Every day, I receive a number of "Robo Calls" on the phones, all of which are unlisted, and all which are filed with "do not call" list.
In response to the calls, I started answering them using the following script: Rinnnnnngggg .... "FBI, ... Telephone fraud hotline..... Agent Stoner..... Almost always followed by a pregnant pause....... then a very soft "click" as they hang up.. If anyone starts talking, I interrupt them with.... "You are in violation of the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and subject to a fine in the amount of up to $5,000 per such violation, please connect me to your supervisor immediately." Almost always followed by a pause.... and a hang up... Over the course of the past month, the number of "robo calls" has dropped to almost zero. On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 7:58 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I read somewhere that the scammers somehow have political pull preventing > their being stopped. I'm not sure how though. I'm not sure if thats a > conspiracy theory kind of idea or not... > -Curt > > On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:34:51 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:17:30 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > Sounds like a good plan. With the NSA doing all that data gathering, why > can they not put it to good use and track down the spam callers? > > As I wrote to myself a few months ago: > > Scammers can use computers to make your Caller ID say anything they want > - Why can't the Congress pass a law requiring the Bells to prevent > that? > - Failing that, why can't the NSA track these criminals? > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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
