[ARC5] Spammers...

[Leslie Smith]

  In Australia we have a register that allows a household to list their
  phone on a 'do not call' register.
  The problem is that the register must be re-done every three years.

  73 de Les Smith
  vk2bcu at operamail.com


On Sat, Apr 11, 2015, at 04:23, Scott Robinson wrote:
> Agreed about the telephone calls; I get about 6 a day, and everyone 
> interrupts what I'm doing, even if it's only napping.
> 
> Grumble.
> 
> /scott
> 
> On 4/10/15 10:26 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> > On 10 Apr 2015 at 10:16, Scott Robinson wrote:
> >
> >> Last I knew, most of the spam you get came from one of 10 companies in
> >> the good ol' USA. Remedies for this occurred to me...
> >>
> >> /scott
> >
> > Well, you are not alone. I remember reading several years ago that someone
> > in New York discovered the identity of a notorious spammer and killed him.
> >
> > Also, there is a very well known spammer in Texas who has made a lot of
> > money off spamming. He is a youngish fellow, who refuses to give interviews
> > to the media...with good reason. He drives some fancy foreign very
> > expensive car.
> >
> > My pet peeve at this point are all the cursed spamming telephone calls. We
> > get several a day.
> >
> > When I was still working, chasing viruses, etc., we discovered that, at that
> > time, the majority of really serious viruses were coming from two sources: 1)
> > the Bulgarian version of the KGB, and 2) Israel.
> >
> > Look up Stuxnet virus sometime. Very interesting reading, I assure you.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
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