• is there a way to

    From zeneca@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, August 11, 2022 16:08:40
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a
    ESP32??
    Many thanks

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to Nikolaj Lazic on Thursday, August 11, 2022 16:06:42
    Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> wrote:
    Dana 11 Aug 2022 15:22:17 +0100 (BST), Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> napis'o:
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a
    ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks), it should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over
    the serial port to the module. eg https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for sending in this way.

    Every VoIP service has SMS service.
    You connect to their web page and fill out SMS form andd "click" send.

    And how exactly does your microcontroller go to their web page and click
    send? (given you'll need to login first to do that, maybe they want you to
    do 2FA, etc etc)

    You may be able to do it from SIP, but that needs at least some form of SIP stack - not straightforward for a microcontroller.

    Theo

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to zeneca on Thursday, August 11, 2022 15:22:17
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks), it should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over the serial port to the module. eg https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for
    sending in this way.

    Theo

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  • From Nikolaj Lazic@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, August 11, 2022 14:32:52
    Dana 11 Aug 2022 15:22:17 +0100 (BST), Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> napis'o:
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a
    ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks), it should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over the serial port to the module. eg https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for sending in this way.

    Every VoIP service has SMS service.
    You connect to their web page and fill out SMS form andd "click" send.

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  • From David Higton@3:770/3 to Theo on Thursday, August 11, 2022 16:54:19
    In message <cmu*aBuVy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> wrote:
    Dana 11 Aug 2022 15:22:17 +0100 (BST), Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> napis'o:
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or
    a ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks),
    it should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over the serial port to the module. eg https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for sending in this way.

    Every VoIP service has SMS service. You connect to their web page and
    fill out SMS form andd "click" send.

    And how exactly does your microcontroller go to their web page and click send? (given you'll need to login first to do that, maybe they want you
    to do 2FA, etc etc)

    You may be able to do it from SIP, but that needs at least some form of
    SIP stack - not straightforward for a microcontroller.

    But well within the capabilities of a Pi.

    David

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:770/3 to pasIci@ailleur.fr on Thursday, August 11, 2022 17:49:00
    On a sunny day (Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:08:40 +0200) it happened zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote in <td32h8$1e38$1@gioia.aioe.org>:

    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a >ESP32??
    Many thanks

    I wrote huaweic:
    http://panteltje.com/panteltje/newsflex/download.html#huaweic

    It works with Huawei USB 3G and 4G modem sticks
    You need for example a prepaid card or some account with a provider.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to Theo on Friday, August 12, 2022 08:42:29
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a
    ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks), it should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over the serial port to the module. eg https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    Or if you don't want to write your own script, ModemManager also
    supports sending SMSs and other common SMS functions with an AT
    modem. Beware newer USB mobile broadband modems that appear to the
    host as USB network adapters with a web-based interface for
    configuration and therefore don't allow AT commands. The web-based
    interface _might_ have a send-SMS page though, which if you're
    really lucky might be simple enough (ie. not all Javascript) that
    you can use curl or wget to submit an SMS automatcially with that.

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for sending in this way.

    There are Email-SMS services which would be easy to use with
    the "sendmail" command, or its alternatives. In Australia they're
    all paid services, but cheap enough that they can be less costly
    than a SIM card if you don't also need the latter for internet
    access. There are probably similar offerings wherever the OP lives
    (France, if the email address is anything to go by).

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  • From Andy Burns@3:770/3 to Nikolaj Lazic on Friday, August 12, 2022 09:46:16
    Nikolaj Lazic wrote:

    Every VoIP service has SMS service.

    s/every/some/

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to David Higton on Friday, August 12, 2022 10:35:05
    David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
    In message <cmu*aBuVy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a ESP32??
    [snip]

    And how exactly does your microcontroller go to their web page and click send? (given you'll need to login first to do that, maybe they want you
    to do 2FA, etc etc)

    You may be able to do it from SIP, but that needs at least some form of
    SIP stack - not straightforward for a microcontroller.

    But well within the capabilities of a Pi.

    I think we need to establish what the OP wants this for. They mentioned
    three microcontrollers (Pico, ESP8266, ESP32) and one computer (Pi). The answers for each are quite different. Everyone so far has been talking
    about the Pi running Linux. There are sometimes good reasons to pick a microcontroller over a computer, but we don't know why the OP might want one
    or other.

    Theo

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  • From zeneca@3:770/3 to All on Friday, August 12, 2022 14:46:11
    Le 12/08/22 à 11:35, Theo a écrit :
    David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
    In message <cmu*aBuVy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or >>>>>> a ESP32??
    [snip]

    And how exactly does your microcontroller go to their web page and click >>> send? (given you'll need to login first to do that, maybe they want you >>> to do 2FA, etc etc)

    You may be able to do it from SIP, but that needs at least some form of
    SIP stack - not straightforward for a microcontroller.

