Countering threats from North Korea

Re:Countering threats from North Korea by illiac786 on Monday March 28, 2022 @01:15AM (#30827355)

I live in Germany and I get a lot of spam calls and spam SMS. It's always in waves. Some days I stop answering calls if I don't recognise the number, because its one of these days where Interpol has informwd me already three times that my identity was stolen and I have to give them all my details to fix this ..... They're very patient at Interpol, I keep hanging up on them and they never give up.

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Re:Countering threats from North Korea by eru on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:49AM (#30828563)

When I have a spammer/scammer on the phone (and I actually picked up), I usually just put my phone on mute and stop talking to them. They waste a bit more time that way before they hang up (without more effort from me).

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Re:Countering threats from North Korea by batch12 on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:31AM (#30829360)

I try to help them out by letting them know that I have been trying to reach them about their car's extended warranty.

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Re:Countering threats from North Korea by eru on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:52AM (#30838905)

That's fun, when you have the time and want to spend it.

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Re:Countering threats from North Korea by ge96 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:33AM (#30839112)

Side anecdote, I was taking to some sales people and they mentioned this concept of "ringless voicemails" ugh idk why people have no shame.

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Re:Countering threats from North Korea by eru on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @09:02AM (#30854578)

I solve that problem by just not having any voicemail box.

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