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Antifar 09/19/18 9:21:34 PM #1:	https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/19/nearly-half-cellphone-calls-will-be-scams-by-report-says/ Nearly half of all cellphone calls next year will come from scammers, according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology. The Arkansas-based firm projects an explosion of incoming spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percent of total calls in 2017 to more than 29 percent this year, to a projected 45 percent by early 2019. Year after year, the scam-call epidemic bombards consumers at record-breaking levels, surpassing the previous year, and scammers increasingly invade our privacy at new extremes, Charles Morgan, the chief executive and head data scientist of First Orion, said in a blog post last week. The barrage of fraudulent calls has taken a more dire turn in recent months as scammers have targeted immigrant communities with urgent calls claiming ambiguous legal trouble. Across several U.S. metropolitan areas with large Chinese populations, scam callers have posed as representatives of the Chinese embassy while trying to trick Chinese immigrants and students into revealing their credit card numbers. The scammers told people that they have a package ready to be picked up at the Chinese consulate office, a first step in a ruse, or that they need to turn over information to resolve a legal issue, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Other prominent spam calls involve fraudsters pretending to be a representative from a bank, a debt collector or cable company. The Internal Revenue Service has also warned taxpayers about phone scams. Callers use telephone numbers that mimic actual IRS assistance centers, claim to be IRS employees and use fake names and phony badge numbers. The IRS says victims are falsely told they owe money to the government and are urged to pay through a gift card or wire transfer. Scammers may also take advantage of the devastation caused by Hurricane Florence, the IRS warned. Scammers can pose as a charitable organization, preying on the generosity of Americans who want to help those affected by the storm. Scammers also trick people into answering their calls with a scheme known as neighborhood spoofing, in which they manipulate caller ID information so that their actual phone number is masked. Instead, the calls appear to have been placed locally. A person looking at their caller ID will see a number that matches their own area code, as if the caller is a neighbor or a relative. Because the number appears familiar, people are more likely to answer the call. More than half of all complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission more than 200,000 of them are about unwanted calls. The FCC said Americans received about 2.4 billion unwanted, automated calls each month, according to 2016 estimates. Charles Kennedy, a senior adjunct fellow at the tech policy think tank TechFreedom, said the problem of spam calls is difficult to solve because many of the offenders are hard to track down. Its illegal for telemarketers to call someone whose number is on the national do-not-call registry, unless they have an existing business relationship or the phone owners explicit written permission. But Kennedy said that people who ignore the list or engage in deception are often hard to hold to account. They make calls from abroad, obscure their locations and place a tremendous number of calls. Technological, rather than legal, solutions hold more promise, Kennedy said, as phone carriers develop methods to block scammers before they reach consumers and to unmask their spoofed numbers. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:909085084] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/19/nearly-half-cellphone-calls-will-be-scams-by-report-says/ <quote>Nearly half of all cellphone calls next year will come from scammers, according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology. The Arkansas-based firm projects an explosion of incoming spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percent of total calls in 2017 to more than 29 percent this year, to a projected 45 percent by early 2019. Year after year, the scam-call epidemic bombards consumers at record-breaking levels, surpassing the previous year, and scammers increasingly invade our privacy at new extremes, Charles Morgan, the chief executive and head data scientist of First Orion, said in a blog post last week. The barrage of fraudulent calls has taken a more dire turn in recent months as scammers have targeted immigrant communities with urgent calls claiming ambiguous legal trouble. Across several U.S. metropolitan areas with large Chinese populations, scam callers have posed as representatives of the Chinese embassy while trying to trick Chinese immigrants and students into revealing their credit card numbers. The scammers told people that they have a package ready to be picked up at the Chinese consulate office, a first step in a ruse, or that they need to turn over information to resolve a legal issue, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Other prominent spam calls involve fraudsters pretending to be a representative from a bank, a debt collector or cable company. The Internal Revenue Service has also warned taxpayers about phone scams. Callers use telephone numbers that mimic actual IRS assistance centers, claim to be IRS employees and use fake names and phony