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SouthernDem4ever

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27. They find your cell phone too

Reply to slightlv (Reply #15)

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 06:48 AM

Aug 2023

they have auto dialers that pretend they are in your exchange that just keep dialing one number after the other to see if someone picks up. Once you answer, they keep the number as valid and sell it to others.

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FCC issues historic $300 million fine against the largest robocall scam it has ever investigated [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 OP

Will our warranties still be valid? unc70 Aug 2023 #1

Lol Beakybird Aug 2023 #2

I am going to miss our conversations SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #28

My last conversation with them csziggy Aug 2023 #34

LOL I also sometimes get to the part where they ask me my mileage SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #38

I stand at the brink every day of ripping out my landline bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #3

I have a call blocker thingy on my landline BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #6

Which call blocker thingie is it? Way more versatile than moonscape Aug 2023 #9

It's a Digitone BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #36

Thanks for this! I have Comcast - if it will moonscape Aug 2023 #40

I have the Comcast triple play one too BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #41

Thanks :) moonscape Aug 2023 #42

I got rid of RNC, NRSC and NRCC calls csziggy Aug 2023 #35

LOL BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #37

I finally pulled the plug on our landline slightlv Aug 2023 #15

They find your cell phone too SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #27

these are scam callers not telemarketers , a incident with one with AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #16

a FINE? maxsolomon Aug 2023 #4

EXactly Historic NY Aug 2023 #5

That will be handled by other agencies Snooper9 Aug 2023 #7

Here is a good background article on this from a year ago when they were working on it BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #13

I apologize for not reading all your posts on the topic of regulatory civilian agencies. maxsolomon Aug 2023 #23

thanks i was just talking w a friend about the same thing . lovk em up. AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #17

They have no idea what car I have, my name, where I live, etc. IronLionZion Aug 2023 #8

They need to go after the Medicare scams too. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #10

Business as usual. JohnnyRingo Aug 2023 #11

Still waiting for their offer on my salvage title 87 Wrangler. bluedigger Aug 2023 #12

Should you by chance The Wizard Aug 2023 #14

Share Bear Creek Aug 2023 #18

What's the entire Republican Party going to do now nwduke Aug 2023 #19

They have moved on now they are send emails with a bill for antivirus renewal notices. usaf-vet Aug 2023 #20

I use Hiya call screener app. 3Hotdogs Aug 2023 #21

I use Hiya call screener app. 3Hotdogs Aug 2023 #22

Billions of calls seems low to me - I'm pretty sure I receive 8-10 calls daily from these criminals. Probatim Aug 2023 #24

Raise your hand ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #25

K&R Blue Owl Aug 2023 #26

Occasionally, these robocallers spoof my phone number so people think I called them rainin Aug 2023 #29

Goodbye Rachel we hardly knew you.............. Historic NY Aug 2023 #30

It seems from the information let out that the FCC & Ohio baited them Historic NY Aug 2023 #31

Congress needs to enact laws against the phone companies BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #32

I guess the FCC is considered "woke" now by the GOP. Hurting US businesses. Wonder Why Aug 2023 #33

I've been using an app called Robokiller for a couple years now tiredtoo Aug 2023 #39