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Re: OT: spam phone calls

From Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid>
Subject Re: OT: spam phone calls
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, uk.telecom.mobile, comp.mobile.android
References (1 earlier) <vrhhf5$3li94$1@dont-email.me> <vrjj8j$1efgk$1@dont-email.me> <mv30blx3h2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vt32s7$2628d$1@dont-email.me> <vt33nb$24gb9$1@dont-email.me>
Date 2025-04-08 20:23 +0000
Message-ID <67f585a4$0$19$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)

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On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 08:10:19 -0400, Alan K. wrote:

[snip]

> We do a similar thing.  Our phone/answering machine speaks the caller ID
> and/or number. If the person is in the built in phone book, the phone
> will speak their name as we entered it, and not some cryptic caller ID. 
> Still, if the ID is some 4 digit number and no name, we know it's a
> scammer.

Or if the name is all digits (most seem to be the same as the number).

BTW, most of the scammers seem to be getting their equipment from the same 
place. There's an odd interaction between it any my phone, meaning I hear 
about four cycles of the busy tone when they disconnect. At least it 
doesn't get treated as a message.

-- 
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at
all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice." [Robert
Green Ingersoll]

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