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Beware One Ring Phone Scam
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| January 30, 2014
Posted on 01/31/2014 6:38:35 AM PST by Second Amendment First
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I had a call from 268-762-0023 this morning and it rang twice. I don't answer unknown calls but often google them to see who's calling. Crooks who do this should be castrated.
To: Second Amendment First
Crooks who do this should be castrated Three or four times, piecemeal-ish.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:41:32 AM PST
by
tomkat
( -1 -2 -3 = #4)
To: Second Amendment First
i do the same thing when i get calls from unknown numbers... this past week i have received 3-4 phone calls from weird 4-digit numbers... like 1003, 2019, 3008, etc... of course, i did not answer, but i do wonder about the strange 4 digits...
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:41:58 AM PST
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: Second Amendment First
"Crooks who do this should be castrated."
True but the phone companies need preventive measures on this type of activity.
- There should always be a warning that a line is a pay or international line before the call is connected.
- The money for such calls should be held in reserve for a month. And returned to callers if it appears there was abuse.
- A computer program could easily check to see if pay lines are calling customers and hanging up.
- The phone companies should prosecute the callers.
- And they should refuse to take calls and/or charge extra from countries that do not assist in the prosecution.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:43:35 AM PST
by
DannyTN
(A>)
To: Second Amendment First
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:44:31 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
To: latina4dubya
Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient’s Caller ID display that is not that of the actual originating station. The term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered malicious by the speaker or writer. Just as e-mail spoofing can make it appear that a message came from any e-mail address the sender chooses, Caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. Because of the high trust people tend to have in the Caller ID system, spoofing can call the system’s value into question. Many people have claimed that, after answering a spoofed call, the charge for the call is larger than it would be for a legitimate call.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing
To: Second Amendment First
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:45:42 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: Second Amendment First
Youll be charged $19.95 for the international call fee itself and $9 per minute thereafter. Oftentimes consumers say they hear music and then advertising, so they think nothing of staying on the phone. Its easy to see how quickly charges for these international calls can add up," said Shelley Polansky, vice president of communications for Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Colorado and WyomingSince the service provider who bills you has to send funds, there should be a trail leading back to the perp.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:46:20 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Second Amendment First
Thank you.
I never return calls from numbers outside my area code that I dont immediately recognize.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:46:53 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
To: tomcat; Second Amendment First
With a deli slicer set to setting “one”.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:47:11 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: DannyTN; Second Amendment First
Another good line of defence is to disable overseas calls on the account. With my carrier I can log in anytime to enable or disable the feature. This is especially important if it’s your kids’ phone.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:48:07 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: latina4dubya
If they don’t care enough to leave a message, I don’t care enough to call them back. As and aside, I’ve been getting a few emails from “se” with a note that says to “open attachement to see if I’m interested”. LOL! Yup. I’m gonna break my fingers rushing to open the attachment. NOT!
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:49:45 AM PST
by
rktman
(Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
To: Second Amendment First
Received this note from a friend and registered.
Ive received a few unsolicited calls on my cell phone trying to sell something. If youre having similar experiences, click on the link below to stop those calls. Yes, even for cell phones.
http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/donotcall/donotcall.htm
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:49:54 AM PST
by
Pit1
(Obama is the big pile in the road.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Half the time, I don’t even call back the people I do know.
;]
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:54:05 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Pit1
click on the link below to stop those calls. I did so last year. Now I get only the most bizarre unsolicited calls.
Like the one yesterday from PAKISTAN telling me the Microsoft Server was getting error messages from my computer, telling them that my computer was being used by hackers to attack other computers. And that it was ruining my hard drive. And there was no software I could get to fix it. That they would fix it for free, but there would be a charge of....
I guess you can tell how that went.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:58:13 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
To: DannyTN
the phone companies need preventive measures on this type of activity I'm guessing that the phone company gets a slice of all fees billed to your phone. So they have very little incentive to take action here.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:59:23 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Second Amendment First
My cell phone early this week stopped a cell phone from processing a call.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:59:39 AM PST
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: Leaning Right
"I'm guessing that the phone company gets a slice of all fees billed to your phone. So they have very little incentive to take action here."You're probably right. But if so, then that's a scenario where we need government intervention. Government regulations wouldn't be necessary if companies always did what was right.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:02:25 AM PST
by
DannyTN
(A>)
To: Second Amendment First
To: Second Amendment First
Got one the other week. I don't answer calls from numbers I don't know, and I certainly don't answer calls from area codes unfamiliar to me.
That being said, one nice feature of my smart phone told me the call was from the Dominican Republic, so I certainly wasn't picking up. I do the same thing, unfamiliar number, no message or weird message, or something related to an account, I look it up first.
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:04:33 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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