01234567898 - Can I Block It?
11-04-2011, 14:24
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
Lol @ Kymmy, i'm currently in Bedford as i work in this hell hole, if that number is linked to an address here, someone give me it and i'll pay them a visit lol
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11-04-2011, 14:41
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
LOL, I'm only about 11 miles south
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Doing a google it seems as though the number is also associated with a few scam callers (fake council tax refunds and also charging £25 to stop sales calls for 7 years)
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12-04-2011, 20:31
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
I'm pretty well up on spoofing all things IT, being in the trade, but I just can't get my head around the possibility of spoofing a 'phone number. How is that possible?
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12-04-2011, 21:04
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
Spoofing the sender number on SMS is dead easy, but I dont think you can do it for speech calls.
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13-04-2011, 11:40
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
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Originally Posted by Paul M
Spoofing the sender number on SMS is dead easy, but I dont think you can do it for speech calls.
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You can on a VOIP line, at least with some providers. They allow you to set the outgoing number.
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16-04-2011, 14:05
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
Of course, that makes sense. I missed that one. Cheers, DG.
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26-04-2011, 08:44
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
After getting a constant stream of scam/spam calls, despite being registered with TPS, I invested in a device that intelligently blocks this stuff (the Truecall device). I've not been bothered since.
It's a bit pricey, but it works very well indeed.
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26-04-2011, 09:54
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
Sad though when we have to pay money to stop illegal calls
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26-04-2011, 13:19
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Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Sad though when we have to pay money to stop illegal calls
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Indeed.
If it was just me I'd put the phone on the side and let them wait until they got fed up. However, I work away from home a fair bit and wouldn't want my wife worrying about late-night calls or calls claiming to be from Microsoft with warnings about an infection on my PC, etc, etc...
I even had one from, presumabley, a debt collector asking about one of my neighbours (they had the cheek to get quite shirty when I told them to bugger off!).
The call blocker device now stops everything stone dead. It's a pity that functionality couldn't be built-in to telephone services.
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