[Shop-talk] robocalls and such

[John Mitchell]

I have Xfinity voice.  I'm not sure how it happened, but now when a new 
number calls my home, they have to press 1 before the call will go 
through to me.  This eliminates 99% of junk calls.

On 6/18/2020 7:12 AM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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...
>
> "Oh.  Do you have another vehicle?"
>
> "Yep.  A 1976 Triumph."
>
> *click*
>
>
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