[ale] LT: IRS scams peaking now

[DJ-Pfulio]

I use a different app on android, call control (free version from log
ago). There must be 50 others. They work fine.  Just checked the logs -
seems a spam caller came in 3 hrs ago, that never even rang.  Perfect.
It has whitelists and blacklists.  These seem to be reported centrally.

It is a whack-o-mole issue, IMHO.

On 04/27/2017 01:45 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> I’ve started using a little app on my iOS device called “RoboFence”.  If
> you have one of these come in, you hang up and then “share” the phone
> number with RoboFence.  it blocks that from happening again.  People
> keep updating the RoboFence database, and eventually (after a few weeks
> in my experience), the calls list under them “possible robocall” or
> “possible scam”.  Finally, after a bit longer, you no longer see the
> calls, RoboFence just keeps a list of the calls it blocks for you (in
> the event you need to review the list) and keeps your line clear.
> 
> I don’t know if it exists for Android, but it’s been awesome on my iPhone.
> 
> —j
> 
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