[asterisk-users] Telemarketer Torture.... (was: Re: asterisk-users Digest, Vol 44, Issue 49)

[Matthew Rubenstein]

	You could accept as the "passcode" the caller punching in their own
phone#, then checking that against your whitelist. Lets associates get
past the challenge when using someone else's phone, without their
remembering some arbitrary passcode.

	And strangers or barred old associates who abuse it can get an earful
about how you're suing them for wire fraud. Preferably after you
transfer them to an extension that plays a recording asking for their
current calling#, so "you" can call them right back, and then the script
threatens them. Automatically emailing your district attorney with their
contact info optional.


On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 12:00 -0500,
asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:37:00 +0000
> From: Horwich IT Services (Godwin Stewart) <g.stewart at horwits.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Telemarketer Torture....
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Message-ID: <20080316143700.2e1952af.g.stewart at horwits.co.uk>
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> 
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:50:50 -0500, Lyle Giese <lyle at lcrcomputer.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > I just forward them to one of those two extensions. If callerid
> worked
> > more reliably I would automate it. But I get a lot of caller id
> failures
> > on my incoming POTS lines, esp when calling in from my cell phone.
> 
> The way I worked around this problem was to give a passcode to people
> I want
> to hear from even if they conceal CLI.
> 
> If an inbound call comes in without CLI (or with CLI but the number is
> in
> my blocklist for that matter), I forward it to a recorded message
> saying
> "Caller ID screening is in operation. Please press 1 if you are an
> authorized caller". When the user complies, they're prompted for the
> passcode. If it's correct, then the call is forwarded to my extension.
> 
> Those I do want to hear from are not just blown off, they have a
> chance to
> get through to me regardless of the screening. Teleslime doesn't, and
> they've paid for the call anyway.
> 
> -- 
> Godwin Stewart - Horwich IT services
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(C) Matthew Rubenstein