Robocaller talking to telemarketer jammer
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Last week there was some discussion about telemarketers on this board. I thought I would share an example of a telemarketer talking to my server[^]. The two "kids" and the "old man (father)" are my server talking. The "woman" is a robocall. So this is their computer talking to my computer. I built this system almost 7 years ago. It detects telemarketers and has a "conversation" with them to waste their time. The calls are recorded, transcoded to mp3, and emailed to me to laugh at later. It even sends a DTMF "1" after the first round, as most telemarketers say "press 1 to be connected to a real person." It has a near 100% success rate. This has been so entertaining over the years that I am considering removing my phone numbers from the "do not call" list and even adding "honeypot" DID's to my PBX.
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Last week there was some discussion about telemarketers on this board. I thought I would share an example of a telemarketer talking to my server[^]. The two "kids" and the "old man (father)" are my server talking. The "woman" is a robocall. So this is their computer talking to my computer. I built this system almost 7 years ago. It detects telemarketers and has a "conversation" with them to waste their time. The calls are recorded, transcoded to mp3, and emailed to me to laugh at later. It even sends a DTMF "1" after the first round, as most telemarketers say "press 1 to be connected to a real person." It has a near 100% success rate. This has been so entertaining over the years that I am considering removing my phone numbers from the "do not call" list and even adding "honeypot" DID's to my PBX.
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Last week there was some discussion about telemarketers on this board. I thought I would share an example of a telemarketer talking to my server[^]. The two "kids" and the "old man (father)" are my server talking. The "woman" is a robocall. So this is their computer talking to my computer. I built this system almost 7 years ago. It detects telemarketers and has a "conversation" with them to waste their time. The calls are recorded, transcoded to mp3, and emailed to me to laugh at later. It even sends a DTMF "1" after the first round, as most telemarketers say "press 1 to be connected to a real person." It has a near 100% success rate. This has been so entertaining over the years that I am considering removing my phone numbers from the "do not call" list and even adding "honeypot" DID's to my PBX.
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Oh, it does a LOT more than just this. There are a few telemarketers who REALLY piss me off. The ones who keep calling, literally hundreds of times. For those, I track down the company responsible (manual detective work), and I find the phone number of their company. The real phone number. Then I have my server REDIRECT the telemarketer to their own number. I have a rule table of those telemarketers and their related parent numbers. So, when they call me, they hear their OWN MAIN SWITCHBOARD answer. I cannot describe how satisfying this is. And my PBX is still in the loop recording the hilarity. That is usually all it takes to get them to permanently remove me from their call list, although I had one company continue for 6 months. I have fallen down from laughing so hard...
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Oh, it does a LOT more than just this. There are a few telemarketers who REALLY piss me off. The ones who keep calling, literally hundreds of times. For those, I track down the company responsible (manual detective work), and I find the phone number of their company. The real phone number. Then I have my server REDIRECT the telemarketer to their own number. I have a rule table of those telemarketers and their related parent numbers. So, when they call me, they hear their OWN MAIN SWITCHBOARD answer. I cannot describe how satisfying this is. And my PBX is still in the loop recording the hilarity. That is usually all it takes to get them to permanently remove me from their call list, although I had one company continue for 6 months. I have fallen down from laughing so hard...
This is evil. Evil and right. I admire you. :thumbsup:
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This is evil. Evil and right. I admire you. :thumbsup:
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver "When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Oh, it does a LOT more than just this. There are a few telemarketers who REALLY piss me off. The ones who keep calling, literally hundreds of times. For those, I track down the company responsible (manual detective work), and I find the phone number of their company. The real phone number. Then I have my server REDIRECT the telemarketer to their own number. I have a rule table of those telemarketers and their related parent numbers. So, when they call me, they hear their OWN MAIN SWITCHBOARD answer. I cannot describe how satisfying this is. And my PBX is still in the loop recording the hilarity. That is usually all it takes to get them to permanently remove me from their call list, although I had one company continue for 6 months. I have fallen down from laughing so hard...
Awesome. Just awesome. :cool:
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Last week there was some discussion about telemarketers on this board. I thought I would share an example of a telemarketer talking to my server[^]. The two "kids" and the "old man (father)" are my server talking. The "woman" is a robocall. So this is their computer talking to my computer. I built this system almost 7 years ago. It detects telemarketers and has a "conversation" with them to waste their time. The calls are recorded, transcoded to mp3, and emailed to me to laugh at later. It even sends a DTMF "1" after the first round, as most telemarketers say "press 1 to be connected to a real person." It has a near 100% success rate. This has been so entertaining over the years that I am considering removing my phone numbers from the "do not call" list and even adding "honeypot" DID's to my PBX.
Wow, I used to get 1 call every 2-3 months, an indian gentleman from MS wanting me to download some software to fix the problems on my machine. After a couple of sessions of long detailed discussions on achieving well... nothing they eventually gave up. I can't remember the last time I got a telemarketer on the land line.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Wow, I used to get 1 call every 2-3 months, an indian gentleman from MS wanting me to download some software to fix the problems on my machine. After a couple of sessions of long detailed discussions on achieving well... nothing they eventually gave up. I can't remember the last time I got a telemarketer on the land line.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Did they ever figure out you were running a linux VM while on the phone with them? :laugh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt