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Re: OT: spam phone calls

From Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, uk.telecom.mobile, comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: OT: spam phone calls
Date 2025-03-20 15:21 +0000
Organization Frantic
Message-ID <861purzq0d.fsf@example.com> (permalink)
References <vrh0k4$36vfn$1@dont-email.me> <8kjtalxutn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

Cross-posted to 3 groups.

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"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

> On 2025-03-20 13:10, Graham J wrote:
>> I know you're all very knowledgeable here, so:
>
> There are groups more appropriate to phone trouble, like
> comp.mobile.android or uk.telecom.mobile. I have added them both to
> this post, so they will see your post below.
>
>> Received a call on my mobile, from a lady in Scotland who says I rang
>> her landline earlier this morning.  I did not, and my mobile phone
>> has been sitting on the windowsill (being the only place it can get a
>> signal) all morning, with nobody near it.  The lady used 1471 to find
>> out who had rung her number, and used it's recall facility to ring
>> me; so she didn't make any transcription error in dialling my number.
>> I'm aware that spammers spoof mobile numbers but had always assumed
>> that they chose unallocated numbers.  That is now apparently no
>> longer true - unless all you here can think of another way that the
>> 1471 service can see an erroneous number.
>
> I thought Britain had some new regulation about faking the A number in
> a call.
>
> I never return phone calls from unknown numbers. Only when I know the
> number is from some friend or family I return the call, but I prefer
> to let them try again, maybe they got interrupted.

It doesn't yet cover spoofed mobile numbers in caller-id.

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OT: spam phone calls Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-20 12:10 +0000
  Re: OT: spam phone calls "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-03-20 08:53 -0400
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-20 17:37 +0000
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2025-03-21 12:08 +0000
  Re: OT: spam phone calls Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2025-03-20 12:58 +0000
  Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 15:00 +0100
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-03-20 15:21 +0000
      Re: OT: spam phone calls D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-20 16:16 +0000
      Re: OT: spam phone calls Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-20 18:53 +0100
        Re: OT: spam phone calls Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-03-20 18:39 +0000
    Re: OT: spam phone calls David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-03-20 15:50 +0000
      Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 22:32 +0100
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2025-03-21 12:18 +0000
    Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-09 12:50 +0200
  Re: OT: spam phone calls Invalid <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-20 16:31 +0000
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-04-08 21:42 +1000
  Re: OT: spam phone calls Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-20 12:59 -0400
    Re: OT: spam phone calls "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-21 04:41 -0700
      Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 13:51 +0100
        Re: OT: spam phone calls Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-21 11:23 -0400
          Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-21 12:32 -0400
            Re: OT: spam phone calls Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-21 18:52 +0000
              Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 08:00 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-03 12:14 +0000
                Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 14:22 +0200
                Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 14:13 +0200
            Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 14:53 +0100
              Re: OT: spam phone calls Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-22 12:10 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-22 17:06 +0000
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-22 13:24 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-22 22:43 +0100
                Re: OT: spam phone calls David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-03-22 20:36 +0000
                Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 08:27 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 08:22 -0400
              Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 08:07 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 14:19 +0200
                Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 09:14 -0400
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-03 18:10 +0200
        Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-21 18:11 +0000
          Re: OT: spam phone calls micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-03 08:28 -0400
            Re: OT: spam phone calls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-03 14:37 +0200
        Re: OT: spam phone calls Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-04-08 21:55 +1000
          Re: OT: spam phone calls "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-08 08:10 -0400
            Re: OT: spam phone calls Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-04-08 13:52 +0100
              Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-08 20:33 +0000
                Re: OT: spam phone calls Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-04-09 11:45 +0100
            Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-08 20:23 +0000
            Re: OT: spam phone calls bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-04-08 17:06 -0400
          Re: OT: spam phone calls Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-08 18:55 +0000
            Re: OT: spam phone calls David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> - 2025-04-09 14:16 +0100
          Re: OT: spam phone calls Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-04-09 12:21 +0200
            Re: OT: spam phone calls ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-04-09 19:54 +0000
  Re: OT: spam phone calls mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-03-20 14:21 -0400
  Re: OT: spam phone calls Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-31 20:35 +1100
    Re: OT: spam phone calls Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-31 12:23 +0000

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