Hi Eleanor,
No. I'm saying if the number is available to trueCall, you can zap or star
it. if it isn't no, you can't. However, you can configure trueCall so
that
it asks for the caller's name first, then rings your phone. If the caller
leaves no name, trueCall will say Goodbye and hang up. If the caller
leaves
a name, trueCall will then say Please wait I'm trying to put you through.
At that point your phone rings, you pick it up, then trueCall will play
the
caller's name as given with their voice and say "is calling you. Press 1
to
accept, or Hash to zap", if you press 1 you will accept the call. If you
press hash you will zap it. If you press Star, you will accept it and it
will be on your friends and family or star list. If you just hang up, it
will go to voice mail. When they ring again, it will ask for their name
again if you just hang up the first time.
Most scammers will hang up at the point of asking for their name, because
they won't give it. This also dispenses with silent calls, because by
definition they are silent. The only calls that get through are automatic
recorded calls. These though, as soon as you hear a part of the
recording,
you can press hash and if the number is not blocked, it's bye bye to them.
The beauty of this system, we call it Whisper, is that you are in control
whether the number is blocked or not. But remember, anyone on your star
list will never even know trueCall is there, it won't even intercept the
call. For any unrecognised number though, whisper willl kick in if you
turn
it on.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Eleanor Martha Burke
Sent: 11 August 2014 18:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
I don't understand that Steve, I would not know their number beforehand.
Are you sayhing that True Call knows their number even though they have
withheld it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:36 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
Hi Eleanor,
They don't have to give their number, if it is picked up on the Caller ID
system, then trueCall will grab it and you can star or zap it at any
point.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Eleanor Martha Burke
Sent: 11 August 2014 15:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
Indeed provided they give their number at that point.
----- Original Message -----
From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 3:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
hi there well i have dyson as one of my stared callers so it would not
be
blocked this is the beauty of true call you can create a stared list or
a
zap list so if the caller is not a stared list it asks them to say their
number. then truecall rings you and ask if you want to accept their
call.
of course they will say who they are but all these idiots ringing will
not
go that far so you just do not get the hassall of even hearing that they
ring you the best thing i have done since my last win at chess smile but
no being serious it really has made a big difference to not getting
silly
calls. again if it was the hospital when truecall asks them for the
number
and who they are then again you have the choice whether you anser it or
not.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 3.29 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
I understand where you are coming from John but for instance I had a
withheld phone call this afternoon and it was from Dyson who are coming
to
repair my cleaner tomorrow morning. Now if I ignored the call then I
would
miss out on the appointment. Likewise hospitals tend to withhold their
numbers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 11.07 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
> hi there this is why should should use true call this is one of my
> zapped
> numbers they are trying to get clever now and showing there number. i
> never ever pick the phone up to this kind of number or person and it
> is
> a
> shame open reach cannot stop it and we have to buy extra tools to do
> so. i
> was getting 4 or five calls per day some were genuen piano tuning
> calls
> but again never ever answer them i say. these people are getting very
> very
> clever it can be very scarey though but now for me i do not get these
> calls because of true call.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.59 am
> Subject: [access-uk] Computer Scam: Warning
>
0was
0was
0was Hi Everyone
0was
0was I know most of us know about these scams, but I thought I would
share my
0was experience of one. I have to confess that I did not just put the
phone
0was down, which I should have done, as I was intrigued to see how
things
0was would go.
0was
0was An Asian gentleman rang up last Friday afternoon. He knew my
surname
and
0was initial, which is the same as my husband's. He knew our address.
0was
0was I asked for his phone number which was
0was 02033 180712
0was
0was He said his company was
0was Windows Technical Department
0was Windows Service Centre
0was
0was He said he was investigating a cyber security breach and needed to
0was change our computer licence. He gave me the following licence
number:
0was
0was 888DCA60-FC0A-11CF-8F0F-00C04FD7D062
0was
0was He said I should type Assoc from the DOS Command line to see if
this
0was number was correct.
0was
0was I put the phone down and did some work with Google. I found an
article
0was on the net which contained this same licence key and a very
similar
0was phone number.
0was
0was My computer also has this key. It is shown on a line beginning
0was
0was $diszfsendtotarget7clsid
0was
0was When he rang back I told him what I had found and he evinced
surprise.
0was
0was He then said that if I did not let him give me a new licence key
he
0was would take the current key away and my computer would not work
again.
0was This would happen in 3 hours.
0was
0was I told him he was talking rubbish and he said if I thought he was
a
scam
0was he could not help me.
0was
0was I have found out from a Technical Support person at Eset that the
0was licence keys are issued by MicroSoft to different manufacturers.
So
Dell
0was have one, Acer have another, and so on.
0was
0was Needless to say, I am sending this message from my PC 3 days
later.
0was
0was I think some people could be rather upset if they were told their
0was machines would not work with their current licence key.
0was
0was Pele West
0was
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