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Posted: 12:37 - 04 Sep 2019 Post subject: Re: Blocking scamming spamming bastard landline calls? |
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Freddyfruitbat wrote: | So my 87 y/o mum, who lives alone and independently, is being plagued by spam/scam phone calls and the time has come to do something about it. Despite all the entreaties to hang up / ignore them, there have still been occasions when they've managed to extract bank details from her. Yeah, I know.
Not going to change her number, for all sorts of reasons, so was thinking about installing some sort of gadget which screens her incoming calls and only allows through what she wants to receive. Needs to be seamless and simple. Any ideas please? |
The TPS is your first port of call. That stops most. My landline gets a (maybe) one dodgy call a month. If you can get her to wait for 6 rings before answering, that will weed out more.
Edit: Just had a look for interest's sake.
The problem with call blocking is that you can only, AFAICS, block individual numbers, and you don't know what they will be.
The problem with whitelisting is that long-lost friends or whoever might be inadvertently disallowed.
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Posted: 22:50 - 04 Sep 2019 Post subject: Re: Blocking scamming spamming bastard landline calls? |
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Riejufixing wrote: | Freddyfruitbat wrote: | So my 87 y/o mum, who lives alone and independently, is being plagued by spam/scam phone calls and the time has come to do something about it. Despite all the entreaties to hang up / ignore them, there have still been occasions when they've managed to extract bank details from her. Yeah, I know.
Not going to change her number, for all sorts of reasons, so was thinking about installing some sort of gadget which screens her incoming calls and only allows through what she wants to receive. Needs to be seamless and simple. Any ideas please? |
The TPS is your first port of call. That stops most. My landline gets a (maybe) one dodgy call a month. If you can get her to wait for 6 rings before answering, that will weed out more.
Edit: Just had a look for interest's sake.
The problem with call blocking is that you can only, AFAICS, block individual numbers, and you don't know what they will be.
The problem with whitelisting is that long-lost friends or whoever might be inadvertently disallowed.
Hm, difficult. |
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Caller display, answerphone.
Train her not to pick up the phone. Wait for message and then pick it up if it's someone she knows.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 221 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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