    But well within the capabilities of a Pi.

    I think we need to establish what the OP wants this for. They mentioned three microcontrollers (Pico, ESP8266, ESP32) and one computer (Pi). The answers for each are quite different. Everyone so far has been talking
    about the Pi running Linux. There are sometimes good reasons to pick a microcontroller over a computer, but we don't know why the OP might want one or other.

    Theo
    Simple I use them for different project. I am retired from computer
    industry with a background in electronics. That said I use raspberry pi
    for some project last is controlling temperature home and a SMS could be interseting in some cases, and it's always good to know. The others are microcontoler with WIFI capabilities and there also are occasions to use
    and send SMS to notify an alarm??
    They all have a UART included to control a GSM modem.
    Andre
    Many thanks to you all for your answers

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  • From A. Dumas@3:770/3 to zeneca on Friday, August 12, 2022 16:39:36
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    Simple I use them for different project. I am retired from computer
    industry with a background in electronics. That said I use raspberry pi
    for some project last is controlling temperature home and a SMS could be interseting in some cases, and it's always good to know. The others are microcontoler with WIFI capabilities and there also are occasions to use
    and send SMS to notify an alarm??
    They all have a UART included to control a GSM modem.

    If the device already has an internet connection (wifi), have a look at
    using MQTT to connect to a Node Red server (on a Pi for example) which can
    send a Telegram message for free. Because sms usually requires a mobile connection and costs money. See Andreas Spiess YouTube channel for some mqtt/nodered videos https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess/videos

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  • From Lew Pitcher@3:770/3 to zeneca on Friday, August 12, 2022 16:53:12
    On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:08:40 +0200, zeneca wrote:

    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a ESP32??
    Many thanks

    I note that on www.instructables.com, you can find about a number of
    projects that use a microcontroller (with or without a GSM module)
    to send SMS messages, including projects that centre around the
    Arduino, the Raspberry Pi, the ESP8266 NodeMCU, and the ESP32 SIM800L

    So, the answer to your question is "Yes, you can send an sms message from
    a Raspberry Pi, ESP8266 NodeMCU or ESP32."

    Take a look at https://www.instructables.com/howto/sms/ for a list
    of projects, with instructions.

    HTH
    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills, We Trust"

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  • From David Higton@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Saturday, August 13, 2022 21:07:16
    In message <td5vo8$2huqj$1@dont-email.me>
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:

    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    Simple I use them for different project. I am retired from computer industry with a background in electronics. That said I use raspberry pi
    for some project last is controlling temperature home and a SMS could be interseting in some cases, and it's always good to know. The others are microcontoler with WIFI capabilities and there also are occasions to use and send SMS to notify an alarm?? They all have a UART included to
    control a GSM modem.

    If the device already has an internet connection (wifi), have a look at
    using MQTT to connect to a Node Red server (on a Pi for example) which can send a Telegram message for free. Because sms usually requires a mobile connection and costs money. See Andreas Spiess YouTube channel for some mqtt/nodered videos https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess/videos

    Prompted by your posting, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon
    getting a Raspberry Pi running RISC OS to send a Telegram message via
    the Telegram API. As you say, Telegram is free, where SMS may not be.

    It's just an https message, sent using curl.

    curl is actually overkill. All that is required is an https POST, so
    if you have a smaller/faster https client than curl, it will work just
    as well, and might likely be faster (curl takes several seconds to be
    invoked).

    David

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to David Higton on Sunday, August 14, 2022 09:18:27
    David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
    In message <td5vo8$2huqj$1@dont-email.me>
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    If the device already has an internet connection (wifi), have a look at
    using MQTT to connect to a Node Red server (on a Pi for example) which can >> send a Telegram message for free. Because sms usually requires a mobile
    connection and costs money. See Andreas Spiess YouTube channel for some
    mqtt/nodered videos https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess/videos

    Prompted by your posting, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon
    getting a Raspberry Pi running RISC OS to send a Telegram message via
    the Telegram API. As you say, Telegram is free, where SMS may not be.

    Having just checked the Wikipedia page about Telegram to see that
    it doesn't offer any SMS-forwarding feature itself, I'm not sure
    why it would be a better alternative to SMS than simply sending
    emails.

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  • From A. Dumas@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Sunday, August 14, 2022 01:38:32
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
    Prompted by your posting, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon
    getting a Raspberry Pi running RISC OS to send a Telegram message via
    the Telegram API. As you say, Telegram is free, where SMS may not be.

