Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix1.panix.com!not-for-mail From: "Keith F. Lynch" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: New federal do-not-scam list Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 20:15:51 -0000 (UTC) Organization: United Individualist Message-ID: Injection-Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 20:15:51 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix1.panix.com:166.84.1.1"; logging-data="27974"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1508 Lines: 16 Tired of scam phone calls? Good news: The US federal government just passed a law mandating a do-not-scam list. Anyone can add their phone number to this list, after which it's illegal for any scammer, crook, or scoundrel to call them for the purpose of grift, fraud, extortion, identity theft, threats, deception, or harassment. This new list is loosely based on the old do-not-call list. But that list was useless, as it only applied to marketers, not to scammers or crooks. That list had no effect since legitimate businesses of course never called anyone who wasn't already their customer. I look forward to never again hearing my phone ring unless it's a call from a friend or relative, or from a legitimate company I have a business relationship with. -- Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/ Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.