#$@**!! late night fax machine calls!!!
Why am I awake typing this now instead of resting comfortably in bed? Because I can't get back to sleep after three-count-'em-three times that my phone has rung tonight, between midnight and 12:30, with a #$@**!! fax machine dialing and auto-redialing my number.
Of course, as always, caller ID simply says OUT OF AREA, so I can't call these idiots back (presuming the number would even take incoming calls even if I had it) and give them a very unpleasant piece of my mind.
Are these annoying fax calls common these days for everyone, or am I just lucky?
I've considered hooking up my computer as a fax machine so I might find out who is doing this, but I don't want to interfere with my answering machine. Also, presuming the great likelyhood that OUT OF AREA means that these are junk faxes and not simply stupidly, insistently misdirected "real" faxes, I'd hate giving the fax-spammers the victory of getting their message through.
Does anyone know of any phones, or other devices you can hook up inline with your phone, that can automatically silence the ringing between certain hours? Of course, I'd still want to be able to get important emergency calls, so if such a thing exists, I'd want it to be able to use caller ID and only silence "unknown", "out of area", and "private" calls.
Of course, as always, caller ID simply says OUT OF AREA, so I can't call these idiots back (presuming the number would even take incoming calls even if I had it) and give them a very unpleasant piece of my mind.
Are these annoying fax calls common these days for everyone, or am I just lucky?
I've considered hooking up my computer as a fax machine so I might find out who is doing this, but I don't want to interfere with my answering machine. Also, presuming the great likelyhood that OUT OF AREA means that these are junk faxes and not simply stupidly, insistently misdirected "real" faxes, I'd hate giving the fax-spammers the victory of getting their message through.
Does anyone know of any phones, or other devices you can hook up inline with your phone, that can automatically silence the ringing between certain hours? Of course, I'd still want to be able to get important emergency calls, so if such a thing exists, I'd want it to be able to use caller ID and only silence "unknown", "out of area", and "private" calls.
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Auto redialing faxes, tele-markerters and call centres just drove me crazy! I knew things got to a new low when I actually answered a called and got a recorded message: "Sorry we weren't able to reach you, but...".
then after that disconnect your main phone line and just use a mobile phone, give the number only to important contacts