Answered the usual way, Social Security Administration. ID’ed himself as Officer Mark Stevens. I said I’m returning a call, he asked when did I receive it, and I answered just now. Passed the test, so he proceeded and asked for my name. I gave a hard to spell Hispanic name, and Stevens wanted to know what kind of name is that? I answered Mexican. “What does puta mean?” I said it means prostitute, and explain what prostitutes do. “How about Cabron?” I said literally it means goat, but please don’t call Mexican person a cabron because it is a bad insult. My turn: do you what maricon means? (gay) I said I think you’re maricon.
Sorry, the call didn't go as planned, so I tried to make the best of it. Asked how his scam is doing today, he said slow, because of the pandemic. But he still manages to get some sales. I offered him a business, I said I'll buy your moneypak for 50% off, just give me your TextNow number and let's make a deal. He said OK, but after consulting with someone, abruptly hung up.
When you call, ask for Maricon Stevens. It's deregatory, sorry, but it insults their masculinity.
@josephnormandgrinnell#139269 I watched your video, and noticed you used star 67. Just in case you don’t know, most toll free numbers still capture your phone number even if you do star 67. They pay for every call, so they get the pleasure of knowing where the call came from. It won’t appear on their caller-id, but it will be in their billing information.
@vadim#139284 That’s a noteworthy point you’ve brought up. In fact, with RingCentral if anyone calls even my non-toll free number I can see the REAL phone number behind the blocked number instantly. I don’t know how RingCentral does it, but unmasking the real number behind the blocked number has been quite handy for me.
@ScammerBlaster#139302 Former telecom engineer here: The reason for that is that the masking is only done on the handset. The network always knows the end points, otherwise it wouldn’t be able to route the call.
@vadim#139307 The network always knows the end points, otherwise it wouldn’t be able to route the call.
I remember we used SMDI protocol for voicemail identification. Used a slow serial interface but still catches up with the phone call, to carry the caller's phone number. Of course that was before internet calling. I worked 20 some years with AT&T, but mainly in IT not telecom side, but learned some things through osmosis.
@jaymee#139316 I did the telcom gig for a while, both the telcom and IT side, and was involved in the initial development of VoIP. Worked with those big honking Siemens telcom switches that took up whole floors of buildings and had miles and miles of cables running around the rooms. IIRC, it is ANI that provides the caller info, which is always sent with every call. But that all is a fuzzy memory now from a time long, long ago in a place far, far away
@Otis#139342 Worked with those big honking Siemens telcom switches that took up whole floors of buildings and had miles and miles of cables running around the rooms.
Those copper cables kept one telco building from collapsing during the big '89 earthquake. That was the "joke" at the time, anyway.
You're right about ANI. SMDI was for voicemail. I doubt they still use it. 1200 bps on serial interface. Ugh .