    Having just checked the Wikipedia page about Telegram to see that
    it doesn't offer any SMS-forwarding feature itself, I'm not sure
    why it would be a better alternative to SMS than simply sending
    emails.

    Time sensitive messages. Email is normally quick but doesn't have to be.
    The idea is usually to get a notification on one's phone. It has to have
    the Telegram app installed, which is like Whatsapp or Signal. And MQTT
    instead of mail or http has advantages for microcontrollers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT

    The whole Nodered thing is indeed complete overkill for just one device
    sending one type of message, but it is a fairly powerful click-and-go automation hub and it supports receiving mqtt messages.

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  • From David Higton@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Sunday, August 14, 2022 12:12:57
    In message <62f83142@news.ausics.net>
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

    David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
    In message <td5vo8$2huqj$1@dont-email.me>
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    If the device already has an internet connection (wifi), have a look at using MQTT to connect to a Node Red server (on a Pi for example) which can send a Telegram message for free. Because sms usually requires a mobile connection and costs money. See Andreas Spiess YouTube channel
    for some mqtt/nodered videos https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess/videos

    Prompted by your posting, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon
    getting a Raspberry Pi running RISC OS to send a Telegram message via the Telegram API. As you say, Telegram is free, where SMS may not be.

    Having just checked the Wikipedia page about Telegram to see that it
    doesn't offer any SMS-forwarding feature itself, I'm not sure why it would
    be a better alternative to SMS than simply sending emails.

    Notification within seconds.

    It depends what the OP wants. He asked for SMS, sure, but the suggestion
    is that Telegram works just as fast as SMS, and notifies the user in the
    same way as SMS. Email is often quite quick, but rarely as fast. Also
    SMS may not be free to send, even from a SIP account.

    So Telegram appears to some of us to offer a functional equivalent to
    what was originally requested.

    Of course the rest of us are not so intimately acquainted with the OP's requirements, so we may have misjudged the situation.

    David

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  • From scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us@3:770/3 to Theo on Monday, August 15, 2022 05:53:23
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
    Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> wrote:
    Dana 11 Aug 2022 15:22:17 +0100 (BST), Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> napis'o:
    zeneca <pasIci@ailleur.fr> wrote:
    send a sms from a Raspberry (pi or pico) or a NodeMcu8266 (ESP12) or a
    ESP32??

    If you have a GSM module (2G/3G/4G, depending on your local networks), it >> > should be just a case of generating the right AT command and sending it over
    the serial port to the module. eg
    https://www.teachmemicro.com/how-to-send-sms-raspberry-pi/

    There are also internet SMS services, but not sure they are set up for
    sending in this way.

    Every VoIP service has SMS service.
    You connect to their web page and fill out SMS form andd "click" send.

    And how exactly does your microcontroller go to their web page and click send? (given you'll need to login first to do that, maybe they want you to do 2FA, etc etc)

    You may be able to do it from SIP, but that needs at least some form of SIP stack - not straightforward for a microcontroller.

    If you know which service the destination phone uses, you can use their email-to-SMS gateway. For instance, you can send text to a T-Mobile user by sending email to ##########@tmomail.net (where the "#"s are the phone
    number, with area code).

    Getting ESP* devices to send email is trivial; I knocked together a gadget
    that sends email when the temperature gets too high in an evening, without
    much in the way of prior experience coding for these devices.

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  • From A. Dumas@3:770/3 to scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us on Monday, August 15, 2022 06:49:49
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers
    in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable. There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is
    failing.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Monday, August 15, 2022 10:07:57
    On 15/08/2022 07:49, A. Dumas wrote:
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers
    in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable. There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is
    failing.

    It is fairly easy to set up a relay under your own control. Failing that
    a lot of ISPs allow simple SMTP access without authorisation from within
    their own IP networks.

    Email isn't failing, but it remains overwhelmingly 'pull' technology -
    it bears the same relationship to 'instant' messaging as a letter does
    to a phone call.

    In short it is subject to delays.

    --
    Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have
    guns, why should we let them have ideas?

    Josef Stalin

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 09:15:44
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers
    in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable.

    Yes delivery to humans is getting less and less reliable, but
    sending email in an automated way is still quite easy. If you're
    sending to an Email-SMS gateway, especially one from a provider
    that you have a paid account with, there shouldn't be any problems
    with ending up in the junk folder. If your device's emails are
    rejected by the SMTP server then you only need to talk to the SMS
    gateway provider and get them to allow it, because unlike with
    normal email they're the only server that you need to worry about.

    There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is
    failing.

    The funny thing is that I'm getting less spam than I used to, yet
    reports of my emails not arriving (often it's impossible to
    determine whether this means they just went into "junk", which
    based on successful SMTP delivery logs seems most likely) have
    suddenly become much more frequent.

