We get a very persistent SS recording warning about fraud. on our account. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 5:32 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I use the NomoRobo service for the land line, and every time it gets a > call that’s bogus I report it. I kid you not, within a couple of weeks with > NomoRobo set up the calls stopped dead. It easily rang 3-4 times a day > during the week when I was working from home, and since I set up NomoRobo > it never rings. > > I had a rash of those “This is Microsoft tech support - can you check your > computer? It’s got a virus” a few weeks ago, which I play out for a good > 5-10 minutes if I can until they realize I’m yanking their chain and they > yell expletives and hang up. I recognized the accent of one caller and > quickly looked up a really, really offensive slur for their culture, which > I used on them and then hung up. They tried calling me back 2-3 times, > which I didn’t answer, of course. Guess I got them riled up. > > Hee. Turnabout is fair play, folks. > > But I do recommend NomoRobo. Don’t cost ‘nuthin and it’s easy to set up > and use. My experience with it has been great. I understand it can be used > on mobile lines as well. > > -D > > > > On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Autodialers just go down the numbers and place calls, a lot of them > spoof the inbound number. I get 2-3/day that spoof my Houston number > exchange, and others from Texas. The land line probably gets 20 a day, a > lot of them spoofed. I got one a year or so ago from a friend's number, > answered it (I never answer the land line, for some reason I was right by > it when the call came in and saw the name) and it was some spam call. > > > > I am going to run for Congress based on 2 platforms: 1) using the full > capabilities of National Technical Means to find and eliminate spam callers > wherever they are on the planet: and 2) to abolish Daylight Savings or > Standard Time or whatever it is that makes the clocks change. Everything > else that Congress takes up can just happen without my involvement. > > > > Back to topic, some guy needed a "diesel expert" for his 220D in the > Louisville area, someone pointed him to this kid as the expert as he had > changed the oil in this guy's car. > > > > --FT > > > > On 6/25/19 4:27 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:17:33 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser > >>> based services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But > >>> I block about 30k ad server websites at the firewall. > >> Pi hole? > >> > >> > >>> Now I need a call blocker for the telephone... > >> A non-published phone number? Even if people know your name and your > >> area, they cannot get the number from 411 Information, because the > >> information operators do not have your number. > >> > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
