Do you get a lot of spam/scam/telemarketer calls? If so, I've setup a brand new easy-to-remember Canadian access number for Lenny that I'm letting fellow Public Mobile community members know about to try first! Calls are recorded, and may be shared or posted online. Contact me directly if you'd like a copy of your call. Provide Date/Time, and caller-ID.
+1 (226) 444-SPAM
Introduction:
According to Wikipedia: "Lenny is a chatbot designed to waste time of telemarketers. The 16 prerecorded messages are described as being spoken in a soft Australian accent. Recordings of conversations with the bot are widely shared online on websites such as Reddit and YouTube."
Check out this YouTube channel to hear many previous calls to Lenny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jik-FdWhWk&list=PLduL71_GKzHHk4hLga0nOGWrXlhl-i_3g
Disclaimer:
- Prank calls to this number are not allowed.
- Lenny is for incoming, telemarketing calls only - not for annoying innocent people.
- The Canadian access number incurs usage costs for me, so please don't abuse it.
There are two ways to direct your calls to Lenny with Public Mobile:
Option 1:
Program your "declined/busy" conditional call forward number by dialing: *67*12264447726# - Now, when you see an incoming junk call, simply "decline" the call and it will be immediately directed to Lenny.
Option 2:
Conference in Lenny: Program one of your speed dials with 12264447726 (ie 7 for "S"PAM), then after you've answered and confirmed there's a live human on the line you can tell them something like "hang on while I get my dad" then start a conference call to Lenny with Speed Dial 7, mute, and listen in!
How it works:
My Canadian access number uses voip.ms SIP trunking over the Internet to an existing implementation at https://toao.net/595-lenny which only had a USA PSTN access number. Since you can't directly forward to USA numbers with Public Mobile, I setup this (memorable 😁 ) Canadian number for convenience from my Public Mobile phone.
Update 2/22/2022: One of the upstream services I utilize to provide the lenny service has their own page describing Lenny, as well as a public call recording archive for your endless entertainment.
