There must be something about
my new landline at home that just makes spam callers itch to call it. It seems
like I’ve had more junk calls in the past few weeks than in entire years in the
past. I’ve been blocking a few more of them each day. (And there’s a series of
numbers from Bellevue, Wash., that just keeps trying.)
So, I’m glad that Comcast
offers me a more robust call blocking capability than Verizon FIOS did. Their
offering was so convoluted to set up that I got the impression that they
actually wanted to encourage the spam calls.
Also—Verizon does not support NOMOROBO,
the free platform to block actual robo calls, which rather lends credence to my
suspicion.
Well, yesterday I was waiting
for a handyman to show up and in the middle of trying to activate NOMOROBO,
when the phone rang with a Vienna, Va., number on Caller ID. I picked up
because I was expecting the handyman, with an unknown-to-me mobile number to be
calling, but “Jennifer” from some “vehicle warranty” outfit launched her spiel.
Seems they’ve sent me several notices that the warranty on my “vehicle” is
about to expire, and…
Well, dear reader, my Saab is
16 years old, and the warranty expired 13 years ago, so this was a wasted call
on “Jennifer’s” part.
I’ve got NOMOROBO installed.
Let’s hope it works better than the Do Not Call Registry. Someone on Twitter
posited that the Do Not Call Registry sells the numbers we register with them
to telemarketers. It certainly doesn’t seem to stop them.
Unless there are about 14,277
callers per day who aren’t getting
through.
Meanwhile, if you want to talk
with “Jennifer” about extending your vehicle’s warranty, give her a call. Her
number is 571 474 1049.
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