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  • From A. Dumas@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Friday, September 09, 2022 18:14:19
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers
    in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable. There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is
    failing.

    https://hackaday.com/2022/09/07/the-era-of-distributed-independent-email-servers-is-over/

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Saturday, September 10, 2022 14:17:23
    On 09/09/2022 19:14, A. Dumas wrote:
    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers
    in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable. >> There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is
    failing.

    https://hackaday.com/2022/09/07/the-era-of-distributed-independent-email-servers-is-over/

    Which is why I am starting to receive spam on whatsapp and SMS


    --
    There’s a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons
    that sound good.

    Burton Hillis (William Vaughn, American columnist)

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  • From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to A. Dumas on Monday, September 12, 2022 18:21:15
    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: A. Dumas to A. Dumas on Fri Sep 09 2022 06:14 pm

    A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
    <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
    Getting [...] devices to send email is trivial;

    Increasingly less so. Email providers are putting up more & more barriers in the battle against spam, which also makes delivery less & less reliable There's a reason people are switching to instant messaging: email is failing.

    https://hackaday.com/2022/09/07/the-era-of-distributed-independent-email-ser

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    Spam is killing telephones faster than email. I have not found much issue experimenting with small email services (though I admit that any independent server which is itself not extremely small has a high chance of making it to a blacklist). However, phones have reached a point in which if you phone some grandpa to tell him to show up at the Doctor's office asap because of some urgent issue, the grandpa won't pick the phone up because he will believe you to be a Mexican spammer selling car insurance of Internet subscriptions.

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to All on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 02:44:20
    On 2022-09-12, Richard Falken <nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z11166.fidonet.org>
    wrote:

    Spam is killing telephones faster than email. I have not found much issue experimenting with small email services (though I admit that any independent server which is itself not extremely small has a high chance of making it to a
    blacklist). However, phones have reached a point in which if you phone some grandpa to tell him to show up at the Doctor's office asap because of some urgent issue, the grandpa won't pick the phone up because he will believe you to be a Mexican spammer selling car insurance of Internet subscriptions.

    This is where call display is worth its weight in gold. If we don't
    recognize the caller - or it's one that can't possibly be good (e.g.
    area code 800, 888, etc. or "BLOCKED"), we ignore it. It's quite
    effective, since few telemarketers will leave a message.

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    It might be a chargeable feature in your area, but IMHO it's
    well worth a few bucks a month to be able to filter out spammers.

    --
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    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
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  • From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to Charlie Gibbs on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 02:46:08
    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: Charlie Gibbs to All on Tue Sep 13 2022 02:44 am

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)


    Not if you are calling from a clinic's call center and the grandpa does not recognize the number.

    THAT is the problem: having to call from an unrecognized number and having the call rejected. Even people expectig calls from random people falls for this sooooo often (ie. you tell some grandpa that a secretary will phone him with the "details" next morning, and the grandpa does not pick the phone up next morning because he fears she is a spammer).

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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to Charlie Gibbs on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 09:11:01
    On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:44:20 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    All the phone spam I get has spoofed caller IDs, it's very easy to
    do. When I was using the phone enough to need a VOIP account I spoofed the caller ID to my landline number. I had to ask for the feature to be enabled
    and was told that if there were complaints of abuse it would be turned off.

    It might be a chargeable feature in your area, but IMHO it's
    well worth a few bucks a month to be able to filter out spammers.

    Really a chargeable feature - that's absurd in this day and age.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z1116 on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 21:29:30
    On 2022-09-12, Richard Falken <nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z11168.fidonet.org> wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: Charlie Gibbs to All on Tue Sep 13 2022 02:44 am

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    Not if you are calling from a clinic's call center and the grandpa does not recognize the number.

    THAT is the problem: having to call from an unrecognized number and having the
    call rejected. Even people expectig calls from random people falls for this sooooo often (ie. you tell some grandpa that a secretary will phone him with the "details" next morning, and the grandpa does not pick the phone up next morning because he fears she is a spammer).

    That is a problem. However, a legitimate caller will leave a callback
    number and often have a recognizable voice or mannerisms. Spammers seldom
    go to that effort (but never say never...).

    --
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    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 21:29:30
    On 2022-09-13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

    On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:44:20 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    All the phone spam I get has spoofed caller IDs, it's very easy to
    do. When I was using the phone enough to need a VOIP account I spoofed the caller ID to my landline number. I had to ask for the feature to be enabled and was told that if there were complaints of abuse it would be turned off.

    I was beginning to suspect that. :-(

    It might be a chargeable feature in your area, but IMHO it's
    well worth a few bucks a month to be able to filter out spammers.

