[TriLUG] Phone calls

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM William Sutton via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Seems like some years ago, one solution was to set up an Asterisk server
> and basically screen all your incoming calls.
>
> An alternative would be to get a cell phone with an out-of-state area code
> and immediately ignore any calls from said area code :-(
>
      I usually never answer calls in my cellphone unless I know the
number. Voicemail states "leave a message so I know you call." If they
don't, well...

sometimes the spam calls are fun

> William Sutton
>
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, James Jones via TriLUG wrote:
> >
> >> Help needed. My home phone number has been tagged by a spoofer of sorts.
> >> About every five minutes, there is a call which has as its identifier a
> >> phone number with a town usually in North carolina. Each call will be a
> >> different number/town identifier.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts on how to stop this?
> >
> > I don't have a short term solution sorry
> >
> > The medium term solution is to not get phone service from businesses that
> > pass these phone calls on to you.
> >
> > Joe
> >
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