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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 30, 2014 14:09:47 GMT -5
I'm waiting for a call from the local CSA representative to set up our veggie delivery this summer. I tried calling several times yesterday with no results.
So this morning, I get a phone call where both the phone's caller ID and the one through the TV came up with the local rep's name and number, so I picked it up to get this message:
"Stay on the line to learn how you can get your FREE cruise to the Bahamas. Agents standing by."
How did they do this? How did a telemarketer manage to shanghai my caller ID with the last phone call that I made on our landline?
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Sam_2.0
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Post by Sam_2.0 on May 30, 2014 14:13:32 GMT -5
Isn't technology wonderful?  Are you sure there wasn't just a glitch in your caller ID software? DH had that happen on his cell the other day - no matter who he tried to call it ended up dialing the last person who had called him instead. Rebooting the system fixed it right up. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 30, 2014 14:18:21 GMT -5
Isn't technology wonderful? Are you sure there wasn't just a glitch in your caller ID software? DH had that happen on his cell the other day - no matter who he tried to call it ended up dialing the last person who had called him instead. Rebooting the system fixed it right up. I'm not sure. This is a landline, not a cell phone. |
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Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on May 30, 2014 15:01:38 GMT -5
It's called "Caller ID Spoofing". They can literally (I don't know how) make the caller ID show a different # that what they are calling from.
And it's annoying as hell. I rarely answer the phone anymore unless the caller ID shows someone I know.
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whoami
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Post by whoami on May 30, 2014 19:49:17 GMT -5
Most of the telemarking calls I get are a local number. The only people I want to talk to get my cell number.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 30, 2014 19:57:39 GMT -5
I have had out-of-state telemarketers call me using a local area code and a person's name as opposed to a business name. That way, you pick up the phone and at worst, think it might be a wrong number. I answered the phone and 'bam' - the same credit counseling recording I have received countless times from various out-of-state area codes.
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Post by buystoys on May 30, 2014 21:26:41 GMT -5
I suspect enough of them have been turned in by Do Not Call numbers that it was only a matter of time before they came up with a new gimmick.  |
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Post by tloonya on May 31, 2014 10:18:05 GMT -5
I am wondering if all these commotions are worth the time they are wasting having IMO 99% of people hanging up or telling them what to do...
However if they are still doing it - there MUST be a profit in all this crapdoing...
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 31, 2014 11:27:13 GMT -5
It's called "Caller ID Spoofing". They can literally (I don't know how) make the caller ID show a different # that what they are calling from. And it's annoying as hell. I rarely answer the phone anymore unless the caller ID shows someone I know. That is my point, GG.....I was looking for a call from this person, my caller ID showed up her name and it wasn't her. |
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Post by thyme4change on May 31, 2014 12:40:03 GMT -5
I pay $140 per year to have a landline - just so I can keep my cell phone number from any list that might turn into a telemarketing list. I never answer it. It is either someone trying to take my money, or my mother.
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Spellbound454
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Post by Spellbound454 on May 31, 2014 13:30:26 GMT -5
Drives me mad....the phone never stops ringing. I don't want a person bothering me in my own home, when I have got in from a hard days work.  I pay for a landline too.......but with it come all this harassment. |
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on May 31, 2014 14:26:46 GMT -5
Drives me mad....the phone never stops ringing. I don't want a person bothering me in my own home, when I have got in from a hard days work. I pay for a landline too.......but with it come all this harassment. Turn off the ringer, and just check caller id and messages once a day or so. |
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