    Really a chargeable feature - that's absurd in this day and age.

    s/absurd/profitable/

    --
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  • From alister@3:770/3 to Richard Falken on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 18:43:31
    On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:46:08 +1200, Richard Falken wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: Charlie Gibbs to All on Tue Sep 13 2022 02:44 am

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number on
    the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are some
    lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)


    Not if you are calling from a clinic's call center and the grandpa does
    not recognize the number.

    THAT is the problem: having to call from an unrecognized number and
    having the call rejected. Even people expectig calls from random people
    falls for this sooooo often (ie. you tell some grandpa that a secretary
    will phone him with the "details" next morning, and the grandpa does not
    pick the phone up next morning because he fears she is a spammer).

    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming heline
    has some kind of answering machine)



    --
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    $40.
    -- Judge Roy Bean, finding a pistol and $40 on a man he'd
    just shot.

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  • From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to alister on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 16:03:42
    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Richard Falken on Wed Sep 14 2022 06:43 pm

    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming heline has some kind of answering machine)


    Because so many people does not have voicemail enabled or cares to check it out if they do have it. Meaning you may call and leave a message and still make no difference.

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  • From alister@3:770/3 to Richard Falken on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 21:29:21
    On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:03:42 +1200, Richard Falken wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Richard Falken on Wed Sep 14 2022 06:43 pm

    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming
    heline has some kind of answering machine)


    Because so many people does not have voicemail enabled or cares to check
    it out if they do have it. Meaning you may call and leave a message and
    still make no difference.

    It is impossible to make any system foolproof because fools are too
    ingenious.

    if you let a call go to VM because you don't recognise the number it does
    not make sense to not check the message afterwards. if this is the case
    then this solution is not for you.




    --
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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to alister on Thursday, September 15, 2022 09:22:08
    alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming heline has some kind of answering machine)

    'The clinic' or 'the bank' may not leave messages by policy due to 'data protection'.

    (specifically they have no way to verify that the person who picks up the message is the person they wish to speak to, and the mere fact that somebody
    is being contacted may be sensitive - 'the abortion clinic' as a topical example)

    Theo

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  • From Joe Beanfish@3:770/3 to alister on Thursday, September 15, 2022 13:48:05
    On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:29:21 +0000, alister wrote:

    On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:03:42 +1200, Richard Falken wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Richard Falken on Wed Sep 14 2022 06:43 pm

    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming
    heline has some kind of answering machine)


    Because so many people does not have voicemail enabled or cares to check
    it out if they do have it. Meaning you may call and leave a message and
    still make no difference.

    It is impossible to make any system foolproof because fools are too ingenious.

    if you let a call go to VM because you don't recognise the number it does
    not make sense to not check the message afterwards. if this is the case
    then this solution is not for you.

    The point is that people have already been trained to not leave vm because it's usually ignored anyhow. And often times, they get stage fright or
    just don't want to be bothered to explain why they called and figure on
    calling again some other time.

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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to Joe Beanfish on Thursday, September 15, 2022 16:05:30
    On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:48:05 -0000 (UTC)
    Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> wrote:

    The point is that people have already been trained to not leave vm
    because it's usually ignored anyhow. And often times, they get stage
    fright or just don't want to be bothered to explain why they called and figure on calling again some other time.

    It is odd isn't it that in the days when only some people had tape based answering machines they tended to get used but now that everyone has
    a voice mail service it's almost completely unused. Familiarity breeds
    contempt I suppose.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From alister@3:770/3 to Joe Beanfish on Thursday, September 15, 2022 19:29:41
    On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:48:05 -0000 (UTC), Joe Beanfish wrote:

    On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:29:21 +0000, alister wrote:

    On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:03:42 +1200, Richard Falken wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Richard Falken on Wed Sep 14 2022 06:43 pm

    So why would a legitimate caller not then leave a message (assuming
    heline has some kind of answering machine)


    Because so many people does not have voicemail enabled or cares to
    check it out if they do have it. Meaning you may call and leave a
    message and still make no difference.

    It is impossible to make any system foolproof because fools are too
    ingenious.

    if you let a call go to VM because you don't recognise the number it
    does not make sense to not check the message afterwards. if this is the
    case then this solution is not for you.

    The point is that people have already been trained to not leave vm
    because it's usually ignored anyhow. And often times, they get stage
    fright or just don't want to be bothered to explain why they called and figure on calling again some other time.

    if it is a professional calling with a legitimate reason then they will
    leave a message.

    if you are not happy to accept this then answer the call & live with the
    fact that many are going to be fraudsters (personally I like to waste
    their time & see how long I can keep them going)





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  • From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to alister on Thursday, September 15, 2022 18:44:51
    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Joe Beanfish on Thu Sep 15 2022 07:29 pm

    if you are not happy to accept this then answer the call & live with the fact that many are going to be fraudsters (personally I like to waste
    their time & see how long I can keep them going)

    It is easy to know if a call is coming from a call center as soon as you pick it up. I usually just hang up as soon as I realize it is a robocall. Legitimate callers calling from a call center
    will think the connection was cut due to bad coverage and redial. Spammers just move on to their next victim.

