Re: Spam Phone Call

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or try this:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

<http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html>

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM, <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When we moved my mom out of her old house into an assisted-living
> apartment I transferred her old phone number to a cell phone.  She used to
> get a ton of calls soliciting money from the elderly.  She had a new
> number at the apartment and anyone who mattered knew what it was.  Every
> time the cell phone rang I answered "Hello, Budget Rent-A-Car.  This is
> Dave.  Can I help you?".  The confused solicitor would often ask for my
> mom.  I would tell them that she didn't work here and asked when they
> wanted to rent a car.  They would often apologize and say that they must
> have got the wrong number.  It worked better than the state/federal
> no-call lists.  After awhile the calls stopped coming.
>
>
> Dave Parnin
> --
> Nishikawa Cooper, LLC
> (formerly Nishikawa Standard Company)
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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