scams

[Sharon]

Anyone had any experience with the " text mail subscriber" scam? 15 scammed long distance phone calls on my phone bill today.

[rick_iles]

Here’s an explanation.....

https://www.quora.com/Is-a-text-mail...-a-scam-artist

[trimmer21]

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.

[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.

[longpointer]

Sometimes technology is not a good thing.

[rick_iles]

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....

[jaycee]

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.

[Sharon]

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 .

[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

[jaycee]

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.