Phone scam affects Windows only? Canadian sense of humor...

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 23 Mar 2013, Kevin Cozens wrote:

> On 13-03-23 11:31 AM, John Myshrall wrote:
>> The first time it happened I did report the number to local, provincial and
>> federal fraud squads. I did get a call back from the provincial fraud squad
>> and they said there was nothing they could do. The number was from a soon 
>> to
>> be listed Wisconsin area code.
>
> If you had felt like it at the time you could have contacted the US federal 
> authorities. I wouldn't have any fun with one of these calls as calls at my 
> house are screened. We let the answering machine pick up first as we get so 
> many calls from telemarketers. We have had up to 6 calls in a day.

    I have had no telemarketing calls (well, maybe one) since getting
    my number on the National Do Not Call List a few years ago.

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