John, this is the "white list" version of CPR Call Blocker. I have never used it, but I'm sure it works as well as the other version. Bonus is that it's $30 cheaper.
http://www.amazon.com/CPR-Call-Blocker-Protect-White/dp/B00LL9H0FM Yonnie On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:52 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/19/2016 10:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Wow never heard of these scams before. Cheers, Christine >> >> > I've gotten the IRS scam call. It's not even a real person, just a bunch > of phrases strung together by a computer with pauses in wrong places and > a demand that you call a certain phone number. But I get the same damn > call again and again and again. I've had it come in as many as 10 times > a day (based on the snippets of it on my answering machine). > > I just delete those messages from the answering machine. If the IRS > really wants to get in touch with you, they'll send you a letter by > certified mail telling you when and where to appear for the audit. > > I'm getting "final expenses insurance", Medicare supplements & > prescription plans. Multiple calls per day with the same robot on the > other end. > > There's two ways to deal with them - either don't say anything after you > pick up so the robot gets confused & disconnects or you can answer the > qualifying question (Are you over 65?) with "No" in hopes the logic tree > it's using will somehow decide you're not a good prospect. Neither one > seems to work. > > If there was some program that would allow me to take control of the > computer on the other end of the robo-call so I could nuke it, I'd be > interested. > > I'll probably take a close look at one of those call blocking devices. > Is there one that I can program with the numbers I want to allow through > that will block everything else? > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
