More on Scammers Abusing TTY Services

edward ericson writes "A more comprehensive look at IP Relay scams and their effect on relay operators, the deaf, US business and the relay providers like Sprint, AT&T and MCI. Unlike a previous piece in the AZ Star, this one shows that the problem is at least a year old, and estimates that the companies have earned at least $23 million by facilitating scams. Anyone here care to discuss IP blocking techniques?" See our previous story for more.

Those scammers...

[Pig Hogger]

Those scammers should have their eardrums busted when they are caught.

Please...

[Anonymous Coward]

Will somebody just pull africas isdn line out of the wall.

Misspelled title

[Anonymous Coward]

Might be better as "Moron Scammers..."

This happened to me once...

[Junior J. Junior III]

Or rather, my girlfriend.

I told the scammer in question to quit abusing her TTY services or I would beat the living hell out of him, and he did. Got right up and walked out of the bar after dropping a $20 for the drinks he'd bought. I recommended to my gf that she consider re-evaluating how her protocols broadcast the availability of her TTYs on public networks, and suggested she wear a turtleneck next time we went out. It hasn't been a problem since.

Sometimes you need to know the right techniques to apply.

wow, a new low

[Em Emalb]

I say rather than block IPs, we block these scammers access to air.

See how long they can scam then.

Blargh. POS people.

Ease Up on the Spammers

[Anonymous Coward]

Even the hard of hearing could use a bigger penis.

They're deaf, not dead [] ) --laforge smiley

Mental images

[broothal]

Funny mental images - A penis enlargement spam translated to sign language :)

Re:This happened to me once...

[LostCluster]

You should have sought a new service provider, I'm afraid. The fact that she was broadcasting availablity when in fact her TTY services were already fully subscribed to is a definite sign of trouble. Your only choice is to disconnect, as she may still be advertising availabity when you are not monitoring.

We get these all the time

[Flower Punk]

The owner of my company received one of these the other day. He's in his 70's, but he's on the ball.

He had one the other day where the operator relayed that the person wanted to know what credit cards our company accepted. He told the operator to tell them that we only accepted certified checks or wire transfers, and then told the operator that the person was going to hang up when they got that message.

The operator relayed the message, and there was a pause. Then she said "I'm sorry sir, but it is my job to relay this message: 'Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you.'"

Ohhhhhh, the irony.

[pigeon768]

From the article:

a fourfold increase in that single category of complaint, even while other criteria such as

typin accuracy and speed improved

bahahahahah

Re:Dealing with scammers in a business environment

[Anonymous Coward]

At this point we accept the call and then explain to the scammer that we can't accept IP relay calls...

Umm, ok... : )

This is an outrage!

[Pan T. Hose]

Dear God! We can no longer trust our TTY services!

root@pth1:~# rm -f /dev/tty*
root@pth1:~#

OK. I think I should be safe now.