badge numbers. The IRS says victims are falsely told they owe money to the government and are urged to pay through a gift card or wire transfer. Scammers may also take advantage of the devastation caused by Hurricane Florence, the IRS warned. Scammers can pose as a charitable organization, preying on the generosity of Americans who want to help those affected by the storm. Scammers also trick people into answering their calls with a scheme known as neighborhood spoofing, in which they manipulate caller ID information so that their actual phone number is masked. Instead, the calls appear to have been placed locally. A person looking at their caller ID will see a number that matches their own area code, as if the caller is a neighbor or a relative. Because the number appears familiar, people are more likely to answer the call. More than half of all complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission more than 200,000 of them are about unwanted calls. The FCC said Americans received about 2.4 billion unwanted, automated calls each month, according to 2016 estimates. Charles Kennedy, a senior adjunct fellow at the tech policy think tank TechFreedom, said the problem of spam calls is difficult to solve because many of the offenders are hard to track down. Its illegal for telemarketers to call someone whose number is on the national do-not-call registry, unless they have an existing business relationship or the phone owners explicit written permission. But Kennedy said that people who ignore the list or engage in deception are often hard to hold to account. They make calls from abroad, obscure their locations and place a tremendous number of calls. Technological, rather than legal, solutions hold more promise, Kennedy said, as phone carriers develop methods to block scammers before they reach consumers and to unmask their spoofed numbers.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LanHikari10 09/19/18 9:22:09 PM #2:	The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. --- https://imgur.com/FUshe https://imgur.com/o3JZO0i https://imgur.com/E5QxHCe http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1170-but-wait-theres-more <cite>LanHikari10 posted [p:909085111] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spudger 09/19/18 9:22:31 PM #3:	LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period. --- -Only dead fish swim with the current http://error1355.com/ce/spudger.html <cite>spudger posted [p:909085118] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LanHikari10 09/19/18 9:23:22 PM #4:	spudger posted... LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period. Exactly. And if it does happen to be someone I know, you can leave a message or text. --- https://imgur.com/FUshe https://imgur.com/o3JZO0i https://imgur.com/E5QxHCe http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1170-but-wait-theres-more <cite>LanHikari10 posted [p:909085167] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>spudger posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period.</quote> Exactly. And if it does happen to be someone I know, you can leave a message or text.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJCAT 09/19/18 9:23:48 PM #5:	i get so ducking many these days its realy ramped up the last year or so i feel like. --- PSN: SUPER_KITTY_JAM FC: SW-2262-4005-7054 <cite>SSJCAT posted [p:909085189] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>i get so ducking many these days its realy ramped up the last year or so i feel like.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 09/19/18 9:23:57 PM #6:	If a name doesn't pop up on the screen I don't even answer. --- Currently playing: Monster Hunter World (xbone), H1Z1 (ps4), Castlevania 4 (snes), Spiderman (ps4) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:909085195] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>If a name doesn't pop up on the screen I don't even answer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hulkasaurusrex 09/19/18 9:24:16 PM #7:	I actually enjoy them but i also like to fuck with people. <cite>Hulkasaurusrex posted [p:909085208] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I actually enjoy them but i also like to fuck with people.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 09/19/18 9:24:26 PM #8:	according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology. clearly a reliable unbiased source --- If you're going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill <cite>Squall28 posted [p:909085217] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><quote>according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology.</quote> clearly a reliable unbiased source</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 09/19/18 9:26:37 PM #9:	spudger posted... LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period. Yep, leave a text if you're someone I know. For fun I did pick up a phone call and to no one surprise a woman with a thick indian accent picked up and told me how to get back the money that is owed to me from the IRS. --- It's what all true warriors strive for! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:909085334] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>spudger posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period.</quote> Yep, leave a text if you're someone I know. For fun I did pick up a phone call and to no one surprise a woman with a thick indian accent picked up and told me how to get back the money that is owed to me from the IRS.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJCAT 09/19/18 9:28:17 PM #10:	my number has been the on the do not call registry since 2006 too and i still get them all the time --- PSN: SUPER_KITTY_JAM FC: SW-2262-4005-7054 <cite>SSJCAT posted [p:909085423] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>my number has been the on the do not call registry since 2006 too and i still get them all the time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJCAT 09/19/18 9:30:32 PM #11:	Hulkasaurusrex posted... I actually enjoy them but i also like to fuck with people. stole this from some site: Dont ever let on that you are a real human. Blowing a whistle or swearing into the phone is not only futile in terms of deterring calls, but it also plays into the hands of scammers and robocallers. Dont say anything. Dont even answer. Just let it go to voicemail. If you do answer, dont push buttons, even if the recorded voice promises that doing so will prevent more calls. Absolutely never say hello. The silence on the other end of the phone is actually a computer gathering information about you yes, simply from your hello. Even a cough (or dare we say, whistle) will signal to the computer that the 10 digits it just dialed is an active line answered by humans. And if that sweet womans voice asks if you can hear her, never answer yes. She may be a computer trying to capture an audio of your yes as an agreement to a purchase of something. --- PSN: SUPER_KITTY_JAM FC: SW-2262-4005-7054 <cite>SSJCAT posted [p:909085564] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Hulkasaurusrex posted...</cite> <quote>I actually enjoy them but i also like to fuck with people.</quote> stole this from some site: Dont ever let on that you are a real human. Blowing a whistle or swearing into the phone is not only futile in terms of deterring calls, but it also plays into the hands of scammers and robocallers. Dont say anything. Dont even answer. Just let it go to voicemail. If you do answer, dont push buttons, even if the recorded voice promises that doing so will prevent more calls. Absolutely never say hello. The silence on the other end of the phone is actually a computer gathering information about you yes, simply from your hello. Even a cough (or dare we say, whistle) will signal to the computer that the 10 digits it just dialed is an active line answered by humans. And if that sweet womans voice asks if you can hear her, never answer yes. She may be a computer trying to capture an audio of your yes as an agreement to a purchase of something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExtremeLuchador 09/19/18 9:37:12 PM #12:	Half the people I know have fallen for them too. --- "It was horrible," guard Jeff McInnis said. "I took 100 naps and we were still in the air." <cite>ExtremeLuchador posted [p:909085942] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Half the people I know have fallen for them too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 09/19/18 9:39:04 PM #13:	I answered one of those robo calls at work once. ring ring me: hello? robot: hello! are you there? me: yes robot: great! would you be interested in learning about <product> me: no robot: fantastic! let me tell you all about it! me: wait, I said no robot: blahblahblahblahblahblahblah hangs up --- Currently playing: Monster Hunter World (xbone), H1Z1 (ps4), Castlevania 4 (snes), Spiderman (ps4) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:909086052] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I answered one of those robo calls at work once. ring ring me: hello? robot: hello! are you there? me: yes robot: great! would you be interested in learning about <product> me: no robot: fantastic! let me tell you all about it! me: wait, I said no robot: blahblahblahblahblahblahblah hangs up</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
joestarrr 09/19/18 9:48:13 PM #14:	imagine answering your phone in 2k18 --- she's a killer queen <cite>joestarrr posted [p:909086562] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>imagine answering your phone in 2k18</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vermander 09/19/18 10:42:14 PM #15:	spudger posted... LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period. --- Remember kids, Jesus died for your sins. So if you don't sin, Jesus died for nothing. <cite>Vermander posted [p:909089614] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>spudger posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fossil 09/19/18 10:54:12 PM #16:	My phone detects about half scam calls that come through and will literally say "Scam Likely" when it comes through. Otherwise the rest are neighborhood spoofing and are just a couple digits off of my own phone number. When you've had the same number going on 16 years chances are nobody will ever call you with the same prefix. Easiest red flag. --- http://i.imgtc.com/fHHz9y2.png <cite>Fossil posted [p:909090242] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>My phone detects about half scam calls that come through and will literally say "Scam Likely" when it comes through. Otherwise the rest are neighborhood spoofing and are just a couple digits off of my own phone number. When you've had the same number going on 16 years chances are nobody will ever call you with the same prefix. Easiest red flag.