Getting rid of phone spammers
Cybernet:
They make millions off our numbers being registered. It should be illegal but they are the government afterall. Legalized Mafia basically.
Hyrules:
Unfortunately. I'll try your setup tonight at home. The worst things right now is the call i'm getting are often overseas. yesterday it was numbers like 1001. phone would'nt stop ringing at 6:45 am. My mother wasn't happy. Last week it was 202 regional code.
Cybernet:
Just set it to block all long distance numbers, and when a call comes in that isnt white listed it will block it. Remember you can allow certain area codes. I allow 519 613 and 226, so anyone calling from those numbers are fine. Everything else gets blocked. Say you dont want Toronto to call you, but you know a friend that lives in Toronto to be able to. All you have to do is whitelist your friends number. Your friend will be able to call, and it will block everything else in Toronto without problems. Its handy. Youll have a blast with it tonight trust me. Oh forgot to mention there is an option in Phonetray called quiet time. You can tell it to block all phone calls from a certain time to whenever, also can let the white listed numbers through during that time frame also if you want. You can set it to start blocking all calls from 11pm till 6am etc. Cheers
Lavarock7:
Once I identify a spammer, I add them to a forward. I have a voicemail account and have uploaded an audio file grabbed from a telephone archive site. The audio starts out with a SIT tone, then the following message...
"Due to the earthquake in the area you are calling, we are unable to complete your call as dialed"... it goes on but you can see the humor.
When I was running an Asterisk server, I sent telemarketers into a queue where no one would ever answer. They heard the "Your call is very important to us... and You are Caller number 1 in the queue". Then Instead of music, I played commercials for a product I sell, over and over and over and over and over. :-)
Hyrules:
ohoohhh that is priceless i would love to see the face of the caller. I have found a old modem. I'm not quite sure if it support caller id while on the line. From my research on the web it's a Aopen FM56-PX v.92 PN:911.ac001.398 I just dont want to lose the function if i'm on the line and someone else is calling. I'll try it friday as I dont work.
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