tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5475403288874028075..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Kranky Kalls Telemarketing Tales 2Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-20231311777765450002018-04-30T08:13:32.386-04:002018-04-30T08:13:32.386-04:00Thanks for several laughs, Leigh. Don't want ...Thanks for several laughs, Leigh. Don't want to hurt your feelings, but Glen sounds like more fun to harass by phone than you do. Just glad the cowhide and sex number responses didn't get crossed. I may have laughed my head off.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21495648845906575822018-04-22T17:33:08.155-04:002018-04-22T17:33:08.155-04:00Amen to that, Elizabeth. I enjoy the Jane characte...Amen to that, Elizabeth. I enjoy the Jane character and Callie of course. I read a novella recently– trying to think of the title– in which a central character was part of a petty crime / psychic hot line / phone sex schemers if not scammers. I'm probably thinking of Gillian Flynn's The Grownup.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-46502547773961344342018-04-22T15:16:29.296-04:002018-04-22T15:16:29.296-04:00Yeah, Fran's sassy, smart character Jane is ex...Yeah, Fran's sassy, smart character Jane is <b>exactly</b> the type of person who could make a telemarketer sorry he ever thought of ringing her number! She'd solve the case, with Callie's help of course, & have a wonderful time too.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54175937439143569832018-04-22T14:02:51.940-04:002018-04-22T14:02:51.940-04:00Elizabeth, thanks for seeing ahead last week. It&#...Elizabeth, thanks for seeing ahead last week. It's really fun when Windows Corp claims my computer has a problem… and it's a Mac. I should mention this article to Fran Rizer. In her Callie Parrish series, Callie's blind best friend works as a phone sex operator.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-6407772698556780542018-04-22T12:44:26.682-04:002018-04-22T12:44:26.682-04:00I'm secretary of our block club so I always an...I'm secretary of our block club so I always answer calls that supposedly originate here in Buffalo because it's possible the person is calling on block club business. But we get spoofed an awful lot. It seems to me that the technology exists, or could be invented, to defeat spoofing attempts, but there's probably no money in "preventing" such calls.<br /><br />Several years ago I got a call from an Indian-sounding man who said he was calling from "Windows Corporation" because my computer was sending out a distress signal that he could hear in Mumbai or wherever. When I finished laughing I explained very patiently that the company was Microsoft, the product was Windows, & there was no way in hell my puter was sending any kind of signal. Now, years later, I still get those kind of calls but at least they are allegedly from Microsoft.<br /><br />The grandparent scam is popular in this area, I see notices about it all the time, but I don't have grandchildren.<br /><br />I'm going to steal that idea of pretending to be a phone sex line charging $3.95 per minute ... HAHAHAHAHA, can't wait to try that!!!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62214349133264068862018-04-22T09:03:54.372-04:002018-04-22T09:03:54.372-04:00O'Neil, I'm glad you liked.
Janice, there...O'Neil, I'm glad you liked.<br /><br />Janice, there are smart phone add-ons that try to figure out bogus calls with various degrees of success. There used to be a gadget you could hook up to your land line that would answer immediately and generate an out-of-service signal, that would cause robo-dialers to terminate the call. The downside, besides annoying legitimate callers with that signal, was that it interfered with answering machines. YouMail (mentioned in the article) generates a similar signal if it doesn't recognize a number in your contacts list.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-79654693245696123082018-04-22T07:58:35.016-04:002018-04-22T07:58:35.016-04:00Now what we need is a phone program that recognize...Now what we need is a phone program that recognizes telemarketers and goes into such a routine automatically. Would make you a fortune!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-46226346454143381812018-04-22T07:47:23.018-04:002018-04-22T07:47:23.018-04:00More funny stories. All right.More funny stories. All right.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.com