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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to alister on Friday, September 16, 2022 00:21:24
    On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:29:41 -0000 (UTC)
    alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    if it is a professional calling with a legitimate reason then they will
    leave a message.

    Not necessarily, if the subject of the call is confidential
    (medical, legal or business) then they probably shouldn't.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to All on Friday, September 16, 2022 17:19:34
    On 2022-09-15, Richard Falken <nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z11179.fidonet.org>
    wrote:

    Re: Re: is there a way to
    By: alister to Joe Beanfish on Thu Sep 15 2022 07:29 pm

    if you are not happy to accept this then answer the call & live with
    the fact that many are going to be fraudsters (personally I like to
    waste their time & see how long I can keep them going)

    Try typing "scamming the scammers" into YouTube. You'll find some
    hilarious accounts by people who are masters at wasting telemarketers'
    time. The really good ones turn the tables on the callers who pretend
    be security personnel trying to frighten you into giving them control
    of your machine by claiming it has a virus.

    It is easy to know if a call is coming from a call center as soon as you
    pick it up. I usually just hang up as soon as I realize it is a robocall. Legitimate callers calling from a call center will think the connection
    was cut due to bad coverage and redial. Spammers just move on to their
    next victim.

    A good tipoff is that delay before an agent comes on the line.
    Many call centers use a dialer which they feed a list of numbers;
    it works down the list and when a prospective victim picks up it
    transfers the call to the next available agent. This takes several
    seconds, during which the called party hears dead air. I realized
    how reliable this is when I noticed that whenever my wife picks up
    the phone and says hello twice, her next words are an angry demand
    to be left alone.

    My policy now is that if I do pick up and say hello, the party at
    the other end has two seconds to say something or I hang up.

    --
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    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to Charlie Gibbs on Friday, September 16, 2022 18:36:54
    On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:19:34 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    A good tipoff is that delay before an agent comes on the line.
    Many call centers use a dialer which they feed a list of numbers;
    it works down the list and when a prospective victim picks up it
    transfers the call to the next available agent. This takes several
    seconds, during which the called party hears dead air. I realized
    how reliable this is when I noticed that whenever my wife picks up
    the phone and says hello twice, her next words are an angry demand
    to be left alone.

    Some of them wait until they hear a voice before transferring the
    call, if you pick up the phone and stay silent they hang up in a few
    seconds.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Saturday, September 17, 2022 08:13:14
    Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
    On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:19:34 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    A good tipoff is that delay before an agent comes on the line.
    Many call centers use a dialer which they feed a list of numbers;
    it works down the list and when a prospective victim picks up it
    transfers the call to the next available agent. This takes several
    seconds, during which the called party hears dead air. I realized
    how reliable this is when I noticed that whenever my wife picks up
    the phone and says hello twice, her next words are an angry demand
    to be left alone.

    Some of them wait until they hear a voice before transferring the call, if you pick up the phone and stay silent they hang up in a few
    seconds.

    Yep, that's what I do and they almost always hang up on me. The
    delay varies a lot though, sometimes it's long enough that a real
    human waiting for an answer is likely to become confused. I do
    still wait that long, but people who call me hate it. Some have
    keyed into the fact that I deliberately pick up during a ring so
    that it's obvious when they should announce themselves, but that
    seems to take people a while to learn.

    My guess is that the system waits until all the available workers
    have been assigned a call. Hence sometimes it hangs up before I'd
    even have a chance to say something if I wanted to.

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    __ __
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  • From Lew Pitcher@3:770/3 to Charlie Gibbs on Friday, September 16, 2022 23:24:12
    On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:44:20 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

    On 2022-09-12, Richard Falken <nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z11166.fidonet.org>
    wrote:

    Spam is killing telephones faster than email. I have not found much issue
    experimenting with small email services (though I admit that any independent >> server which is itself not extremely small has a high chance of making it to a
    blacklist). However, phones have reached a point in which if you phone some >> grandpa to tell him to show up at the Doctor's office asap because of some >> urgent issue, the grandpa won't pick the phone up because he will believe you
    to be a Mexican spammer selling car insurance of Internet subscriptions.

    This is where call display is worth its weight in gold. If we don't recognize the caller - or it's one that can't possibly be good (e.g.
    area code 800, 888, etc. or "BLOCKED"), we ignore it. It's quite
    effective, since few telemarketers will leave a message.

