Anyone had any experience with the " text mail subscriber" scam? 15 scammed long distance phone calls on my phone bill today.
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Anyone had any experience with the " text mail subscriber" scam? 15 scammed long distance phone calls on my phone bill today.
Here’s an explanation.....
https://www.quora.com/Is-a-text-mail...-a-scam-artist
Yep,but,I caught it in time (just blind shyte house luck). The best and most effective way to defeat them is to put your most frequent users on your contact list like family and the select few people you do business with. Any calls you don't recognize from your contact list gets an automatic delete..........no exceptions. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
I read that Rick, but the links are very unclear on what to do about it. Talked to Bell ; got a free call control feature that should solve the problem - we'll see next month what shows.
Sometimes technology is not a good thing.
I think the best way is not answer any calls from unknown numbers....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
You got it, if it,s important they can /will leave a message and you can always call back.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
Not sure that would have solved this problem. Apparently scammers sell your phone number so the buyer can use your number for long distance calls. How this works , I do not know.
Bell has solved the problem for us .
Best thing I ever did was get rid of my Bell land line and switch to a voip phone. Less than $5/mo with free long distance and haven't had a single spam/scam call since.
Cheers
However there is a problem with a voip system, when the power goes out as it frequently does in the country, you have no phone service , at least with Bell , your phone always works.Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
Even with good back up power , you are only good for about two hours, and if the hydro is out for longer you are sol.
If you have a wired phone, which is pretty rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaycee
My cell phone generally works when the power goes out, their backup systems are pretty darn good.
Not that rare , 14 out of 15 around here that I know of have hard wired phones, the only ones that don't are our immediate next door neighbors, their phones [ cell ] are supplied by their employers so they have no need for a wired phone .Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
All our friends [ many ] have hard wired phones plus cell phones.
Cell phones don't work well when the battery is dead and you have an emergency.
Exactly!! I've been getting calls on my cell for weeks from London and Windsor. Finally answered one today. It was Conservative Party asking for a donation. I just talked to them on my landline 4 days ago. Put on reject list.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
Speaking of " cell phones " they can be a danger to your psychological and physical well being , have you ever heard of any one beaten and robbed to have their hard wired phone stolen?
I'm in the country and we lose power maybe two or three times a year at most, mostly associated with big storms. If we need to make a call we'll just use the wife's cell to check with hydro for a time frame, usually just a few hours. I'll take that anytime over my $60/M bell bill. Besides, there are no more good twisted pairs available out here any more. Every time it rained my phone line would go wacky with lots of static and a big hum for 2 or 3 days until everything dried out. I don't miss it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaycee
Cheers
I don't either. If it's important, they'll leave a message.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
This is all new to me. time to research. smitty55, who is your provider. Thanks in advance.Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
I did some research and went with OOMA. It was just under $100 for the unit. For a few more bucks you can add more options as well. You can also port your old number but that kind of defeats the purpose for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by trailblzr
Cheers
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
got a call today from apparently the Canadian fraud...... place. lol. they said before they open my investigation they want me to call them back on their number they just called me on it was a automated message. stupidity. lmfao.