can i block fax spams?

[spp]

those fvckers have sent me so many faxes that not only waste my paper but my ink.... is there anyway to block them?
it's from this thing that titled

Rush to: G.P., Gray Panthers

 

[0roo0roo]

actually i think its illegal to fax spam now.

 

[spp]

well i don't even know who these people are... they don't leave phone no. either.
there isn't even ways i can unsubscribe

 

[klah]

After they send one call the phone company and tell them that the last number that called you is harassing you and you want it blocked.

 

[0roo0roo]

not just blocked, fined

 

[spp]

well the fax was saved on my fax machine... so i'm not even sure if it's the last phone number dialed..... do phone companies know which calls are fax??

 

Fax spam has been illegal since 1991.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: spp
well the fax was saved on my fax machine... so i'm not even sure if it's the last phone number dialed..... do phone companies know which calls are fax??

Try to get the number and find out who is sending them. The minimum fine is $500 per fax, and that is paid to you. The phone company has a list of every number that has called you.

 

[Snapster]

Gotta love those "how to get rid of fax spam" faxes..... We get them at work all the time (UK), we changed over to electronic fax so we could just delete the spam rather than let the fax run out of paper.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Since fax spamming is illegal, I wouldn't suggest doing it back, but here's what we used to do back in the old days...

(4) four pieces of black art-paper
(1) roll of scotch tape
(1) return phone number

Instructions

use scotch tape to tape the four pieces of black paper together, end-to-end (not side-to-side) so that you have one looooooooong piece of black paper (like, 8.5" by 44")
secure scotch tape TIGHTLY
set your fax to fax a return fax
put one end into the fax machine
When it begins to fax, let the first page go through then quickly tape the back end to the front end that has gone through already

Result:

A fax that will keep going and going and either use up all their paper if it's a laser printer or use up their entire toner cartrige if it's not a laser printer.

nik

 

[Snapster]

That is damn evil, yet I like it