419 SCAM?

sweetwater · 09-04-2010, 07:14 AM

Not "419", but I've had 123456 or something close. It was simply a known associate calling me via Skype. I wouldn't pick up the 419 until the originator is identified and you feel like talking, though. Numbers can be blocked, but last I checked, it was at a cost.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 11:58 AM

Here, on regular phone lines, you can punch in a code (shown in the phone book) to block your number from being shown. You can also punch in a code to block calls from any phone with a blocked number.

I haven't checked to see if you can do that with FIOS or Comcast, but with caller ID, I just don't answer calls that don't identify the caller.

kerosene · 09-05-2010, 02:15 PM

I get texts from pre-pubescents, chiding me for my choice in boyfriend and calling me Sonny. It does no good to tell them I am not her, either. They try to make friends with me.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 08:36 PM

Well that's handy, if you get the urge to make pre-pubescent stew.

09-04-2010, 07:14 AM	#1
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Not "419", but I've had 123456 or something close. It was simply a known associate calling me via Skype. I wouldn't pick up the 419 until the originator is identified and you feel like talking, though. Numbers can be blocked, but last I checked, it was at a cost. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

09-05-2010, 11:58 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Here, on regular phone lines, you can punch in a code (shown in the phone book) to block your number from being shown. You can also punch in a code to block calls from any phone with a blocked number. I haven't checked to see if you can do that with FIOS or Comcast, but with caller ID, I just don't answer calls that don't identify the caller. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-05-2010, 08:36 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well that's handy, if you get the urge to make pre-pubescent stew. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-05-2010, 02:15 PM	#3
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I get texts from pre-pubescents, chiding me for my choice in boyfriend and calling me Sonny. It does no good to tell them I am not her, either. They try to make friends with me.

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