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> the special 3 beeps intro actually works to fool robo-dialers I've setup a service so if the number is withheld or international, it plays a recording asking
by lucaspiller 11y ago
> the special 3 beeps intro actually works to fool robo-dialers
I've setup a service so if the number is withheld or international, it plays a recording asking the user to press 1 to speak to a person. It works 95% of the time.
I assume the dialers interpret it as an answer machine so don't connect the call to a real person. A couple of family members have withheld numbers, and they know they just need to press 1 as soon as they here it to reach us.
- ultramancool 11y agoAlmost every single telemarketing call I get these days is coming from not only my own area code but also my own prefix (using random, clearly spoofed numbers). Incredibly annoying, it's at the point where I don't answer the phone for anyone in my own prefix who I don't already have in contacts.