I have an app on my Android phone called "Call
Detector". It STOPS calls from scammers, telemarketers, collections, nuisance calls, etc.
There is also a new do not call site available, forget the url. Something
.gov.
BUT, telemarketers are getting around that so when a unknown number comes
it will show up as a local (or within your area code). People think its JM>someone they know calling and answer.
If a number comes across I don't recognise I don't answer, since it goes t
voice mail after four rings. IF someone I know they can leave a msg and I'l JM>get back to them.
Generally when it stops ringing on the fourth ring its a telemarketer.
I may have told this before, but a former Sysop and his first wife
were about to become "intimately occupied" when the telemarketer called.
I like the one where a woman could get hysterical at the drop of a hat and
frantically ask if it were the hospital in a distant city calling, was her JM>loved one going to make it, she was desperate for any news and sitting by th JM>phone, etc.
called back the number, and it turned out to be a non-working number.... funny, that.... <G> Did it twice, even, just in case.... ;)
actually selling anything, just offering estimates for insurance, home repairs, etc... and/or they act like there was a prior relationship,
which would justify their calling.... ;)
I use Mail Washer to review the mail first. If not some legit or a sales
mail I didn't request I check spam and its gone.
If its something I just don't want I check delete and its gone.
And I get mail from friends but with a strange address. That's deleted.
Mail washer deletes the mail before it hits the inbox so senders don't get
message mine is a good address.
And I get rid of any phishing attempts which lot some of that is.
Sometimes I'll get someone official looking as being from my bank. But the
font is always a bit off. If unsure I'll delete that and go directly to the JM>bank site.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-01-17 06:23 <=-
called back the number, and it turned out to be a non-working number....
funny, that.... <G> Did it twice, even, just in case.... ;)
I've done that as well a get recording that number does not accept incoming calls.
actually selling anything, just offering estimates for insurance,
home repairs, etc... and/or they act like there was a prior
relationship, which would justify their calling.... ;)
I get a lot of spam from people wanting to sell me something.
I use Mail Washer to review the mail first. If not some legit or a
sales mail I didn't request I check spam and its gone.
If its something I just don't want I check delete and its gone.
And I get mail from friends but with a strange address. That's
deleted. Mail washer deletes the mail before it hits the inbox so
senders don't get a message mine is a good address.
And I get rid of any phishing attempts which lot some of that is. Sometimes I'll get someone official looking as being from my bank.
But the font is always a bit off. If unsure I'll delete that and go directly to the bank site.
Mail washer deletes the mail before it hits the inbox
It's a great program. The older version is now free, but the new version requires registration, but it's lifetime on that, IIRC.
Sometimes I'll get someone official looking as being from my bank.
I do as well. Also, I have an app on my Android smartphone called
"Call Detector". It originally was $16 a year, but it's now free. It recognizes telemarkets, spammers, nuisance calls, collection agencies,
And I recently got one of those "I fell in love with your picture"
emails, purporting to be from "Vera".... Couldn't even bring myself to try the string her along trick.... just deleted out of hand..
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-05-17 06:22 <=-
The great thing about Mail Washer is deleting the e-mail/marking as
spam, before it hits my mailbox. If in the mailbox and I click on it
they learn mine is a valid e-mail address.
I get stuff using a friends name but not their e-mail address but a different one. That goes to spam before it hits the mail box.
Another phishing deal is getting a e-mail from someone in a social
network group saying something has happened and I need to re-friend
them. Some people fall for that. That's disposed of before it hits my mailbox.
I guess if they change their email address, they need to send you a heads-up beforehand from the old one.... :)
I get stuff using a friends name but not their e-mail address but a
different one.-a That goes to spam before it hits the mail box.
I guess if they change their email address, they need to send you a
heads-up beforehand from the old one.... :)
Many times the address is the giveaway:
friendsname@vsyuey.com and the like. Odd looking site names.
one should also look closely at links in unexpected emails... that's how we can tell phishing spam... especially when those links are using URL shorteners to hide the real destination...
one should also look closely at links in unexpected emails... that's
how we can tell phishing spam... especially when those links are
using URL shorteners to hide the real destination...
