I said eff that asshole. 
Actually it's the latest greatest scam.
It must be important if I am calling myself
Actually it's the latest greatest scam. It must be important if I am calling myself
I called myself three times today (I did not answer)
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He is talking about the spam caller are going one step further and using our number as the caller ID
Yep, it’s happening a lot more these days, with State Attorneys offices either undermanned, out of date or just uninterested in following up on phone scammers. Do No Call lists are a joke akin to the TSA. There to offer the innocents a feeling of safety and security while providing neither.
Number spoofing and robo-dialing scammers are so rampant that there isn’t even an attempt to go after offenders.
Number spoofing and robo-dialing scammers are so rampant that there isn’t even an attempt to go after offenders.
The NSA can find out which of your moms nipples you liked best as a newborn. Why the eff can't they put these guys out of business?
There are days that I get 10+ of those on my work cell phone. We have a bunch of numbers that start with the same 3 digits, so it is very plausible that they could be legitimate calls. They have been more frequent the last 2-3 weeks though.
I block numbers on my personal phone, but I cant on my work phone as any call could be a customer or future customer. So frustrating, and the Do Not Call list is a joke as Lash said above.
I block numbers on my personal phone, but I cant on my work phone as any call could be a customer or future customer. So frustrating, and the Do Not Call list is a joke as Lash said above.
If the NSA's budget increase and cushy extras depended on it, you bet there would be no more internet or phone scam artists. Especially if the CIA's budget was also on the line.
It doesn’t matter to them. They are too busy gathering your personal data for someone else’s nefarious purposes to worry about the amateur competition.
In this day of technology and communications, if the FCC was even 10 percent as diligent in their tasks as say the ATF or perhaps the EPA - wouldn't that be swell?
Easy to "write off" events that happen with electrons versus inanimate objects. Of course there are the technical details and limitations also.
Easy to "write off" events that happen with electrons versus inanimate objects. Of course there are the technical details and limitations also.
I received a phone call one day from a number I didn’t recognize. I didn’t answer it, as I don’t answer calls I don’t recognize. About 20 seconds later I received a call from the same number. Thinking it may be an emergency, I answered it. It was a lady. She had just received a call from MY number, and she was retuning the call. I told her that I just received a call from HER number, and that it was not me and that it was just a scam.
But yeah, I receive about 3-4 a day. I used to get more, then I started answering them and fucking with them and keeping them on the line as long as possible. NOTHING pisses them off more than that.
But yeah, I receive about 3-4 a day. I used to get more, then I started answering them and fucking with them and keeping them on the line as long as possible. NOTHING pisses them off more than that.
Anyone who's ever spoke to me over the phone or in real life knows what a major politically incorrect asshole I can be. Which probably explains why my number has been taken off so many lists and I rarely get scam/spam calls. Alas.......So much entertainment wasted.....?
The Chairman of the FTC has laid down the gauntlet to the telecoms that they had best implement Caller ID authentication soon.
When you make a call from a cell or landline, your number goes with the call. Telemarketers have learned to spoof the outgoing number while still completing the call. I work in telecom. It can be done.
When you make a call from a cell or landline, your number goes with the call. Telemarketers have learned to spoof the outgoing number while still completing the call. I work in telecom. It can be done.
While I agree with you and your comments, I have to ask what kind of deadline “soon” is. Is soon like the “immediate” rollout of HD TV that took over 15 years? To say that the FTC is toothless and works at a snails pace would be overstating their impact.
Did you leave a message?..............if you call my phone, and don't leave a message, you will be blocked the first time.........you would just get a busy signal on the last two calls..........I have actually blocked my own number because of what ever they call it when you get some spam phone call with a faked number..........yes my number........
I answer each and every one of the calls I get and, once connected to an actual live person, commence to shout every obsenity I've every learnt at them until they disconnect.
I find the act to be very cathartic.
I find the act to be very cathartic.
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Lol... I used to call myself all-the-fuckin'-time...
About 3 years ago, I called myself more than 100x more often than all the other people that called me, combined.
Seriously, though... The main reason I ever placed a call from and to the same number was to get at voicemail. For some reason when I'm roaming on a cellular one network with t-mobile I can't check my voicemail (presumably t-mobile is matching the number format vs the number itself, and cellular one isn't sending the right format) so I've got to spoof the caller ID in order to get the VM interface.
There are a few "direct to VM" companies that use a handful of tricks to bypass having a real person answer the line and go straight to voicemail for advertising, service reminders, and other bullshit like that. One such technique is to generate two phone calls to the same phone number, theory being that the first call that makes it will tie up the line and the second will go to VM at which point the first gets terminated (hopefully) without generating a ring on the device.
Another technique is dialing a number from itself, which works on at least one carrier but others that'll take you to the VM interface.
They might have just been trying to crack your voicemail password. Was this a landline or a cell?
About 3 years ago, I called myself more than 100x more often than all the other people that called me, combined.
Seriously, though... The main reason I ever placed a call from and to the same number was to get at voicemail. For some reason when I'm roaming on a cellular one network with t-mobile I can't check my voicemail (presumably t-mobile is matching the number format vs the number itself, and cellular one isn't sending the right format) so I've got to spoof the caller ID in order to get the VM interface.
There are a few "direct to VM" companies that use a handful of tricks to bypass having a real person answer the line and go straight to voicemail for advertising, service reminders, and other bullshit like that. One such technique is to generate two phone calls to the same phone number, theory being that the first call that makes it will tie up the line and the second will go to VM at which point the first gets terminated (hopefully) without generating a ring on the device.
Another technique is dialing a number from itself, which works on at least one carrier but others that'll take you to the VM interface.
They might have just been trying to crack your voicemail password. Was this a landline or a cell?
I've found that saying I'm hoping the Pakistani's nuke your filthy cities into rubble tends to make them want to hang up......
Tell them you want whatever they're selling but you're a little short on cash at the moment, but you have an uncle who owns a 7-11 in Jersey and you can pay for the purchase in Slurpees.
Practice that Indian accent. ?
Have some fun.
Tell them you want whatever they're selling but you're a little short on cash at the moment, but you have an uncle who owns a 7-11 in Jersey and you can pay for the purchase in Slurpees.
Practice that Indian accent. ?
Have some fun.
"He is out of Station, he will return in a fortnight".
Answer the call and in a quiet voice say “Okay, it’s done but there’s blood everywhere “.
I said eff that asshole.
It must be important if I am calling myself
It is also useful to have an out of state number. I still have my Texas number 3.5 years after leaving Texas. Most scam calls show as Texas. Helps when I get a Utah number to believe it might be real.
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