US breaks up IRS phone scam operation

Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by duxup on Monday July 23, 2018 @11:51PM (#17597993)

My wife gets a call every day about how she is being sued..... every day a new nasty VM.

I'm talking to random scammers more now because I'm looking for a job and I feel like I have to answer the phone even if I don't recognize the number. Man it is annoying.

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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by voodooranger on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @04:13AM (#17599027)

The workaround I used for this was Google Voice. I put the Google Voice number on my resume and in settings told it to use my own GV number as the caller id. If I saw a call coming from the GV number I knew it was a response to my resume. For some reason my GV number doesn’t attract scammers.

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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by nasredin on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @10:16AM (#17601192)

Pro tip for you: you can "port" out your number to your cellular provider.

Zero spam for me for a long time. Yes, zero!

Also see the T Mobile spam service. There's two you have to turn on IIRC.

YouMail for voicemail is good too.

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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by duxup on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @08:49PM (#17606135)

Thank you!

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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by Sangermaine on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @10:17AM (#17601201)

I have a GV number as my work number on my cards, site, etc. and I still get spam through it, though admittedly less than through my personal number.

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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by duxup on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @08:49PM (#17606133)

That is a great tip, thanks!

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