The same company has been harassing for the better part a year now wanting to buy a property I don’t own. I have filled a DO NOT CALL registration, I have blocked their numbers multiple times, I have told them to stop calling and to remove my name from their list, and now I’m getting maybe 1 or 2 calls a day and multiple texts.

  • rdyoung@lemmy.world
    291·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been known to text them back some very very NSFW images. That tends to put a stop to it (until the next batch of wannabe flippers gets that number).

    • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldOP
      10·
      10 months ago

      I sent one a sex hotline number and actually tricked the guy on the other end. Still didn’t stop them.

      • rdyoung@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        It probably helps that I have a couple of things in my favor.

        1. The phone number that gets those texts/calls the most has an area code I’ve never lived in. When I needed a new direct line I chose a Florida area code because I grew up there but I’ve never lived in the 727.

        2. It’s in my work phone at the moment and tmobile has some pretty good spam filtering.

        I’m happy to share my long term strategy to deal with spam calls/texts but every time I have I get pushback from the peanut gallery.

        I have something like 6 numbers, probably soon to be 7 when I add a number to our family Gmail account. I get very very little spam across all of my numbers and the ones I do get are either the flippers, election shit or someone looking for someone who used to have that number.

    • Wahots
      71·
      10 months ago

      I love zipping up the craziest furry porn I can find into a .zip folder, telling them that my bitcoin wallet code is in there, and then watched the poor assholes unzip the file and starting the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I suppose I could start bundling malware, but I really like the psychological effects of hardcore CBT furry hyper airplane porn better. Memories that will last a lifetime :)