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLUFFYGERM 09/19/18 10:55:49 PM #17:	Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections? --- Do good. Eat communists. <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:909090333] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Panthera 09/19/18 11:05:43 PM #18:	Not American but I've been getting scam calls a lot lately pretending to be from the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency, our equivalent of the IRS). Except they aren't really good at what they do, their automated messages are always threatening to have you arrested within a few hours if you don't call them back and riddled with bad grammar and unprofessional language that makes it super obvious that it's fake (though I'm sure it still manages to fool some people) --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:909090858] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Not American but I've been getting scam calls a lot lately pretending to be from the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency, our equivalent of the IRS). Except they aren't really good at what they do, their automated messages are always threatening to have you arrested within a few hours if you don't call them back and riddled with bad grammar and unprofessional language that makes it super obvious that it's fake (though I'm sure it still manages to fool some people)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
prince_leo 09/19/18 11:08:10 PM #19:	I know there has been a rise in spam calling, but isn't this rate also a bit misleading because people in general are calling less? --- https://imgur.com/uHUvpSH http://error1355.com/ce/prince_leo.html <cite>prince_leo posted [p:909090998] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I know there has been a rise in spam calling, but isn't this rate also a bit misleading because people in general are calling less?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paragon21XX 09/19/18 11:15:57 PM #20:	The biggest problem is that there is no automatic system in place to verify that the phone number being called from is their real number rather than it being spoofed. So if phone numbers were treated more like IP addresses where a 3-way handshake is done before making the connection, we wouldn't have this problem anymore because scammers would be readily exposing themselves to legal action because they can no longer hide behind a fake number. --- Hmm... <cite>Paragon21XX posted [p:909091402] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>The biggest problem is that there is no automatic system in place to verify that the phone number being called from is their real number rather than it being spoofed. So if phone numbers were treated more like IP addresses where a 3-way handshake is done before making the connection, we wouldn't have this problem anymore because scammers would be readily exposing themselves to legal action because they can no longer hide behind a fake number.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 09/20/18 12:02:44 AM #21:	If you can't bother to send a human, then I'll auto hang up. If you send a human and I think it's BS, I'll waste their time on purpose. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:909093770] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>If you can't bother to send a human, then I'll auto hang up. If you send a human and I think it's BS, I'll waste their time on purpose.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fan357 09/20/18 12:16:09 AM #22:	LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. --- Never forget where you came from. <cite>fan357 posted [p:909094396] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 09/20/18 12:16:56 AM #23:	LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. Yeah and it's BS because I can't ignore phone calls, especially not those with the same area code. --- FFXIV: Herzog Erislieb (Cactaur) \| ESO: @Ultima_Vyse RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/99 FISH/99 Cook <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:909094425] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> Yeah and it's BS because I can't ignore phone calls, especially not those with the same area code.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dontIoseyourway 09/20/18 12:18:20 AM #24:	Squall28 posted... according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology. clearly a reliable unbiased source <cite>dontIoseyourway posted [p:909094487] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Squall28 posted...</cite> <quote><quote>according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology.</quote> clearly a reliable unbiased source</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gafemage 09/20/18 12:19:07 AM #25:	I think I get a good five spam voicemails a week now. --- https://imgur.com/1EOFcjn https://imgur.com/epjd8zk <cite>Gafemage posted [p:909094537] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I think I get a good five spam voicemails a week now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 09/20/18 12:21:07 AM #26:	yeah its ridiculous. they spoof local numbers too. --- https://i.imgtc.com/IR4XrBA.gif https://i.imgtc.com/7X1rBRv.gif <cite>E32005 posted [p:909094629] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>yeah its ridiculous. they spoof local numbers too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paper_Okami 09/20/18 12:22:09 AM #27:	at least someone is calling me ._. --- "Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism"- Emma Goldman "Wimmy Wham Wham Wozzle!" -Slurms MacKenzie <cite>Paper_Okami posted [p:909094658] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>at least someone is calling me ._.