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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. =20
> On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:07 PM John Miller <jem@milleredp.com =
> I don't answer most calls from numbers I=20
> don't recognize, and in mobile phones there's usually a 'block as =
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> 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. =20
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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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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">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. <br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jun =
18, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <<a =
href=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.com"; class=3D"">fishplate@gmail.com</a>>=
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:07 PM John =
Miller <<a href=3D"mailto:jem@milleredp.com"; =
class=3D"">jem@milleredp.com</a>> wrote:<br =
class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> I don't answer most calls from =
numbers I <br class=3D"">
don't recognize, and in mobile phones there's usually a 'block as spam' =
<br class=3D"">
button somewhere.</blockquote><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">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. <br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">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...</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">"Oh. Do you have another vehicle?"</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">"Yep. A 1976 =
Triumph."</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">*click*</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""> </div></div></div>
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