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What am i going to do for fun now?
« on: 30 November 2018, 07:55:54 »
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #1 on: 30 November 2018, 09:20:41 »
I suspect they will justopen new call centres somewhere else.

We get three or four a week , some wake us up. Displayed number is 250280.

Havetried everything from a loud noise to “ going along”  but there is of course no mechanism for getting your number removed from their call list.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #2 on: 30 November 2018, 12:05:31 »
I use Asterisk, and as Caller Display is free on all UK (probably EU) phone providers, I route these calls around in circles in an IVR ;D

I used to get 20+ per week of this shite, ever since I signed up one of my lines to TPS, now very few get through.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #3 on: 30 November 2018, 12:59:54 »
They'd be out of luck if they phoned my landline as I always let it run to the answering machine until I find out who's phoning.I also tend not to answer my mobile if the number isn't recognized in the contacts memory.I suppose really I should answer such calls as they're the only ones where someone actually wants to bother talking to me :D :D
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #4 on: 30 November 2018, 13:44:44 »
It reached the point at home where my landline was ringing upwards of 20 times a day. Now it rings no more, I've unplugged it. No one has the number for it anyway, as I tried to stop the calls by getting my number changed - only to find the new number worse than the last.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #5 on: 30 November 2018, 14:33:56 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 30 November 2018, 12:05:31
I use Asterisk, and as Caller Display is free on all UK (probably EU) phone providers, I route these calls around in circles in an IVR ;D

I used to get 20+ per week of this shite, ever since I signed up one of my lines to TPS, now very few get through.

I'm still getting calls on my TPS registered line who I always report to OFCOM & information commissioner.  The Windows Support Teams stopped calling me in the end where I stopped being nice to them either with a expletive filled answer of if time by using my take people out of their comfort zone routine on their actions.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #6 on: 30 November 2018, 19:09:21 »
I,ve signed up to BTs Call Protect as well as being on the TPS register, (which is only good for UK calls i believe). Was ok for the for the first couple of weeks but now silent calls are increasing again. >:(
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #7 on: 30 November 2018, 20:30:11 »
I've been getting lots of overseas calls recently.  Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia today!  ::)

I asked a girl what colour knickers she was wearing. She hung up!  :y  ;D
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #8 on: 01 December 2018, 00:32:25 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 30 November 2018, 20:30:11
I've been getting lots of overseas calls recently.  Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia today!  ::)

I asked a girl what colour knickers she was wearing. She hung up!  :y ;D


you confused her. She can't afford knickers.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #9 on: 01 December 2018, 07:19:22 »
Last time I had one of these Indian calls I led him on in the end he called me a motherfu**er & hung up hate these bastards with a vengeance would love to lay my hands on one .
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #10 on: 01 December 2018, 10:53:29 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 30 November 2018, 20:30:11
I've been getting lots of overseas calls recently.  Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia today!  ::)

I asked a girl what colour knickers she was wearing. She hung up!  :y  ;D

we were in the Baltics this summer, the women were all stunners, they must make the ugly ones stay indoors.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #11 on: 01 December 2018, 21:13:40 »
HIBP confirmed one of my older email addresses had be pwned  >:(

   https://haveibeenpwned.com/

I must use a P/W manager, must admit I don`t change P/W`s enough
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #12 on: 02 December 2018, 09:27:51 »
Quote from: 78bex on 01 December 2018, 21:13:40
HIBP confirmed one of my older email addresses had be pwned  >:(

   https://haveibeenpwned.com/

I must use a P/W manager, must admit I don`t change P/W`s enough
I suspect there is not an email (that has ever been used online anywhere) that hasn't been pwned.  If you consider the size of some of the breaches - the Marriot one is estimated at 500m - its always going to happen.

But you should never use the same passwords across different sites, and certainly not between "normal" type sites (like forums ;)) and banks/utilities/shopping sites.  And even then, change the important ones regularly.

If you are stupid enough to use arsebook, keep that different again, as many unrelated sites allow arsebook logins, and arsebook aren't shy at letting anyone have your details.


You email addr is public domain really.  So you can't protect that easily (not to say to shouldn't give to all and sundry), so a good password regime is essential.
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Re: What am i going to do for fun now?
« Reply #13 on: 02 December 2018, 10:31:02 »
I find, that for email and banking, apps are easier to use and more secure than browsers.
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