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeoShadowhen 09/20/18 12:26:07 AM #28:	I got one from a robot. Like a voice recognition, gives you answers to what you say kind of deal. Even had a response to when I asked if it was a robot. It had no response when I asked it to tell me a joke though. Turing test failed. <cite>NeoShadowhen posted [p:909094827] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I got one from a robot. Like a voice recognition, gives you answers to what you say kind of deal. Even had a response to when I asked if it was a robot. It had no response when I asked it to tell me a joke though. Turing test failed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 09/20/18 12:29:14 AM #29:	They need a new law where they make it illegal to spoof numbers and then track down who's doing that and start arresting people / destroying their illegal scam facilities. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:909094963] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>They need a new law where they make it illegal to spoof numbers and then track down who's doing that and start arresting people / destroying their illegal scam facilities.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheBiggerWiggle 09/20/18 12:33:10 AM #30:	This is why I never answer my phone if I don't have the number saved. If they call me two or three times and do not leave a voice mail I just block them. --- I have trouble concentrating because I have 80HD. <cite>TheBiggerWiggle posted [p:909095126] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>This is why I never answer my phone if I don't have the number saved. If they call me two or three times and do not leave a voice mail I just block them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 09/20/18 12:35:31 AM #31:	I also hate all the spam mail I get. 90% of my mail is offers from Verizon and Comcast (I already use Comcast...) and equity loan offers from my previous mortgage lender (who sold the loan within a week of closing on the house) and the new mortgage lender (who I've told several times via phone that I'm not interested). --- FFXIV: Herzog Erislieb (Cactaur) \| ESO: @Ultima_Vyse RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/99 FISH/99 Cook <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:909095230] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I also hate all the spam mail I get. 90% of my mail is offers from Verizon and Comcast (I already use Comcast...) and equity loan offers from my previous mortgage lender (who sold the loan within a week of closing on the house) and the new mortgage lender (who I've told several times via phone that I'm not interested).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 09/20/18 12:36:41 AM #32:	All Spoofing phone calls should be a felony. Telemarketing & Robocalls should be a felony. We need to hunt down all these bastards and throw them in jail. If they resist, shoot on site! Destroy their base of operations. Leave no place unturned. Even foreign countries will not be safe to hide from. Spam & Scam Mail should be illegal. No more Spam, Scam, Robo Call, Tele Marketing, Mail Marketing, any form of Harassment or Advertisements --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:909095280] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>All Spoofing phone calls should be a felony. Telemarketing & Robocalls should be a felony. We need to hunt down all these bastards and throw them in jail. If they resist, shoot on site! Destroy their base of operations. Leave no place unturned. Even foreign countries will not be safe to hide from. Spam & Scam Mail should be illegal. No more Spam, Scam, Robo Call, Tele Marketing, Mail Marketing, any form of Harassment or Advertisements</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 09/20/18 12:39:55 AM #33:	Destroy them all, if anybody is stupid enough to try to harass even 1 average citizen, we need to sick the government on them and eradicate them! --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:909095405] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Destroy them all, if anybody is stupid enough to try to harass even 1 average citizen, we need to sick the government on them and eradicate them!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muffinz0rz 09/20/18 12:40:24 AM #34:	FLUFFYGERM posted... Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections? Idk man if I can get DDoS'd by joe nobody over MW2 with no retribution then I don't think anyone would bat an eye at flooding those robocallers. --- Not removing this until Pat Benatar is in Super Smash Bros. (Started 8/31/2010) 2018 NFLB Autumnsim (0-2): https://imgur.com/c164HwF <cite>Muffinz0rz posted [p:909095431] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections?