Posted on 03/16/2019 6:25:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right
I got this very lame message on the answering machine way back when.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOVw2stWtlg
I’ll add this tip. It works surprisingly quickly to kill robocalls.
1. Record the audio from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_wyiY4vyk Do it any way you want, quality is not important. All you need are the three tones. Snip off her human voice.
2. Start a new message on your answer machine with the tones. Then record your own greeting.
3. Let unknowns go to the machine as normal. Robos never leave a message.
WHY IT WORKS: Those tones identify your line as being no longer in service. Machines listen for them, humans listen to the voice, which you deleted and replaced. I did it a week ago and there have been no robocalls after a few days. I hope it works as well during political season.
After 28 years of Verizon, I discontinued service on Thursday 14th, due to 5-20 telemarketer/scam calls every morning/afternoon/evening.
My cellphone will suffice.
Sounds like someone syskeyed your computer.
Great comments there. Here’s an idea: Maybe the federal government should send a scam warning letter to everyone on Social Security. Put it in with those annual benefit letters.
Side note to Social Security: Use big red letters so no one misses it.
I have worthless centurlink. They think 400K is good enough for their 1.5Meg DSL. Long distance does not work. They do not care.
Rebecka form Credit Card Services has called for 2 decades.
“John Microsoft” calls even after banging the handset against the wall.
“IRS” threatened to arrest me 5 times in about 4 hours.
That are your favorite tricks beside banging the handset on the wall?
Kewl Tip!
What is that? What do ineed to do about it?
So your phone can control your computer. That’s a bigger issue than the camera
Dr Phil had a woman on who was catfished for over 1 million. It’s hard to believe people can be so gullible.
You can look up phone numbers and see what people have posted about them here:
Anything from the RNC
One of my sisters complained constantly about spam calls. She kept answering the phone, though.
One of the numbers that the scammers spoofed was that of a major refinery that happens to be one of my clients.
Microsoft technical support with a heavy Indian accent called yesterday. I told him that we had no computers because they were against our religion and then hung up.
I always tell them I’m running Linux.
You can talk to people over and over and they still fall for them, knowing it could be a scam
So your phone can control your computer. That’s a bigger issue than the camera ....
I was on DSL which takes one line and the phone takes both lines at the same time. The hacker must have accessed the computer on DSL.
So your phone can control your computer. That’s a bigger issue than the camera ....
I was on DSL which takes one line and the phone takes both lines at the same time. The hacker must have accessed the computer on DSL.
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