Phone/Text Spam out of control

Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by Redfisher, May 14, 2018.

  1. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    I'm fond of the Senile Old Man act. I pretend the caller is my great-grandaughter Suzie (regardless of their sex) and start telling endlessly meandering Grandpa Simpson type tales.
     
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  2. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    good one!
     
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  3. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    "The first victrolas were powered by a tiny monkey. That changed during WWI because the French used up the Allied supply of monkeys to polish the inside of artillery pieces. Then, the Gillette Razor Company introduced the Wankel Rotary Engine at the 1929 World's Fair in Toledo and THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING..."
     
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  4. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Yugo really was a terrible automotive idea.
     
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  5. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Best review of that car I ever read said, "The body appears to be constructed of compressed rust."
     
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  6. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Do you wear an onion on your belt when you talk to them?
     
  7. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    Nutz

    Might have to try that one. In the meantime I just call forwarded everything to @Jayaruh :chores016:

     
  8. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    How about bringing the phone receiver over to your radio and CRANKIN' THAT BABY UP LOUD?
     
  9. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    Seems the calls have stopped for now. Still getting texts, the latest was for a "$1000 WalMart gift card just click here". Also "click here to earn $900 a day. I keep blocking them but it's a different number each time.
     
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  10. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    I think they're always different numbers. Just got one from a "you have a computer virus" company...foreign accent. Try someone else, fella.
     
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  11. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    If I knew how to hack I would track them down and unleash some sort of data bomb and rock their little world. :angry021:
     
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  12. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    Their worlds do need to be rocked, indeed. Time to fight back.
     
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  13. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    If only I knew how....:transport024:
     
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  14. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    I knew you'd "Like" that one, @AGHisBBS. -)
     
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  15. AGHisBBS

    AGHisBBS Well-Known Member

    You know me well @Paul Turner !
     
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  16. I got a free app from ATT named Call Protect and it blocks known telemarketers etc. and you can block #'s that bother you with it is as well. It stops most of the calls I get
     
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  17. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

    Article Team
    Hiya and Mr. Number work pretty well for me.
     
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  18. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    Oh. those are the apps? I thought at first you would say "Hiya!" if you knew it was a telemarketer or suspicious situation, lol.
     
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  19. Troy M

    Troy M Prep: Mephitis mephitis musk

    I added the 'Hiya' app to my wife and my phones this week and it works like a charm! But there are some great ideas to try on this thread now.
     
  20. Shaver X

    Shaver X Well-Known Member

    Redfisher, I didn't read the whole thread because it is 8 miles long. If someone hasn't mentioned it already and you have an Android phone, try Avast Mobile Security Pro. It has a call blocker that will, among other things, allow you to block all calls from numbers not in your contacts (i.e. All unknown numbers). It blocks a ton of calls on my phone, and has the added benefit of protecting my phone from malware, and even has a lost phone locator. Well worth the cost IMHO.
     
  21. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    Do any of you know of any such apps for iPhones?
     

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