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When I recently replaced my phone (with a $25 model, no less), I started noticing that my new phone would warn me that unfamiliar numbers had been previously reported as spammers.
I'm a bit creeped out by number recognition technology, though. One time at work, a random customer came up to me and asked me for help finding a random passage. I called him so I could get back to him after I looked for it. When I did, it displayed on his phone as "KingsGambit Post Office". Obviously one of my co-workers must have saved my number as that, and it somehow got saved worldwide as that. Creepy.
I know the standard advice is not to pick up unfamiliar numbers, but when you're actively job searching, the risk of hanging up on an interview trumps that."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostWhen I recently replaced my phone (with a $25 model, no less), I started noticing that my new phone would warn me that unfamiliar numbers had been previously reported as spammers.
I'm a bit creeped out by number recognition technology, though. One time at work, a random customer came up to me and asked me for help finding a random passage. I called him so I could get back to him after I looked for it. When I did, it displayed on his phone as "KingsGambit Post Office". Obviously one of my co-workers must have saved my number as that, and it somehow got saved worldwide as that. Creepy.
I know the standard advice is not to pick up unfamiliar numbers, but when you're actively job searching, the risk of hanging up on an interview trumps that.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostHiya does that for free.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postjust checked. It will block calls on its list. I guess it doesnt do the voice mail thing. I was wrong about that.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Christianbookworm View PostI've gotten calls that claim to be from a job agency but hang up when I press for details...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThey may be "harvesting" your phone number - making sure it's really somebody --- everything I see says NEVER push any of the buttons when you answer a robo-call.If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!
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Originally posted by Christianbookworm View PostIt's a real person though. Robocalls will hang up because I don't say anything
sorryThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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have you guys heard of the new scam going around called "virtual kidnapping?" Its freaking scary.
https://www.wthr.com/article/im-not-...m-hits-indiana
'I'm not playing around': Virtual kidnapping scam hits IndianaFoiling the scheme
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So the FCC just passed some regulations allowing carriers to automatically block robocalls.
And apparently AT&T is running with it.
AT&T will automatically block fraud calls for new customers
Existing subscribers will have to wait.
AT&T is making quick use of FCC rules explicitly allowing carriers to block robocalls by default. The network will start automatically blocking fraud calls (and issuing suspected spam call alerts) for new phone customers as a matter course, at no extra charge. You'll have to opt out if you don't want the company to screen calls this way. Existing customers, meanwhile, will see the feature automatically reach their accounts in the "coming months."
If you like the capabilities, you can turn it on right now either by downloading the AT&T Call Protect app or enabling it through your myAT&T account settings.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/09/...s-fraud-calls/
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