Posted on 08/08/2017 10:50:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Telemarketers have a new trick to get you to answer the phone — and it’s hitting close to home.
Caller ID spoofing, a technique to fake the number a call is coming from, makes detecting pesky robocalls more difficult. One increasingly popular way telemarketers are getting people to answer the phone is by mimicking the user’s number — copying the recipient’s area code and sometimes even the first few digits of their number.
Not even the head of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates phone lines and telemarketers, is immune. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told NPR he’s been targeted by telemarketers using the tactic.
“(The call will) seem to be coming from the 202 area code, which is here in Washington, and then our prefix for these BlackBerries,” Pai told NPR. “And I know for a fact that, you know, it’s probably not someone calling from the office.”
Joel Whalen, a professor of marketing and business communications at DePaul University, says caller ID spoofing can make consumers more comfortable answering a call.
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"Telemarketing calls can be stopped by consumers through the Do Not Call registry..."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I one time used a radio voice and launched into an ad for BRAWNDO! THE THIRST MUTILATOR! I used an impression of Dr Jerry who used to do the Crazy Eddie ads.
My wife responds, “Do you know Jesus? Let’s talk....”
They never want to...
The robo calls use your area code and exchange then 4 random numbers. No way to block that. The random numbers are new every call.
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With the call blocker I use, I can block by using the area code, exchange & #### which will block ANY number starting with the same numbers as the area code/exchange. I can also block just by area code. There is the option to change from the default setting (allows all calls except those you block) so my blocker is currently set up to do the opposite - block ALL numbers except those I invite. My area code is invited .... so for these new scammer calls, I can then block them using the exchange.
http://digitone.com/Digitone%20Call%20Blocker.htm
Oh good one..going to try it.
I think I will add in the line from the dude on The Sopranos.
He has risen.
I'm the same way, but what bugs me is that the different cell phone companies don't seem to cooperate in passing the caller id info along. More often than not, calls from a cell phone just say "Out of Area", or "Unknown".
So that’s what that is!!! Recently I’ve been getting calls from numbers with the same area code and exchange.I couldn’t understand it (I thought they were errors)...but ignored them all.
Really?
I like that. But what if it is a call I want? Will Do Not Disturb allow them to leave a voice mail?
Only long enough to hang up on them. Makes the ringing stop.
Let me guess, she had to adjust her headset first. With respect to the number of times called, it's a draw between her, and the better credit card interest rate lady.
The telco does LOTS to prevent abuse. And the scammers find a new way to abuse. It’s an arms race. Which we’re losing because the telco does nothing for free.
Anyone with a phone number I want to call is in my phone contacts. Any number not there shouldn’t be calling me.
Now that was funny!
I have had similar — Area code and local prefix. A couple that I did answer were the same spammer but with different last-4 digits. I recognized her voice and the opening line of her pitch.
Now, I don’t even answer — unless I know the number or it shows up as legit via Truecaller ap. If it is something important, I suppose it will go to voicemail or message. Usually, it doesn’t.
My health insurance (Medicare Advantage) has CS agents who call occasionally. I think they are just hired phone-bank telemarketers/agents. Many times their numbers are marked as ‘spam’ in the Truecaller ap.
I just answered one from Miami.
“FBI fraud division, please enter you pin........”
It went dead before I could finish.
First question I ask is if THEY will accept the charges, then the party paying the charges. They usually hang up, I had one asked what charges. I told them that my phone was for personal entertainment and communications and that all other calls were on a fee basis. Additionally I do not conduct business over the phone, all transaction must be in writing.
On the iPhone, it will allow everything to go through, it just won't ring/vibrate. You can set time period not to be disturbed, or turn it on/off manually.
The options for iPhone are to allow Everyone, No one, or Contacts. You can even set it up for groups of contacts. There is also an option to allow it to ring through if the same number calls twice within three minutes (say someone you know is using a different phone to call, and they need to reach you - it will still go to voicemail on the first try, though). You can also opt to silence the phone either while it's locked, or at all times.
I was told that there are no enforcement provisions to “DO NOT CALL”.
It is an expensive little box but it works very well.
Sometimes you have to reset it but it keeps those old numbers in non-volatile memory.
Check it from time to time. Error will show on the display when it needs to be unplugged.
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