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Anyone with a telephone number in the United States of America can testify to the fact no government entity enforces the National Do Not Call List and that scam artists seem to classify themselves with political pollsters.\u00a0 In other words, they all believe they have some God given right to annoy the (&)(*&) out of you.\u00a0 Normally I’m on site and my cell phone only gets 10-20 calls per month of the “you’ve just won a free vacation, we only need your credit card number to hold it for you” variety.\u00a0 Since the end of August though, I’ve been working remotely and my land line appears to be widely abused.\u00a0 On any given Thursday it can see 10-20 scam phone calls, many from the same numbers.<\/p>\n

You can only file so many complaints with the Do Not Call List and log so many calls on 1-800notes.com before you realize absolutely nobody is doing their job when it comes to cleaning up the phone scams.\u00a0 A problem made worse with el-cheapo VOIP (Voice Over IP) services in third\/fourth\/fifth world countries.\u00a0 Even if they did get shut down, 10 minutes later they are up with a new IP address.<\/p>\n

Possibly the most annoying of these callers, yes, even slightly more annoying that pollsters and politicians (all of whom should be banned from ever calling anyone who doesn’t actively OPT-IN to be called) are the “number verifiers.”\u00a0 These scams call, ring twice and hang up before voicemail could kick in.\u00a0 What they are trying to do is get you to see a “missed call” notice and just reflex-dial back.\u00a0 Some are just selling a list of phone numbers owned by verified idiots.\u00a0 The others using this tactic have the phone number connected to a 1-900 or other pay by the minute phone “service.”\u00a0 There have been rumors some of these numbers have been associated with supposed technical support companies charging as much as $45 for the first minute or part thereof.<\/p>\n

At any rate, frustration will eventually get the better of you.\u00a0 Yes, I keep a list of the most annoying phone numbers and don’t answer when I see them, but the ringing phone still pulls me out of my thoughts.\u00a0 Not cool for a software developer.\u00a0 Quite a few people seemed to be raving about this CPR CallBlocker product.\u00a0 It claimed to have a thousand or so of the worst telemarketer numbers pre-programmed into the device and you could add 1000 or so of your own.\u00a0 It was around $50 on eBay, so I bought one.
\n\"CPR<\/a>
\nBig mistake.<\/p>\n

You have to use your own phone to dial numbers into the device.\u00a0 No, the device doesn’t catch everything after the # is hit or whatever.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The phone company actually gets every button press because the device is line powered.\u00a0 It isn’t “pre-programmed with a list” either.\u00a0 It starts out with an empty white list.\u00a0 I know this because the very first time I tested it using my personal cell phone (which I’ve had for a decade or more) to call my land line I was blocked.\u00a0 So were my parents and everyone else who called me.\u00a0 Hence, how I found out about entering white list numbers.\u00a0 Once entered, it seemed like there was a 1:3 chance a white list caller would still be blocked.\u00a0 I’m shipping it back to the United Kingdom where it came from.<\/p>\n

I then bought this Monster Call Blocker thing.\u00a0 It was also $50, but it had a big display AND it required external power.\u00a0 I had read most of the line powered blocker devices are plagued with problems due to varying voltage levels of different local phone companies.\u00a0 That certainly seemed to be my experience with the previous product.<\/p>\n

I love the Monster Blocker<\/a>.
\n\"Monster<\/a>
\nIt works the way one expects.\u00a0 A shiny new phone number rings through.\u00a0 After you either answer the phone or simply ignore the caller and look their number up on the Internet, you can press the down button on the device to redisplay the number.\u00a0 While the number is displayed you simply press block.\u00a0 That’s it.\u00a0 No matter how many times after that they try to call your phone doesn’t ring.\u00a0 It will still light up and the caller ID will still display their information, but no annoying ring.\u00a0 I have my phone behind me at my desk, so I don’t even see it light up.\u00a0 A few weeks ago I was shocked to look at my phone near the end of day and see more than a dozen missed calls.\u00a0 I scrolled through the caller ID log on the phone.\u00a0 Every one of them was a known scammer.\u00a0 Not one of them caused my phone to ring.<\/p>\n

Peace and quiet . . . priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone with a telephone number in the United States of America can testify to the fact no government entity enforces the National Do Not Call List and that scam artists seem to classify themselves with political pollsters.\u00a0 In other words, they all believe they have some God given right to annoy the (&)(*&) out of you.\u00a0 Normally I’m on site and my cell phone only gets 10-20 calls per month of the “you’ve just won … The Call Blocker Saga<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[858,859],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another","tag-call-blocker-device","tag-call-blocker-review","bnm-entry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Call Blocker Saga – Logikal Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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