# She's calling from INSIDE THE HOUSE! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 10, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502 "2014-06-10T20:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/1 "2014-06-10T20:44:36Z")
Goddamn motherstumpers! The phone just rang, and the caller-ID display showed something odd – the phone was calling itself! The number displayed was \*my \*number, and the name was \*my \*name. What? Was the phone experiencing some weird technical glitch? I picked the up phone. It was an automated message from #@! Rachel from #@! Card Services. Listen, Rachel from Card Services. I am not a violent person, but if I ever discover you _inside my house_, I’m going to have myself a brand new knife block. Capisce? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/2 "2014-06-10T20:56:06Z")
> [@Parthol](#): > > Goddamn motherstumpers! > > The phone just rang, and the caller-ID display showed something odd – the phone was calling itself! The number displayed was \*my \*number, and the name was \*my \*name. What? Was the phone experiencing some weird technical glitch? > > I picked the up phone. > > It was an automated message from #@! Rachel from #@! Card Services. > > Listen, Rachel from Card Services. I am not a violent person, but if I ever discover you _inside my house_, I’m going to have myself a brand new knife block. Capisce? I put a stop to that shit by blocking my own phone number. That showed _them_! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/3 "2014-06-10T22:00:50Z")
If the NSA is so damn all-powerful, all-seeing and all-knowing why can’t it find Rachel and stop her? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/4 "2014-06-10T22:23:42Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > If the NSA is so damn all-powerful, all-seeing and all-knowing why can’t it find Rachel and stop her? The NSA is not there to protect you and me, it is there to protect the rich and powerful in D.C. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/5 "2014-06-10T22:29:07Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The NSA is not there to protect you and me, it is there to protect the rich and powerful in D.C. I guess the rich and powerful in D.C. never receive calls from Rachael. Or maybe they own Cardholder Services. Or perhaps Cardholder Services is run by the NSA to collect data on how quickly people hang up. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/6 "2014-06-10T22:43:21Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I guess the rich and powerful in D.C. never receive calls from Rachael. Of course not. They have people to answer the phone. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/7 "2014-06-10T23:17:40Z")
OK, I confess. It wasn’t Rachel-- it was me. But I make you pick up!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/8 "2014-06-10T23:58:25Z")
> [@Parthol](#): > > Listen, Rachel from Card Services. I am not a violent person, but if I ever discover you _inside my house_, I’m going to have myself a brand new knife block. Capisce? Oh that’s knife, you’re going to block her calls. I can only imagine the fun that would ensue if our salespeople learned how to harness that trick. ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/9 "2014-06-11T01:13:28Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > OK, I confess. It wasn’t Rachel-- it was me. But I make you pick up!!! 😃 You think I’ll believe that? You know nothing, **John Mace**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/10 "2014-06-11T04:54:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I make you pick up!!! 😃 And you burning my dog too, I bet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/11 "2014-06-11T06:21:33Z")
I knew Rachel back when she was just a punk crank caller doing Prince Albert in a can. Those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/12 "2014-06-11T07:10:15Z")
She didn’t identify herself to me but I’ve taken a robotic call today from WhichBank. Bugger that. I don’t like taking calls from banks at the best of times but at least bother to have a human call me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/13 "2014-06-13T01:18:52Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The NSA is not there to protect you and me, it is there to protect the rich and powerful in D.C. The NSA isn’t even there to protect the rich and powerful in D.C., as evidenced by the way they blatantly lie to the r&p even under oath. The NSA is there to protect itself. And maybe FEMA. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/14 "2014-06-13T08:42:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I put a stop to that shit by blocking my own phone number. That showed _them_! You joke, but I wonder if that would work. It’s the one number you should never see on your Caller ID, since actually calling yourself doesn’t engage the Caller ID at all. At least, it doesn’t here. It also bypasses the answering service, which is smart. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/15 "2014-06-13T12:50:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I put a stop to that shit by blocking my own phone number. That showed _them_! > [@BigT](#): > > You joke, but I wonder if that would work. It’s the one number you should never see on your Caller ID, since actually calling yourself doesn’t engage the Caller ID at all. At least, it doesn’t here. > > It also bypasses the answering service, which is smart. Actually, I believe that would work. When Rachel calls from inside the house, she’s not actually using your line. Her Trunk Group is sending a spoofed CNAM, which your inbound caller ID is seeing as your number, which then displays your information. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/16 "2014-06-13T14:41:01Z")
[“#@! Rachel from #@! Card Services”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Movie_of_the_Week) was an ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week in 1973 - I remember when I was a little kid it kept me awake at night for months. Way scarier than [“Satan’s School For Girls”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070633/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) and [“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069992/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2). ::goosebumps:: ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/17 "2014-06-13T16:23:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And you burning my dog too, I bet. 🙂 hahahahhaha I totally forgot about that SDMB gem. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/18 "2014-06-13T16:53:51Z")
> [@Parthol](#): > > It was an automated message from #@! Rachel from #@! Card Services. I’m guessing that’s who [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17420050&postcount=15) was. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-calling-from-inside-the-house/690502/19 "2014-06-14T01:12:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Of course not. They have people to answer the phone. Yes…their assistant handles that. Probably dials the numbers out or talks to SIRI and then hands them the phone when their party answers.