On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 04:08:04PM -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>
> > I think I've finally stopped getting the automated:
> >
> > Warning: the warranty on your car is about to expire...
> >
> > my car is 23 years old. Never even had a warranty claim.
>
> What d
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> I think I've finally stopped getting the automated:
>
> Warning: the warranty on your car is about to expire...
>
> my car is 23 years old. Never even had a warranty claim.
>
> Doug.
What did you do Doug? I have started getting them recently. No idea what to
do about
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 12/20/08 07:49, John Hasler wrote:
Nate writes:
If the media is to be believed, this has happened for years with the
elderly being targeted for Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid/etc. scams
and a lot of folks being bilked out of large sums of money. With phone
directory i
On 12/20/08 07:49, John Hasler wrote:
Nate writes:
If the media is to be believed, this has happened for years with the
elderly being targeted for Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid/etc. scams
and a lot of folks being bilked out of large sums of money. With phone
directory information online fr
Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Sat December 20 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume
you live in a church, Ron? ;-)
Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet, but I don't
understand what you just wrote.
your original post contained J
--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Mark Allums wrote:
> From: Mark Allums
> Subject: Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 11:30 AM
> Michael Marsh wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mark Allums
> wrote:
Michael Marsh wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mark Allums wrote:
In the US, get on the Do Not Call List. http://www.donotcall.gov/
Might help a little.
People prepared to commit fraud don't particularly care about the Do
Not Call List. If you can't get their phone number or comp
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:01:22AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Mark Allums writes:
True, although, I don't think they need a PBX, just something like
Asterix?
Asterix is a PBX.
Asterix is a comics character. Asterisk (*) is a PBX. Asterix is
s/ks$/x/ to Asterisk, as this
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:01:22AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Mark Allums writes:
> > True, although, I don't think they need a PBX, just something like
> > Asterix?
>
> Asterix is a PBX.
Asterix is a comics character. Asterisk (*) is a PBX. Asterix is
s/ks$/x/ to Asterisk, as this is the first
On 12/20/08 10:39, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
[snip]
I thought he was from Texas, but I understood that in the South, some
places used parrishes instead of counties,
Only Louisiana.
and that they take their
local identity from their parrish or county a
On Sat December 20 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> I now live in Orillia. I used to live near Kingston. If I had said
> that I lived in Stone Mills Township in Lennox and Addington County, few
> would know where that is.
you live in Canada, where it is WAY too cold! Canada is that big area
abov
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:17:20AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat December 20 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume
> > > you live in a church, Ron? ?;-)
> >
> > Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet, but I don't
> > u
Mark Allums writes:
> True, although, I don't think they need a PBX, just something like
> Asterix?
Asterix is a PBX.
> In the US, get on the Do Not Call List. http://www.donotcall.gov/
> Might help a little.
Not when the con men are stealing service from unknowing businesses.
The next phase
On Sat December 20 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume
> > you live in a church, Ron? ;-)
>
> Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet, but I don't
> understand what you just wrote.
your original post contained Jefferson Parris
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mark Allums wrote:
> In the US, get on the Do Not Call List. http://www.donotcall.gov/
>
> Might help a little.
People prepared to commit fraud don't particularly care about the Do
Not Call List. If you can't get their phone number or company name
(they hang
On 12/20/08 07:25, Nate Bargmann wrote:
* Eduardo M KALINOWSKI [2008 Dec 20 05:06 -0600]:
Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
[0] Which is the county I live in
Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume
you live in a church, Ron? ;-)
Maybe it's because I haven't had m
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:23:37AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * John Hasler [2008 Dec 20 08:07 -0600]:
>
> > Those calls were not automated. They were just ordinary con men working
> > over the phone. Each call used up the con man's time so it had to be
> > carefully targetted so as to be li
Mark Allums wrote:
Nate Bargmann wrote:
* John Hasler [2008 Dec 20 08:07 -0600]:
Those calls were not automated. They were just ordinary con men working
over the phone. Each call used up the con man's time so it had to be
carefully targetted so as to be likely to yield substantial money. T
* John Hasler [2008 Dec 20 08:07 -0600]:
> Those calls were not automated. They were just ordinary con men working
> over the phone. Each call used up the con man's time so it had to be
> carefully targetted so as to be likely to yield substantial money. That
> kept the total volume down. The
Nate writes:
> If the media is to be believed, this has happened for years with the
> elderly being targeted for Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid/etc. scams
> and a lot of folks being bilked out of large sums of money. With phone
> directory information online from several sources getting one's
* Eduardo M KALINOWSKI [2008 Dec 20 05:06 -0600]:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course)
> > Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked.
> >
> > I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved
> > that "they" are no
Ron Johnson wrote:
> An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course)
> Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked.
>
> I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved
> that "they" are now calling people at home with personalized scams.
>
> [0] Whic
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 01:25:28PM +1100, CaT wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:15:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Hmmm. I have a distinct urge to call this 'phlegm'. ;)
Only if the programming was done by hackers.
Doug.
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On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 20:15 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course)
> Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked.
>
> I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved
> that "they" are now calling people at home
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:15:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course)
> Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked.
>
> I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved
> that "they" are now calling people at
An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course)
Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked.
I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved
that "they" are now calling people at home with personalized scams.
[0] Which is the county I live in.
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