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If you're willing to tempt fait, the best way to 'opt-out' is to tell people, when they call asking to speak to 'your name', that 'your name' sadly passed away

by jmkni 2y ago

If you're willing to tempt fait, the best way to 'opt-out' is to tell people, when they call asking to speak to 'your name', that 'your name' sadly passed away recently.

actionfromafar 2y ago
I have tried that, with a particular caller. They always call back.
- rolph 2y ago
  that sounds very traumatizing, next explain that you have, filed for injunctive relief from emotional duress due to actions of defendant. and cant speak any further as instructed by legal cousel
j-bos 2y ago
Could cause you to be listed as deceased in some database sending your life into a Kafka story.
- lupire 2y ago
  "How do you know he's dead?" "I called him on the phone and he told me!"
  - lazide 2y ago
    Called on the phone - and the person who picked it up said the dude was dead. Which is how it plays out when someone dies, generally, and the family is there dealing with the aftermath. FYI.
bragr 2y ago
I knew someone falsely declared dead (probably a paperwork mixed up around pensions when his ex-spouse died). Without warning, he lost all of his pensions, social security, medicare, etc, along with most financial institutions freezing accounts and canceling credit cards. Many long phone calls, letters, and lawyers eventually resolve most, but that never fully purged the public and private death records so there would be random issue for the rest of his life (failing fraud checks, brief interruptions to pensions, trouble with the cable company).
- avh02 2y ago
  You'd think something like that would require a death certificate to actually happen
  - red-iron-pine 2y ago
    most places do. though often a poor quality faxed copy is sufficient
  - bragr 2y ago
    There _was_ a death certificate, just not his >probably a paperwork mixed up around pensions when his ex-spouse died
autoexec 2y ago
I prefer to just never answer a phone call unless I know who is calling and it's someone I know personally and want to speak to. Even then, those people know I'd rather they text anyway so when they do call it's more likely to be really important.
dawnerd 2y ago
Data brokers don’t care. Whoever calls you will move on but that’s it.

by jmkni 2y ago

If you're willing to tempt fait, the best way to 'opt-out' is to tell people, when they call asking to speak to 'your name', that 'your name' sadly passed away recently.

actionfromafar 2y ago

I have tried that, with a particular caller. They always call back.

rolph 2y ago
that sounds very traumatizing, next explain that you have, filed for injunctive relief from emotional duress due to actions of defendant. and cant speak any further as instructed by legal cousel

j-bos 2y ago

Could cause you to be listed as deceased in some database sending your life into a Kafka story.

lupire 2y ago
"How do you know he's dead?" "I called him on the phone and he told me!"
- lazide 2y ago
  Called on the phone - and the person who picked it up said the dude was dead. Which is how it plays out when someone dies, generally, and the family is there dealing with the aftermath. FYI.

bragr 2y ago

I knew someone falsely declared dead (probably a paperwork mixed up around pensions when his ex-spouse died). Without warning, he lost all of his pensions, social security, medicare, etc, along with most financial institutions freezing accounts and canceling credit cards. Many long phone calls, letters, and lawyers eventually resolve most, but that never fully purged the public and private death records so there would be random issue for the rest of his life (failing fraud checks, brief interruptions to pensions, trouble with the cable company).

avh02 2y ago
You'd think something like that would require a death certificate to actually happen
- red-iron-pine 2y ago
  most places do. though often a poor quality faxed copy is sufficient
- bragr 2y ago
  There _was_ a death certificate, just not his >probably a paperwork mixed up around pensions when his ex-spouse died

autoexec 2y ago

I prefer to just never answer a phone call unless I know who is calling and it's someone I know personally and want to speak to. Even then, those people know I'd rather they text anyway so when they do call it's more likely to be really important.

dawnerd 2y ago

Data brokers don’t care. Whoever calls you will move on but that’s it.