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A Possible Solution to Nuisance Calls

September 9, 2010 11:12 am

A couple of days ago, I was plagued by a boiler room scam, that decided to ring me every minute.  I reported it in this post.

It is now three days later and they are still trying occasionally, but I might have found the solution to criminals like these.

It is called trueCall and effectively screens every call that it doesn’t recognise.  All those Unavailable and International calls that are just a waste of your time are challenged and the caller is asked to identify themselves with their name before they are put through. Obviously, the time wasters don’t do this, so the system hangs up on them and asks them to leave a message.  I suspect they never will!

The system did cost £99.99 including VAT, but it was just a plug-in to install, as this picture shows.

trueCall Installation

But it was ever so easy to install and it comes with all sorts of features to be valued.

  1. It simply learns who your friends and enemies are, if you follow a few set of simple rules.
  2. It has a fully-functioning built-in answering machine.
  3. You can look at all your incoming and outcoming calls on the Internet.

I shall certainly keep it in place to innoculate me from scammers and time-wasters.

Posted by AnonW

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5 Responses to “A Possible Solution to Nuisance Calls”

  1. This sounds good, I have a relative who regularly calls many times a day. Hence I never answer my phone, I listen to the answering machine to see who it is. Something like this might be a great idea and in the general scheme of things, it isnt really expensive

    By Liz P on September 9, 2010 at 2:13 pm

  2. I saw the guy who designed it on Thursday night. There’s a lot of thought behind it and he knows the problems of nuisance calls well.

    We may develop other ideas together, if I get well enough to type better.

    By AnonW on September 11, 2010 at 8:39 pm

  3. I realise that after typing well and accurately for many years, not be able to his difficult and frustrating – I go through spells of the same problem myself, but not badly enough for it to stop me doing things. If you are prevented from doing things, would voice recognition software help?

    By Liz P on September 11, 2010 at 9:38 pm

  4. i would love to see a massive price drop on internet phones coz i like to buy lots of em :*.

    By Eleanor Simpson on December 2, 2010 at 10:08 am

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