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July 31st, 2019, 03:09 PM
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scams
Anyone had any experience with the " text mail subscriber" scam? 15 scammed long distance phone calls on my phone bill today.
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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July 31st, 2019 03:09 PM
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July 31st, 2019, 03:24 PM
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July 31st, 2019, 04:07 PM
#3
Originally Posted by
Sharon
Anyone had any experience with the " text mail subscriber" scam? 15 scammed long distance phone calls on my phone bill today.
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. 
If a tree falls on your ex in the woods and nobody hears it,you should probably still get rid of your chainsaw. Just sayin'....
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August 1st, 2019, 01:41 PM
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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.
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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August 11th, 2019, 08:37 AM
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Sometimes technology is not a good thing.
Good Luck & Good Hunting !
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August 11th, 2019, 09:16 AM
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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.
I think the best way is not answer any calls from unknown numbers....
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August 11th, 2019, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by
rick_iles
I think the best way is not answer any calls from unknown numbers....
You got it, if it,s important they can /will leave a message and you can always call back.
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August 11th, 2019, 03:48 PM
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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 .
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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August 11th, 2019, 07:39 PM
#9
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
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August 12th, 2019, 11:30 AM
#10
Originally Posted by
smitty55
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.
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.
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