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    It might be a chargeable feature in your area, but IMHO it's
    well worth a few bucks a month to be able to filter out spammers.

    FWIW, I took an old computer, installed a $80 telephone interface
    card in it (a TDM410P clone with a single FXO and 3 FXS ports),
    and loaded it with Asterisk (https://www.asterisk.org/).

    This now sits between my POTS landline and my home telephones,
    filtering out unwanted calls, and providing me with both PSTN
    and VoIP telephony service.

    With call display, the Asterisk server can determine the caller's
    phone number, and filter out the calls I do not want to take. It
    also grades the calls on how familiar I am with the caller, and
    blocks or allows callers based on their grade, and an associated
    schedule. Thus, some special personal callers can call at any time,
    while most personal callers get shunted to voicemail between
    9:30PM and 9:30AM, and business callers get shunted to voicemail
    between 5:00PM and 9:30AM.

    While the number of spam calls that I get hasn't dropped all that
    much, most don't even last long enough to ring my home phones.

    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills, We Trust"

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  • From Lew Pitcher@3:770/3 to Lew Pitcher on Saturday, September 17, 2022 00:28:06
    On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:24:12 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

    On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:44:20 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

    On 2022-09-12, Richard Falken <nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z11166.fidonet.org>
    wrote:

    Spam is killing telephones faster than email. I have not found much issue >>> experimenting with small email services (though I admit that any independent
    server which is itself not extremely small has a high chance of making it to a
    blacklist). However, phones have reached a point in which if you phone some >>> grandpa to tell him to show up at the Doctor's office asap because of some >>> urgent issue, the grandpa won't pick the phone up because he will believe you
    to be a Mexican spammer selling car insurance of Internet subscriptions.

    This is where call display is worth its weight in gold. If we don't
    recognize the caller - or it's one that can't possibly be good (e.g.
    area code 800, 888, etc. or "BLOCKED"), we ignore it. It's quite
    effective, since few telemarketers will leave a message.

    In the case of your grandpa, he'll see your name and phone number
    on the display and know it's safe to pick up. (Yes, there are
    some lowlifes who are spoofing caller IDs, but that's rare.)

    It might be a chargeable feature in your area, but IMHO it's
    well worth a few bucks a month to be able to filter out spammers.

    FWIW, I took an old computer, installed a $80 telephone interface
    card in it (a TDM410P clone with a single FXO and 3 FXS ports),
    and loaded it with Asterisk (https://www.asterisk.org/).

    This now sits between my POTS landline and my home telephones,
    filtering out unwanted calls, and providing me with both PSTN
    and VoIP telephony service.

    With call display, the Asterisk server can determine the caller's
    phone number, and filter out the calls I do not want to take. It
    also grades the calls on how familiar I am with the caller, and
    blocks or allows callers based on their grade, and an associated
    schedule. Thus, some special personal callers can call at any time,
    while most personal callers get shunted to voicemail between
    9:30PM and 9:30AM, and business callers get shunted to voicemail
    between 5:00PM and 9:30AM.

    While the number of spam calls that I get hasn't dropped all that
    much, most don't even last long enough to ring my home phones.

    To bring my post back to topic, on a Raspberry Pi, you could
    install an OAK PRO module
    https://switchpi.com/product/oak-pro-raspberry-pi-module/
    which gives you one FXO and one FXS port, then install Asterisk
    and have the same POTS telephone filtering as I described above.

    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills, We Trust"

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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Saturday, September 17, 2022 08:42:05
    On 17 Sep 2022 08:13:14 +1000
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

    Yep, that's what I do and they almost always hang up on me. The
    delay varies a lot though,

    There is another scam that involves calls that only ring for a
    short time and hang up or hang up almost immediately if answered. These are call back bait - if you call back to find out about your missed call it
    goes to a high rate premium number. You find out how badly you've been
    scammed when the bill comes in.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From Deloptes@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Saturday, September 17, 2022 20:17:12
    Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

    There is another scam that involves calls that only ring for a
    short time and hang up or hang up almost immediately if answered. These
    are call back bait - if you call back to find out about your missed call
    it goes to a high rate premium number. You find out how badly you've been scammed when the bill comes in.

    This is the “One Ring” or “Wangiri” scam
    Interestingly I receive such calls after using WhatsApp and talking/chatting with specific friends. I suspect they have installed some kind of mall ware
    on their mobiles, so that the scammers get their contacts.
    Fortunately I was not so stupid to answer such call anyway :)

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Sunday, September 18, 2022 08:55:05
    Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
    On 17 Sep 2022 08:13:14 +1000
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

    Yep, that's what I do and they almost always hang up on me. The
    delay varies a lot though,

    There is another scam that involves calls that only ring for a
    short time and hang up or hang up almost immediately if answered. These are call back bait - if you call back to find out about your missed call it
    goes to a high rate premium number. You find out how badly you've been scammed when the bill comes in.