</quote> Idk man if I can get DDoS'd by joe nobody over MW2 with no retribution then I don't think anyone would bat an eye at flooding those robocallers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 09/20/18 12:44:26 AM #35:	Muffinz0rz posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections? Idk man if I can get DDoS'd by joe nobody over MW2 with no retribution then I don't think anyone would bat an eye at flooding those robocallers. Or we trace them back to their original location, raid them, arrest them. If they resist, shoot on site. Telemarketing, Scamming, Robocalling, Spam mail, Scam Mail. All should be criminal felonies and illegal. Work with countries around the world to make treaties so that we can hunt these bastards --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:909095605] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Muffinz0rz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Any lawyers present? Would it be against the law to overload a scam caller's network, ideally completely trashing their productivity by cutting them off from outside connections?</quote> Idk man if I can get DDoS'd by joe nobody over MW2 with no retribution then I don't think anyone would bat an eye at flooding those robocallers.</quote>Or we trace them back to their original location, raid them, arrest them. If they resist, shoot on site. Telemarketing, Scamming, Robocalling, Spam mail, Scam Mail. All should be criminal felonies and illegal. Work with countries around the world to make treaties so that we can hunt these bastards</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 09/20/18 12:45:21 AM #36:	I literally got a "Scam Likely" call from fucking CAMBODIA like an hour ago. But try having a phone number that's the exact same as a bank, but the bank is a 1-800 number while yours is the local area code AND getting the "Scam Likely" calls. --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:909095645] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I literally got a "Scam Likely" call from fucking CAMBODIA like an hour ago. But try having a phone number that's the exact same as a bank, but the bank is a 1-800 number while yours is the local area code AND getting the "Scam Likely" calls.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
catboy0_0 09/20/18 12:45:51 AM #37:	yeah. I more or less almost never answer a number I don't recognize --- I obviously like you at least a little to even talk to you -cornman one day I hope to post a message so great it ends up in someones sig -Two_Dee <cite>catboy0_0 posted [p:909095667] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>yeah. I more or less almost never answer a number I don't recognize</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jetblackmoon 09/20/18 12:53:09 AM #38:	Fossil posted... My phone detects about half scam calls that come through and will literally say "Scam Likely" when it comes through. Otherwise the rest are neighborhood spoofing and are just a couple digits off of my own phone number. When you've had the same number going on 16 years chances are nobody will ever call you with the same prefix. Easiest red flag. This is pretty much the same for me. I get "Scam Likely" popping up pretty often, or people with the same first three or four numbers of my own phone number calling me constantly. --- "I am for like it but on xbox, I did Titanfall as we were for cant destiny and Titanfall, side by side, I haven't much am for it, maybe seven?" - Over <cite>Jetblackmoon posted [p:909095937] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fossil posted...</cite> <quote>My phone detects about half scam calls that come through and will literally say "Scam Likely" when it comes through. Otherwise the rest are neighborhood spoofing and are just a couple digits off of my own phone number. When you've had the same number going on 16 years chances are nobody will ever call you with the same prefix. Easiest red flag.</quote> This is pretty much the same for me. I get "Scam Likely" popping up pretty often, or people with the same first three or four numbers of my own phone number calling me constantly.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PhazonReborn 09/20/18 1:52:50 AM #39:	I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked --- The Phazon you know and trust since 2004 <cite>PhazonReborn posted [p:909098054] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
InstaReturns 09/20/18 1:56:07 AM #40:	PhazonReborn posted... I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked Over the past year or two it has gotten noticeably insane. Over two different carriers and numbers, the number of scam callers just rises and rises. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>InstaReturns posted [p:909098170] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>PhazonReborn posted...</cite> <quote>I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked</quote> Over the past year or two it has gotten noticeably insane. Over two different carriers and numbers, the number of scam callers just rises and rises.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sativa_Rose 09/20/18 1:58:05 AM #41:	LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. This lol. It sucks. --- I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. <cite>Sativa_Rose posted [p:909098246] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> This lol. It sucks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PhazonReborn 09/20/18 2:00:15 AM #42:	InstaReturns posted... PhazonReborn posted... I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked Over the past year or two it has gotten noticeably insane. Over two different carriers and numbers, the number of scam callers just rises and rises. It has. Its ridiculous and to hear it may get worse is frustrating. --- The Phazon you know and trust since 2004 <cite>PhazonReborn posted [p:909098324] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>InstaReturns posted...</cite> <quote><cite>PhazonReborn posted...