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UPDATED: Well... looks like I've l̶o̶s̶t̶ won the battle against scam callers

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eti:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on March 25, 2023, 05:42:01 am ---I run a service that scrubs phone numbers off of scam call lists.

Send me $100 and your number and I'll fix it for you.

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Send me a $1,000 by W/Union and I’ll send your a signed certificate of ownership of your new bridge!

Siwastaja:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2023, 06:02:47 am ---I'm honestly just sick of the interruptions. I don't have time for this shit. Maybe sending everything to voicemail initially might be the way to go. Scammers almost never bother to leave a message, particularly as a lot of those scam call centres don't accept incoming calls.

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Just accept the fact that telephone (voice call) is dead, RIP, rest in pieces? It lasted for 150 years.

It's baffling how difficult it is in modern times to contact a stranger, for example if you have something business-related. You can't call because telephone system have been terrorized dead, you can't email because of exact same reason. Basically it's back to snail mail or personally visiting.

rdl:
Unless I'm expecting a call, I usually just ignore them if the number is not one of my contacts.

hans:
All sensible advice, but it's still an interrupt.

People can contact me in tons of different ways. I prefer in person, voicechat, emails, chat, all above phone calls. Urgency and depth of conversation at orthogonal. So if someone calls me, I really want to pick up because it probably has some urgency to it.

Consider the difference between private/professional availability as well. Some friends don't pick up the first call if they are busy. If people call 2-3 times in a row, they know they have to drop what they're doing right now. I think some phones let you filter calls unless they are coming in a few times in a row. However, that's not really an option for everyone, especially professionally.

I'm not sure if a 'service' to scrub phone numbers is effective. The people that do scamcalls are criminals, and I'm not sure how a negotiation with criminals is going to look like. In my experience it's up there with human traffi*cough* recruiters etc. where if you ask them to delete your file/details because you're not interested (and EU privacy laws), they still don't budge. They don't care. If you sue them for having your number on their list, I suppose that law case is the least of their problems.

NiHaoMike:
If it's a real caller, put the phone up to the smoke alarm and press the button.

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