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11-16-2017, 8:51am | #21 | |||||||
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I'm right now searching how to block spoofed numbers. I'll let y'all know if I find something that works. Edit: It looks like there's not much I can really do right now other than just send that shit to voicemail. |
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Yeah, send us your prison address so we can stay in touch
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I can't remember where I heard this, but supposedly if you answer their call, it somehow logs you as an "active" number and sets their system to continue calling you.
I never answer calls whose number I don't recognize, ever numbers in my same area code and prefix. Telemarketers never leave messages, so I figure if it's a legit call, they'll leave a message. I then block the number (I'm on an android). It's like door-to-door solicitors. I never answer the door and I use my Ring doorbell to communicate. The conversation is usually four words on my part. Five if I'm feeling chatty. Don't waste your time with these people. |
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I get calls daily with my same area code & prefix, only the last 4 are different. Which still leaves 9999 different numbers to block. |
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Got a call yesterday. The number popped up as "Scam Likely", so I let it go to voicemail. They actually left a voicemail! The voicemail claimed to be the IRS and they had been trying to get ahold of me for 6 months. Riiiiiiiiiight.
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I was getting those regularly several months ago.
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Sometimes I ask them if they will call back on my land line and give the the number for the local FBI office. |
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The"lower your interest rate" telemarketers that Cyber mentioned are criminals, just like the IRS scammers and the Indian people calling from Microsoft. I'm on the no call list. I'm not really worried about criminals making a police complaint. Obviously I wouldn't do that to someone collecting for a charity or for political purposes.
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1) If a persons name does not pop up on my phone, I let it go to voicemail.
2) I check voicemail on Mondays 3) If you don't hear back from my by the following Tuesday, I am not interested. |
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two more numbers blocked today.
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Looks like Christine gave up on me.
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I have a lady friend that got hurt on the job and can't do regular work. Out of desperation and not wanting to go on welfare she took a telemarketing job.....so my opinion of them has changed a bit.
I figure most of them must be pretty desperate to take a gig like that. So either I don't answer and let it go to answer, and they keep calling or I answer and ask to be taken off their call list. If they persist....the gloves come off and very loud profanity ensues. |
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I get about 4-5 calls per day from the random numbers that are the same area code and first three digits of my phone number. If I answer there's nobody there. If I don't answer I get a 2-4 second silent voicemail.
So f'n annoying. |
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I was getting the calls quite regularly on both our landline and my phone. We are on Verizon and I got caller ID Name for our landline and also for my iPhone. Not one scam call since.
The APP from Verizon for my cell phone has a setting which puts the scam calls to never never land. I also like how the phone will display someones name when calling. It was only 2.99 a month and well worth it. |
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I think the phone companies should be held responsible for who is using their system. When you call back a number and you get "this number doesn't exist" that's crap. they shouldn't have access to phone lines. |
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Thanks for the Caller ID Name app info. I'll have to try that. |
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Got the ultimate spoofed number last night, my exact phone number.
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