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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