If it's tinyurl you can insert preview. before the url starts and see where it's leading.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-08-17 06:42 <=-
I get stuff using a friends name but not their e-mail address but a
different one. That goes to spam before it hits the mail box.
I guess if they change their email address, they need to send you a
heads-up beforehand from the old one.... :)
Many times the address is the giveaway:
friendsname@vsyuey.com and the like. Odd looking site names.
I love how quick they hang up when I answer, in an
authoritative voice, "Lt Mackey speaking". Silence. I
repeat that and "click" they're gone. I have the power to
get telemarketers to hang up on me! :)
A co-worker said he wished he could do that and I said merely answer with officer/sergeant so-and-so.
In the late '90s I worked one winter for a survey company. We weren't selling anything, but asking about products and services..
In those cases we just marked down AM (answering machine) and the computer dialed the next number.
They were dialed in sequence starting with xxx-xxx-xxxx1 then xxx-xxx-xxxx2, and so on.
Usually the script was "I'm calling about Brand X. Do you now or have you in the past used it? What is your opinion of it?" and so forth, paid for by the maker of that brand.
I got a fella one time who was drinking at the time and the more we talked the more he drank and he was pretty sloshed when we finally finished. I could hear the sounds of ice cubes put in yet another glass, his pouring whatever, sipping, etc.
|14I often will answer "WOLS Radio, you're live on the air! What song would you |07|14like to hear next?" or sometimes some musical trivia question. There's always |07|14a brief pause, then *click*.|07
|14WOLS radio is a defunct AM station in the town where I grew up, and I worked |07|14as a DJ there in high school. Fond memories of that place, which is why I |07|14keep the name alive just for telemarketers.|07
That is so funny! My version of that would "Hello.. WTF Radio.
You're on the air!.."
I like the part about asking a trivia question. The only caveat
would be if they actually play along and the conversation drags
on. I'd rather hear the caller hang up - fast.
That is a good trick. It may work better for people who hold
such designations.
Back in the day when tape-based answering machines connected to home-phones were common, some people had a lot of fun with intro
scripts that were pretty funny. Some were purely imaginary or
used celeb voices: Spock, Shatner, etc..
But there is no law against having fun with your own version of
"hello".
Omg. I (still) hate those kinds of calls.
Some of those calls just work their way through the phonebook, alphabetically. My name actually appears twice in the phonebook,
one right after the other. When I hear both phones ring, I can
be pretty sure it's a survey!
Did it pay well?
I got a fella one time who was drinking at the time and the more we talked the more he drank and he was pretty sloshed when we finally finished. I could hear the sounds of ice cubes put in yet another glass, his pouring whatever, sipping, etc.
Some entertainment for ya!
A co-worker said he wished he could do that and I said merely answer with officer/sergeant so-and-so.
But that would be lying. :/
Usually the script was "I'm calling about Brand X. Do you now or have you in the past used it? What is your opinion of it?" and so forth,
Did it pay well?
Did it pay well?
Got me through the winter. :)
Or keep asking "Why?"...like the kid who is constantly
curious.
I knew a couple who were about to get "romantically
involved", when a telemarketer call came in. ...they
pulled out all the stops,..
I remember when some 1-800 numbers were set up just to offer a
daily joke of the day. Not sure how something like that was
viable (1-800 numbers were not free to have).
I remember when some 1-800 numbers were set up just to offer a
daily joke of the day. Not sure how something like that was
viable (1-800 numbers were not free to have).
Free to those calling the number...not free to those who had it.
I remember when some 1-800 numbers were set up just to offer a
daily joke of the day. Not sure how something like that was
viable (1-800 numbers were not free to have).
Free to those calling the number...not free to those who had it.
not all 1-800 numbers are toll-free ;)
not all 1-800 numbers are toll-free ;)
That's true...some of those get routed to 900 numbers.
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