[ale] OT: blocking phone numbers

[Pete Hardie]

You probably do not want to do that, because the scammers are choosing a
number that is your area code + exchange, so blocking that would block many
legit numbers.  I routinely see numbers that match my AC+EX with different
last 4 digits

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:59 AM Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I've had the same problem for YEARS.  Same prefix as my phone.
>
> AT&T.
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:46:53AM -0400, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:
> > On 8/25/2021 10:39, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
> > >Lately I've been getting phone calls with good deals on Medicare :)
> > >
> > >Seems to come from phone numbers with different last 4 digits.
> > >
> > >How can I block entire "subnet" of phone numbers.
> > >
> > >Android.
> > >
> > >
> > >_______________________________________________
> > >Ale mailing list
> > >Ale at ale.org
> > >https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > >See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> > >http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> >
> > Which carrier do you have?
> >
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>


-- 
Pete Hardie
--------
Better Living Through Bitmaps
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20210825/e53cad0f/attachment.htm>