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Nuisance calls.
« on: 01 June 2015, 11:23:54 »

These recorded messages are really starting to piss me off. >:(

Apparently I need to claim against Lloyds, Nat West, etc..etc, for wrongly selling  me their  piss poor financial products. Financial products such as PPI. We now get five or six of these calls each day. >:(

This morning the call came in at 6.36 A.M. >:(

The crazy thing is this.....when I dialed 1471 to see if the shitheads had left a number I was surprised to hear my own telephone number. ???

Usually I am unable to get a contact number.




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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #1 on: 01 June 2015, 12:36:12 »

Yes I can understand your ire.  ::)                                                  Must be really aggravating that bloody Opti fella keep phoning you!  ;D
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #2 on: 01 June 2015, 13:29:42 »

Have you reached that "certain age" Opti? Or perhaps you,ve been added to a suckers list. :D
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #3 on: 01 June 2015, 14:50:06 »

These scumbags calling day and night need prosecuting , the ones that are calling me have changed tactics now and ringing at 7.30pm most nights  :(
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #4 on: 01 June 2015, 17:36:34 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #5 on: 01 June 2015, 17:40:49 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it

I remember listening to a radio 4 programme about a filtering system that gathered intel through it's users and was a non-profit thing aimed at OAPs.  There was some legal wranggling too but I cannot for the life of me remember the details.  Very interesting concept and could work.

I have long though about devloping a scraper to glean info off of those telepest forums and then sending the data through a AI engine to determine the accuracy and develop a live database for such a feature.  I have the AI engine that can understand freeform text already......
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #6 on: 01 June 2015, 17:47:15 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it

I remember listening to a radio 4 programme about a filtering system that gathered intel through it's users and was a non-profit thing aimed at OAPs.  There was some legal wranggling too but I cannot for the life of me remember the details.  Very interesting concept and could work.

I have long though about devloping a scraper to glean info off of those telepest forums and then sending the data through a AI engine to determine the accuracy and develop a live database for such a feature.  I have the AI engine that can understand freeform text already......
I have a posh phone setup that redirects certain numbers to a recorded message of my making. Witheld numbers have to jump through a hoop to get to me :)
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #7 on: 01 June 2015, 17:49:51 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it

I remember listening to a radio 4 programme about a filtering system that gathered intel through it's users and was a non-profit thing aimed at OAPs.  There was some legal wranggling too but I cannot for the life of me remember the details.  Very interesting concept and could work.

I have long though about devloping a scraper to glean info off of those telepest forums and then sending the data through a AI engine to determine the accuracy and develop a live database for such a feature.  I have the AI engine that can understand freeform text already......
I have a posh phone setup that redirects certain numbers to a recorded message of my making. Witheld numbers have to jump through a hoop to get to me :)

Witheld number are a problem for me as the virtual secretary service my company uses calls from one, as does the Army.....along with break loads of telepesterers .  Gets tiring and expensive when you work abroad >:(
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #8 on: 01 June 2015, 17:54:10 »

Just had alook at the robot.txt file of a few of the sites I would scrape from and I think it could work.......
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #9 on: 01 June 2015, 18:25:17 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it

I remember listening to a radio 4 programme about a filtering system that gathered intel through it's users and was a non-profit thing aimed at OAPs.  There was some legal wranggling too but I cannot for the life of me remember the details.  Very interesting concept and could work.

I have long though about devloping a scraper to glean info off of those telepest forums and then sending the data through a AI engine to determine the accuracy and develop a live database for such a feature.  I have the AI engine that can understand freeform text already......
I have a posh phone setup that redirects certain numbers to a recorded message of my making. Witheld numbers have to jump through a hoop to get to me :)

Witheld number are a problem for me as the virtual secretary service my company uses calls from one, as does the Army.....along with break loads of telepesterers .  Gets tiring and expensive when you work abroad >:(
VoIP an option?

Certainly when I'm abroad (always for pleasure), I use VoIP successfully, either via Sipgate or via an extension off Asterisk.
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #10 on: 01 June 2015, 18:53:05 »

I never answer the house phone straight away.I always let it run to answerphone,then if it's someone I know/want to talk to I pick up,if not I just ignore it.
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #11 on: 01 June 2015, 20:28:14 »

A while back there was some bloke who rigged up a system that actually made him money off these nuisance calls . And another one that took the nuisance callers to court and won .
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #12 on: 01 June 2015, 22:08:13 »

Its rife, and other than change your number, 3 parts of buggerall you can do about it

I remember listening to a radio 4 programme about a filtering system that gathered intel through it's users and was a non-profit thing aimed at OAPs.  There was some legal wranggling too but I cannot for the life of me remember the details.  Very interesting concept and could work.

I have long though about devloping a scraper to glean info off of those telepest forums and then sending the data through a AI engine to determine the accuracy and develop a live database for such a feature.  I have the AI engine that can understand freeform text already......
I have a posh phone setup that redirects certain numbers to a recorded message of my making. Witheld numbers have to jump through a hoop to get to me :)

Witheld number are a problem for me as the virtual secretary service my company uses calls from one, as does the Army.....along with break loads of telepesterers .  Gets tiring and expensive when you work abroad >:(
VoIP an option?

Certainly when I'm abroad (always for pleasure), I use VoIP successfully, either via Sipgate or via an extension off Asterisk.

Not for incoming and especially where I work in Lyon which is in the arse-end of nowhere.....
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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #13 on: 02 June 2015, 08:10:33 »

bt6500 = peace and quiet 99% of the time

Annoyingly shit phones apart from that very valuable feature though, the newer 8500 etc may well be better

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Re: Nuisance calls.
« Reply #14 on: 02 June 2015, 10:10:14 »

I ha e no friends, so  I talk to them, play them along, and eventually,they go you've just wasted my time, to which,I reply "that's the idea".
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