Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Robocalls Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 22:40:45 +0100 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gd4jq$2ptu7$4@dont-email.me> <692a1ead@news.ausics.net> <10gdk4p$2vjjf$1@dont-email.me> <10gh5t5$83hq$3@dont-email.me> <10gi8ht$l23v$5@dont-email.me> <10gl2as$1nroi$1@dont-email.me> <10gpntd$3eu8q$1@dont-email.me> <10gq4bn$3k83k$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ZPNZyuHtk1InfEWvik9FlgPICZpD1njqPMN0g51zJDoXhUQ7Xi X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Hx/5L8ljDbLaNUdABYxO1A+eu8U= sha256:rD+5xk9tFMSU/1p59kf68wQaYyLnvKLElxae3PnSH4k= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10gq4bn$3k83k$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78253 On 2025-12-03 20:51, Rich wrote: > Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-12-03 17:18, Rich wrote: >>> 201-555-0000 through 201-555-9999 >>> >>> And ignoring any "disconnected" signaling they might get back. >> >> Most of the scammers phoning me know my name, and claim there is a >> problem with my electricity invoice. Depending on my humour that day, I >> answer "I don't believe you" in a mocking tone, then hang. (up? dn?) > > In my case, in the US, the ratio is about 99% robocalls with either a > "call us back at xxx-xxx-xxxx" or a "press y to talk to a specalist". > But there's usually no human on the other end without my doing > something specific to reach them. > > I suspect this is a similar filtering as the Nigerian 419 scam emails > with horrible broken english spelling and grammar issues. If a mark > reaches back out after the horrible red flags in a 419 email (or after > the robocall) then the live scammer has a much more gullible individual > on the line that they can manipulate. Which saves them from wasting > their time trying to manipulate someone who is not falling (or not > likely to fall) for their scam. > I also have the robocalls with silence (they don't have a free human operator to take the call, or they are simply collecting information about what phones do answer), and other calls with a recorded message to contact certain WhatsApp number to get a job (is a known scam). I hang the later instantly, no point in arguing with a machine. I don't get mad unless they wake me up from my siesta. Get mad at myself for forgetting to put the phone in DND mode. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;