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Posted on 08/05/2022 9:09:30 AM PDT by bgill

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To: Cowgirl of Justice
"I started getting text messages on my ATT phone from email addresses that couldn’t be blocked."

I'm glad you were able to find a plan that allowed you to block texts. I have had Verizon Wireless for many years. When I had to switch from a 3G phone to a 4G phone, I went with the cheapest iPhone they had, because I've only owned Apple computers. I don't sync my phone with anything on my computer. Basically, all I use my cell phone for are calls, Bing Search points, and the occasional text message for doctor appointments and prescriptions. The iPhone allows you to block text messages by clicking on the individual sending the text, then clicking on "info." By scrolling down that page, I can block the senders, then delete their message.

41 posted on 08/05/2022 10:24:41 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: bgill
"This isn’t a texting plan."

Well, at least you don't have to worry about your phone being compromised via texts. I hope you are able to get your problem with those phone calls resolved.

42 posted on 08/05/2022 10:26:55 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: KTM rider
they created fake long distance ‘phone carriers’ so that when you make a long distance call, the “outside carrier’ would charge outrageous amounts like $3 a minute, then it would appear on your bill, and when you call to dispute it they would say,”we have no control of what they charge” when it was actually the corporate execs who created these fake carroers

That is totally different from what you initially alluded to.   The so called corporate execs for this scam were the scammers.   That opening for scamming did exist when customers were being invited to declare there preferred long distance carrier.   I would not have called the scammers "corporate execs" just because they had setup a bogus carrier to defraud people.

43 posted on 08/05/2022 10:28:21 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister
oK,

I want to scream now

buh bye

44 posted on 08/05/2022 10:29:53 AM PDT by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
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To: bgill

Is this from a land line phone ?


45 posted on 08/05/2022 10:31:02 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

“Politicians wont outlaw it because they are getting their cut too.”

Politicians won’t regulate what they themselves use at election time. Robo political calls and surveys are exempted, (R) and (D) elected scammers.

We are reaching a fever pitch where everyone will have their personal list of family numbers AND ALL OTHERS WILL BE BLOCKED. Coming soon.


46 posted on 08/05/2022 11:01:33 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: csvset

Email has past that fever pitch. Very few outfits using email anymore. I cannot even forward personal email thru my ISP. They falsely flag my stuff as spam.


47 posted on 08/05/2022 11:02:48 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: bgill
It’s a type of call spoofing. I’m surprised at Verizon’s reaction. File a complaint with the FCC. They have been attempting to crack down on all manner of cell phone scams, including spoofing.
48 posted on 08/05/2022 11:45:26 AM PDT by yelostar
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To: bgill
You will have to speak with the standard customer service again, which I think you have already done. Don't spend any time with customer service. Tell them you believe you have a problem with fraudulent international billing on your account and need to speak with their fraud group. CS persons are limited in their authorization and knowledge level in dealing with weird situations.

If you can't get a transfer for whatever reason to fraud specialists then ask to be transferred to a supervisor. If that supervisor won't help sort things out ask to be transferred to their supervisor.

Be calm and respectful in these interactions. Going in with guns blazing on anything makes it more likely for the other person to blow you off.

I've had to work through all these levels a few times. It's always turned out satisfactory for me. It doesn’t mean things always went totally my way but it was a fair solution.

I’ve lost track. Is this a cell phone number on your account? If it’s a cell phone, there could be a malware script running on it. Go into your cell phone’s settings menu and clear out all the cookies, scripts, cached pages, history, etc. Only keep your saved passwords and favorites menu. .

49 posted on 08/05/2022 11:49:34 AM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: higgmeister
There must have been an inversion that made a perfect corridor to bounce the signal between the water surface and the inversion layer.

I don’t think that was necessary,

More likely that the Canadian tower was tall enough to see over the lake and had a direct line of sight to my phone and the US towers were obstructed by ground clutter.

50 posted on 08/05/2022 11:52:07 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritI)
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To: lee martell
"If Verizon can’t or won’t verify your calls from a faker, it may be time to look for a different phone/ internet company."

I have had Verizon for years and have generally satisfied with their service. Yet I have noticed their customer support and willingness to work with you runs hot and cold. Now is a cold period.

51 posted on 08/05/2022 12:13:00 PM PDT by buckalfa (An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will never see is the primary component of civilization.)
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To: KTM rider
I am sorry if I caused any stress.   As you may have guessed I had a forty year career in long distance telecommunications.   I started with six years in the USAF, then I hired on with ITT/USPS, then Sprint, then MCI which was subsequently bought out by LDDS/WorldComm.   After Bernie Ebbers' securities fraud, bankruptcy and his imprisonment, the subsequently renamed MCI was purchase by Verizon, where I retired from after 31 years.

At the time we were also upset that our customers were being scammed by third parties that had found loop-holes in the Federal Court mandated solution to the AT&T monopoly divestiture.

I know it felt like a rodeo to you but we in the business were trying to ride that bull.

52 posted on 08/05/2022 12:13:33 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Pontiac

At that high a frequency it seemed to me that there had to be another factor for a cell signal to reach 60 miles.


53 posted on 08/05/2022 12:16:37 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
If I travel to Canada from California and you call me there will it be billed as a call to Canada?

If you have a Canadian number, yes. You'd be "roaming" but that would be transparent to the caller.

54 posted on 08/05/2022 12:25:18 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
If I travel to Canada from California and you call me there will it be billed as a call to Canada?

Oops, I read your scenario backwards. A call to a US number would be considered a domestic call to the caller.

But if you didn't have an international plan, then you'd be charged for accepting the call in Canada.

55 posted on 08/05/2022 12:28:45 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: bgill

Please list your phone number so we can all make test calls for you from different parts of the USA.... : )


56 posted on 08/05/2022 12:31:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: higgmeister

Cell phones link to the tower with the strongest signal.

In that area at the time you were lucky to get signal period.

Even today you often have to go outside to get signal in that area.

Down on the beach, which is below a 60 foot cliff, it is pretty much a Canadian tower or nothing.


57 posted on 08/05/2022 12:39:38 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritI)
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks. I guess if I ever go there I’ll have to be careful on whom I answer. Learned something new today.


58 posted on 08/05/2022 3:30:19 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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To: George from New England

I’m already there. If you aren’t on my contact list your call goes to voicemail


59 posted on 08/05/2022 3:45:09 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: mass55th

I have a Samsung Galaxy phone - the text messages to my phone come from emails, slip through and you can’t block them! Drove me crazy getting those in the middle of the night. I can’t turn off my phone in case my father needs me so I had to just put up with it but since I switched, it hasn’t happened.


60 posted on 08/05/2022 5:07:27 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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