some spoof your own number just to get you to pick up I haven't yet gotten one of those, of that spoofed any number I was expecting a call from. So if we get a call from the local exchange and it's a number that we do not otherwise recognize we just let the answering machine pick it up. If you can stand those several spam rings before the answering machine picks up that's good. It bugs the hell out of me... IIRC, my phone does have a button to silence the ringer. That makes the wait (to see if they leave a message) less annoying. (Unless I have time to have a little fun with the scammers.) I've never thought it wise to **** off any anonymous caller who knows my phone number and possibly my name and address. Paybacks (swatting, false deliveries, etc.) are relatively easy to do from most anywhere. I could never do that with a scanner, although sometimes it's interesting to listen to those on the internet. BTW two more one ringers today since my last report... I do sometimes get those. Since such a call doesn't have caller ID I don't answer it. -- 76 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "It works just finE*~#^'=#:."]~'=#:." ~" |
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A new scam
On 10/10/2018 5:11 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
I **** them [spam/scam callers] off all the time, call them stupid wogs sitting on trash heaps, etc., taunt them saying there's not a damned thing they can do from their ****hole country. Not all spammers/scammers are out of the country. In a large city like mine (metro 4.5 mil) they are often local. But in the Internet age even out of the country callers can cause you considerable problems if they have more than your phone number. I always love it when they lose it and start cursing and hang up. It's kinda like flipping off someone on the freeway. Most of the time it makes you feel better and no harm done. But once in a while... Never had a problem. Hope you never do. |
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A new scam
Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:48:11 -0400, micky wrote: In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 6 Oct 2018 18:44:13 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 10/6/2018 4:00 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: Got a call from 888-332-9444 claiming that our license had expired and inviting us to renew. Did you asked which of the 100 computers you manage needs the licence renewed? ;-) I actually got one of them to hang up on me with that question instead of me hanging up on them. I've never gotten a call about a license, but I've gotten other calls from "MS". Sometimes I ask if their mother knows what they do for money". (I don't use the word "earn".) One guy spent more than 5 minutes with me arguing that he wasn't a thief. You must have lots of time to waste. I just hang up on spammers and scammers as quickly as possible. Many people consider it service. The longer you can string them along the less time they can spend scamming the vulnerable. |
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A new scam
On 10/8/2018 5:02 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 123456789 wrote: I block all toll free area codes also (home phone). Trouble is it no longer works that well. Scammers/spammers now munge my local area code in an attempt to get me to pick up. You might want to look into the free NoMoRoBo. Thanks much. Just signed up. You're welcome. Let us know what you think of it. Reporting back. In the last 6 days I've not had one spam/scam call. NoMoRoBo seems to work very well. Thanks again. |
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