On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:39:12 -0500, Jim Joyce posted for all of us to digest...
I don't understand... Would that mean I would have to change my phone # ?
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Spam blocking
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:33:01 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman posted for all of us to digest...
I had Comcast voice for awhile, didn't really like it. That acts similar to what you posted. Forwarding will only confuse my wife...
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:01:11 -0400, Retirednoguilt posted for all of us to digest...
I do have caller ID and follow what you do. It is my wife that has the compulsion to know what every call is.
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:58:06 -0500, Mark Lloyd posted for all of us to digest...
That is what some of the devices I was looking at. Thanks
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Easy solution. She answers the phone.
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They say there is a newer version available, and that one might be easier to use. It was not available at the time I bought one.
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Reporting a junk caller would require knowing WHO to report. Can you really expect them to provide that information?
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If a home phone with caller ID, you don't need to pick up to know. Most of these junk calls are obvious when you look at the name on the display. Often a city and state like "CENTER TX". Those are almost all junk calls. There's also TOLL FREE CALL.
I don't know why there are no CID-name based blockers. That could really help, especially with pattern matching. "* TX" could block a lot of those calls.
Yes it was. I remember when that service was started. Almost no junk calls.
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I get a few junk calls from my area code and a lot of calls from other areas. This wouldn't be a very good solution.
Looking at the CID name is still a much better solution.
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I never stopped getting calls from local businesses in spite of being on the national and Florida no call list. Reporting them did not seem to do much. I am not sure what loophole they exploited but I never heard about any of them getting it trouble. I was pretty aggressive about trying to fill out that form but the real scammers must have key words they look for because no matter how long you talk or how you work around the questions they figure out you are harvesting the information you need and they hang up.
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Most, but not all. In the past two days one listed the local hospital, another was a garage door service company, a couple were names of people.
Too easy to spoof a name.
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Back then when I got the occasional spam call, they identified themselves, and when I told them I was on the do not call list I never heard from them again. For example, credit card companies trying to get me on board, insurance companies, etc. etc. I have no idea who's calling me now, because I never listen. My caller id shows me a name/number and I pickup the phone, hit answer and then hit hang up. Takes all of 3 seconds. To stop the phone from ringing. I found that's better than hearing it ring 4-5 five times before it goes to voice mail. I always got missed call, because they don't leave a message. Picking up and hanging up seems to be working, because since I started doing that I get a lot less calls. I used to block those missed calls on Ooma, but that didn't do shit. That's why I asked if anybody knows who's calling. That's the only way I'm gonna find out, because no way I'm going to listen to a single second of a spam call. They can go pound sand.
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Would have saved your time if you just told them f*ck you and hung up.
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It depends on the scam. Sometimes they just want you to give up some personal information and they are not really selling you anything. Even if they are selling something they only want your credit card number and name.
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I figured that out but I did try to give the system a chance to work.
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It is a waste of time anyway.
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Sorry, but that's no solution at all. They can, and do, put whatever they want into the CID field.
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You live in TX, so yes of course many of your calls appear to come from TX. I don't live in TX but I use a TX number, so many/most of my junk calls also appear to come from TX. Scammers know you're much more likely to answer a call when you recognize the Area Code, and even more so when you recognize the exchange.
Bottom line, a CID name based blocker would be ineffective. It's way too easy to spoof the CID info.
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:03:03 -0400, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...
Nah, she's too busy cookin or wash'n ;)
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That's why my dad would yell "telephone" so Mom wouldn't miss it. He didn't get out of his chair. It was always for her anyhow.