Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gary McGath Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: New federal do-not-scam list Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 17:47:46 -0400 Organization: Mad Scientists' Union Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:47:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b3b9030aedf71478bb18f93f65b9e335"; logging-data="2876369"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194c/l4IQY1WLZK5rt0yJ1/y7XJQ6nIbPQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:kIE2snyNG3FLCMkj0bQuHtjMD+k= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1956 On 4/1/24 4:15 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote: > 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. In other April Fools' Day news, I wore my Exeter UFO Festival shirt today. -- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com