    Huh, I didn't know about that one. My landline phone doesn't do
    Caller ID though, so it wouldn't work on me that way. On rare
    occasions automated scam and political advertising messages have
    been left on my answering machine though (I guess they detect the
    beep). A convincing message left there could probably trick me into
    calling back.

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    #_ < |\| |< _#

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Sunday, September 18, 2022 00:22:09
    On 2022-09-17, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

    On 17 Sep 2022 08:13:14 +1000
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

    Yep, that's what I do and they almost always hang up on me. The
    delay varies a lot though,

    There is another scam that involves calls that only ring for a
    short time and hang up or hang up almost immediately if answered. These are >> call back bait - if you call back to find out about your missed call it
    goes to a high rate premium number. You find out how badly you've been
    scammed when the bill comes in.

    Huh, I didn't know about that one. My landline phone doesn't do
    Caller ID though, so it wouldn't work on me that way. On rare
    occasions automated scam and political advertising messages have
    been left on my answering machine though (I guess they detect the
    beep). A convincing message left there could probably trick me into
    calling back.

    "This is the Canada Revenue Agency. Please call back immediately
    regarding your tax return. Be aware that failure to reply, or
    not replying truthfully, can result in severe penalties."

    Yeah, right.

    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship.
    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
    / \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.

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  • From Ahem A Rivet's Shot@3:770/3 to Charlie Gibbs on Sunday, September 18, 2022 08:29:00
    On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:22:09 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    "This is the Canada Revenue Agency. Please call back immediately
    regarding your tax return. Be aware that failure to reply, or
    not replying truthfully, can result in severe penalties."

    Yeah, right.

    That would be a skilful spammer, most assume you're in the USA.
    I've had no end of issues with my First National and Bank of America
    accounts, also problems with my amazon.com prime account, the FBI seem to
    have lost interest they were after me by email some years back.

    Perhaps these spammers think Ireland is a suburb of Boston.

    --
    Steve O'Hara-Smith
    Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Sunday, September 18, 2022 14:21:51
    On 18/09/2022 08:29, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
    On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:22:09 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    "This is the Canada Revenue Agency. Please call back immediately
    regarding your tax return. Be aware that failure to reply, or
    not replying truthfully, can result in severe penalties."

    Yeah, right.

    That would be a skilful spammer, most assume you're in the USA.
    I've had no end of issues with my First National and Bank of America accounts, also problems with my amazon.com prime account, the FBI seem to have lost interest they were after me by email some years back.

    Perhaps these spammers think Ireland is a suburb of Boston.

    Joe Biden seems to think it is...


    --
    "Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and
    higher education positively fortifies it."

    - Stephen Vizinczey

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:770/3 to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Sunday, September 18, 2022 16:15:58
    On 2022-09-18, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

    On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:22:09 GMT
    Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

    "This is the Canada Revenue Agency. Please call back immediately
    regarding your tax return. Be aware that failure to reply, or
    not replying truthfully, can result in severe penalties."

    Yeah, right.

    That would be a skilful spammer, most assume you're in the USA.

    Yup. In the e-mail version, they even attach Government of Canada logos
    to make it look more convincing.

    I've had no end of issues with my First National and Bank of America accounts, also problems with my amazon.com prime account, the FBI seem
    to have lost interest they were after me by email some years back.

    For a while I was getting bogus notices of outstanding traffic tickets.
    They did a good job of sounding threatening while omitting minor bits
    of information like location, licence number, etc. One of them attached
    a photo of a street I've never seen, complete with a time stamp stating
    that it was UTC+2. Since our time zone is (currently) UTC-7, that was
    a bit of a giveaway.

    Perhaps these spammers think Ireland is a suburb of Boston.

    I don't even know what street Canada is on.
    -- Al Capone

    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship.
    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
    / \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.

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  • From Jeff Jonas@3:770/3 to All on Monday, October 24, 2022 01:39:34
    A good tipoff is that delay before an agent comes on the line.

    Some of them wait until they hear a voice
    before transferring the call

    NEVER say "hello". The predictive dialer listens for that.
    I always say "good morning/evening/...".
    That usually gets silence.
    --

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  • From Jeff Jonas@3:770/3 to All on Monday, October 24, 2022 01:38:06
    It is odd isn't it that in the days when only some people had tape
    based answering machines they tended to get used ...

    And the tapes were easy to archive.
    Try to save/download voicemail. No such option.
    --

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