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ShazzieB

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5. I tried searching a few known numbers to test it out.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:07 AM

Aug 2021

Two were landlines, and the search results looked to be accurate. Cell phone numbers are another matter, however.

When I searched my own cell phone number, it gave me the name of the cell phone carrier that originally issued the number. But I've switched carriers (multiple times) since then. I suspect that would happen a lot, since most cell phone numbers are portable, and people switch carriers all the time.

Also, most of the scam calls I get these days show fake numbers on the caller i.d. I think this is a nice idea in theory, but not so great in actuality.

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THE ULTIMATE METHOD OF SCAMMER PAYBACK [View all] douglas9 Aug 2021 OP

Damn that is one long process considering all the scam calls I get Farmer-Rick Aug 2021 #1

many of these callers use redirects and steal ppls phone number . AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #3

Oh, wow, I've had that happen. Farmer-Rick Aug 2021 #6

many are known to be dialed out of country and use redirect numbers AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #4

will this work with robocals and hit and runs ? that is the majioroty of calls AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #2

I tried searching a few known numbers to test it out. ShazzieB Aug 2021 #5

I have a solution that seems to work well. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #7