[ale] LT: IRS scams peaking now

Brian Stanaland brian at stanaland.org
Thu Apr 27 17:07:38 EDT 2017


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--Brian

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 2:28 PM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> 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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