</cite> <quote>I get calls from the same area code and 3 digit prefix as my number about 4 times a week on average. I have blocked over 30 different numbers. If you ain't on my contact lost you're blocked</quote> Over the past year or two it has gotten noticeably insane. Over two different carriers and numbers, the number of scam callers just rises and rises.</quote> It has. Its ridiculous and to hear it may get worse is frustrating.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Payzmaykr 09/20/18 2:04:45 AM #43:	Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail. --- Member of The Fam <cite>Payzmaykr posted [p:909098497] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Super Saiyan 3 Goku 09/20/18 4:51:00 AM #44:	My philosophy here is that if I do not recognize the number, I don't pick up. Simple as that. If it's a legitimate call, then leave a voicemail or text. --- When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius <cite>Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted [p:909102692] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>My philosophy here is that if I do not recognize the number, I don't pick up. Simple as that. If it's a legitimate call, then leave a voicemail or text.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FreedomEtrtment 09/20/18 4:53:38 AM #45:	Haha humorous <cite>FreedomEtrtment posted [p:909102739] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote>Haha humorous</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 09/20/18 4:54:26 AM #46:	spudger posted... LanHikari10 posted... The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls. this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:909102760] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>spudger posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LanHikari10 posted...</cite> <quote>The majority of my phone calls are already scam calls.</quote> this. if you aren't in my contacts, I don't pick up. period.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 09/20/18 4:55:19 AM #47:	Payzmaykr posted... Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail. This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:909102778] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Payzmaykr posted...</cite> <quote>Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail.</quote> This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
catboy0_0 09/20/18 5:07:48 AM #48:	pres_madagascar posted... This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code. it's one of the worst plagues of the modern era --- I obviously like you at least a little to even talk to you -cornman one day I hope to post a message so great it ends up in someones sig -Two_Dee <cite>catboy0_0 posted [p:909103029] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>pres_madagascar posted...</cite> <quote>This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code.</quote> it's one of the worst plagues of the modern era</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Super Saiyan 3 Goku 09/20/18 5:09:14 AM #49:	pres_madagascar posted... Payzmaykr posted... Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail. This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code. Lately, some of them have been coming through with the first 6 digits being equivalent to my cell number. So, yeah, can't trust area code. --- When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius <cite>Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted [p:909103063] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>pres_madagascar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Payzmaykr posted...</cite> <quote>Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail.</quote> This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code.</quote> Lately, some of them have been coming through with the first 6 digits being equivalent to my cell number. So, yeah, can't trust area code.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 09/20/18 5:51:02 AM #50:	Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted... pres_madagascar posted... Payzmaykr posted... Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail. This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code. Lately, some of them have been coming through with the first 6 digits being equivalent to my cell number. So, yeah, can't trust area code. Yep this is the latest trend. They basically clone your number except the last 4. I get no less than 5 calls a week from scammers in my area code. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:909103920] in Nearly hal... [t:77020864]...</cite> <quote><cite>Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pres_madagascar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Payzmaykr posted...</cite> <quote>Nice, theyre working to decrease the ratio? /joke Seriously, I dont answer calls that arent from my area code. Anybody who matters can either text or leave a voice mail.</quote> This isn't sound advice. Nowadays scammers have ways to have their number show up as being in your area code.</quote> Lately, some of them have been coming through with the first 6 digits being equivalent to my cell number. So, yeah, can't trust area code.</quote> Yep this is the latest trend. They basically clone your number except the last 4. I get no less than 5 calls a week from scammers in my area code.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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