In truth I write only relatively benign scripts for car dealers trying to get their lease customers to re-up and/or turn in their car early. Much of it is email with only a small percentage of telemarketing. It's all commerce, but I do miss the days of straightforward walk in negotiations.
Paul via phone > On May 19, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Yolanda Rowe <ypr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My favorite landline accessory is CPR Call Blocker. I loved it so much that > I gifted one to my father. > > I use Extreme Call Blocker on my cellphone. It's worth purchasing because I > can block texts as well as nuisance calls without having them go to voice > mail. > > Yonnie > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have a fairly sophisticated anti-telemarketer system running, a >> legacy from my anti-spam days when I was an enthusiast. (I wouldn't >> attempt this project now. I only have to maintain it a couple of times >> a year.) >> >> I'm running Asterisk -- a software PBX -- and I have a SIP device >> connecting my phone line to my house TCP/IP network. When a call >> arrives, Asterisk monitors it and forwards the Caller ID to my script. >> That farms out searches to the net and checks my white and black lists >> for a match. It also checks the published North American dial plan >> lists to see if the number is even legitimately registered to a telco. >> Many are spoofed and are 100% bogus. >> >> If it determines that the caller is a likely telemarketer, it picks up >> the call and plays a pre-recorded "I'm sorry, the number you have >> called is not in service" message to the hapless caller. >> >> I manually maintain the blacklist, but I only have to lookup a caller >> once every few days. The rest are automatically nuked. >> >> After a number of rings it switches into answering-machine mode, and >> takes the call normally. >> >> We're rarely bothered by tele-spammers. >> >> >>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >>> >>> Yep, and "You've got a virus on your computer" is yet another popular >> one. >>> I've had those calling me a couple of times. >>> The last time I asked: on which computer? >>> The guy asked: "How many do you have?" >>> I: 12 >>> <hangs up> >>> >>> A more interesting variation of that is described here: >>> http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/11/malwarebytes >>> >>> >>> >>> Mark pretty much described the situation. "Do not Call" lists help only >>> against honest telemarketers. >>> Besides, "The National Do Not Call Registry does not limit calls by >>> political organizations, charities, or telephone surveyors." >>> (according to that very registry site: >>> https://www.donotcall.gov/faq/faqbusiness.aspx ) >>> >>> I've found that some numbers (even those that are spoofed) are repeated. >>> There are some in-line phone attachments (i.e. hardware) that allow you >> to >>> maintain large block-lists. >>> None of them seems to be ideal, but here is what I've found (based on the >>> review analysis) to be a reasonable candidate: >> http://www.amazon.com/telemarketer-screener-programming-accidental-protection/dp/B00E914II6 >>> >>> I've just found this one that might deserve taking a look if I'd ever >> decide >>> to buy one: >> http://www.amazon.com/telemarketer-screener-programming-accidental-protection/dp/B00E914II6 >> http://www.amazon.com/Tel-Sentry-V2-0-Automatic-Blocking-Election/dp/B00U1PPWDO >>> >>> I am surprised why none of the phone makers has a large enough block >> list. >>> (My Panasonic's list has only 20 or 25 numbers. Gee!) >>> >>> Igor >>> >>> >>> >>> Doug Brewer Thu, 19 May 2016 13:14:48 -0700 wrote: >>> >>> Scammer: The factory warranty on your car has run out. >>> >>> Me: Really? That's tragic. Which car? >>> >>> Scammer: Pardon? >>> >>> Me: Which car lost its factory warranty? >>> >>> Scammer: Our records don't show that. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
