[Shop-talk] robocalls and such

[Jim Stone]

I know changing your number is not a viable solution for most of us, but keeping my 314 St. Louis number when I moved to NY has turned out to be an unknowingly brilliant move!  Virtually any call I get from an unknown number Missouri is a spoof robocall, while an unknown NY call has a pretty good chance of being real.  

> On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:07 PM John Miller <jem at milleredp.com <mailto:jem at milleredp.com>> wrote:
>  I don't answer most calls from numbers I 
> don't recognize, and in mobile phones there's usually a 'block as spam' 
> button somewhere.
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> The problem with that is that about 75% of the calls I get have the number spoofed.  A guy in Bangalore is not calling me from a number in my area code.  If I block it, I'll be blocking someone who may be legit, and not the spam caller.  
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> I love getting these calls for extending my auto warranty.  I make them do the spiel and then tell them I have a 1975 Triumph...
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> "Oh.  Do you have another vehicle?"
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> "Yep.  A 1976 Triumph."
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> *click*
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