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Protecting Against Credit Card Scams

By @edent · credit card fraud scam sms tropo twilio voice · 2 comments · 1,150 words · read ~782 times.

I recently read about an innovative telephone call scam. A scammer rings the mark and asks for her credit card details. If the mark refuses, the scammer tells her to hang up the phone, then dial 999 and ask for "Sergeant Scammer of the Fraud Squad". The mark does so, and is connected to what […]

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Tropo Voicemail Transcription Service

By @edent · ribbit spinvox tropo voicemail · 500 words · read ~553 times.

I've been using Ribbit Voicemail ever since SpinVox died. Sadly, Ribbit has croaked. So, how to get my voicemails transcribed and have MP3s emailed to me? Enter Tropo! Tropo makes it simple to build phone, SMS and Instant messaging applications. You use the web technologies you already know and Tropo's powerful cloud API to bring […]

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