What, no calls from the IRS wanting their back taxes with your VISA card or they’re going to call the sheriff and have you arrested?
I love those. They’re so easy to mess with. -D > On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 _______________________________________ 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
