topic Re: Spam phone calls in Electronics

Spam phone calls

SouthernBee — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:12:52 GMT

Spam calls totally frustrated. For the last two weeks receiving 20 to 25 calls per day and ends after 9 p.m. Worthless to report to the do not call list. I have the call blocked thing with the red button and a call block button on my phone and been using both daily. You can't get any thing done or take a nap in the afternoon. Wish somebody would invent something better or whatever. DH does not want to get rid of the land line house phone. Y'all know anything else that really works? Thanks.

Re: Spam phone calls

spent2much — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:28:49 GMT

What I've been doing for quite a while is this: If it's a number I don't know, and I think it's SPAM, I pick it up and don't make a sound (put TV on mute, etc.). Most times, I get a hang up after 10-15 seconds and only then do I hang up.

After having followed this procedure for a couple of years, we get *very* few SPAM calls. I have to assume some of the calls you're getting are repeats, so eventually they will give up? Another technique you could follow is: pick up the phone right away and then hang up right away (again, without making a sound).

Of course, with as many calls as you're getting, it would be very time consuming to answer every one of them.

Good luck!

Re: Spam phone calls

ValuSkr — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:29:40 GMT

I've noticed that they don't call on weekends or holidays - no spam calls at all! So, there's that.

I use Nomorobo, and report the calls that leave a message on my phone, even if the message is just silence. Nomorobo will investigate the number and put it on their list if they agree it's a robocall. I don't know if it helps but I feel like I'm fighting back somehow.

Re: Spam phone calls

On It — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:34:15 GMT

@SouthernBee If the land line is not your primary phone, turn off the ringer and leave it off.

Re: Spam phone calls

mars01 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:36:51 GMT

It's call a answering machine. Let it screen phone calls for you! It's hard not to answer the phone because it's the polite thing to do in our generation, but we didn't have robocalls etc. Let family and close friends that you are screening calls, and buy some peace of mind, an listen to hang ups.

Re: Spam phone calls

Zhills — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:42:57 GMT

Put a pillow over the phone and take a nap. Don't forget to remove it when you waken.

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PickyPicky3 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:00:11 GMT

There are some cordless phone/answering systems that require callers to enter a code to make your phone ring. You give it out to as many potential callers as you want. Yes, you will miss some legitimate calls, but the robocalls will be blocked.

Re: Spam phone calls

geezerette — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:02:01 GMT

@mars01 wrote:
It's call a answering machine. Let it screen phone calls for you! It's hard not to answer the phone because it's the polite thing to do in our generation, but we didn't have robocalls etc. Let family and close friends that you are screening calls, and buy some peace of mind, an listen to hang ups.

This is what my sister does with her landline.

She lets every call go to their answering machine unless she's expecting a call. They don't even have a phone that shows the number calling. She has told everyone she does this, so we all know to let them know when we get the answering machine and will wait a few seconds after saying who we are in case they are at home, in which case they will answer the phone.

She figures if it's a legitimate and important call, the calling party will leave a message.

Re: Spam phone calls

KathyM23 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:21:23 GMT

I have kept my landline for emergencies and for those who knew my home number. We have four landline phones and I have turned the ringer off on 3 of them. The only one that rings is in an out of the way place and I don''t bother to answer it if I happen to hear it ring. When I think of it I check the caller ID to see if there are any calls there I do want.

Occasionally there is from an elderly relative or a long ago friend for example who wouldn't know our cell numbers.

Re: Spam phone calls

Estellee — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:09:26 GMT

I remember some years back during one of the presidential races we would get maybe 25 calls in one day. At the time I had an elderly mother living with me and she liked to nap during the day. The calls came in from morning to around 5pm. What I finally did for a few days is I left my fax machine on and that eliminated the problem. Just a temporary solution, not long term though.

Re: Spam phone calls

KBEANS — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:08:16 GMT

HSN has a Panasonic with call block and also an added feature. It allows the machine to invite the caller to dial one, to be connected to the party.

They say the robo calls don't read this and so the call is not connected; unless a live party presses the number it requests.

@SouthernBee Now, you can't stop the live callers who also badger daily, but you can use the regular call block button for those. Maybe your 25 daily calls will lessen to 10 or 15. 😆

I am tempted to try this phone because I have the older model with just the call block feature and I'm ok with it...but if this is really so, I'd be happier.

I'm going to the HSN site now to read the reviews. Maybe you can as well. 😀

Re: Spam phone calls

kaydee50 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:26:38 GMT

@SouthernBee As a previous poster mentioned, our 3 extension phones are on "silent" mode. Only the 1 in the living room rings. We have an answering machine. If it's important, they will leave a message.

Wonder why you get so many spam calls???

Re: Spam phone calls

SouthernBee — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:29:12 GMT

@KBEANS : Thank you. I am using an older Panasonic phone. I will check this out on HSN.

Re: Spam phone calls

SouthernBee — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:31:25 GMT

@kaydee50 : I don't know why the calls have increased but frustrated.

@kaydee50 wrote:
@SouthernBee As a previous poster mentioned, our 3 extension phones are on "silent" mode. Only the 1 in the living room rings. We have an answering machine. If it's important, they will leave a message.

Wonder why you get so many spam calls???

Re: Spam phone calls

judianne — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:33:22 GMT

After trying everything out there , l finally gave up and got rid of the land line . lt's been so peaceful here now !l used to get around 8-10 calls a day .

Re: Spam phone calls

eadu4 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:41:55 GMT

@SouthernBee If you're taking a nap shut the phone off if it's a cell phone. Calls will go to voicemail. If it's a landline turn the ringer off. If it's a cell are they showing up as "spam" "unknown" etc? If so let them go to voicemail. Same with your land line calls. Let the answering machine get it. You can always call someone right back unless you're expecting a super important urgent call or you get alot of social calls.

Not sure why you are answering all these calls. Once you answer that means they know it's a good number and they will keep trying. Many of these just auto dial a bank of numbers. Like XXX-1000, XXX-1001 etc. If you answer the computer then hands that one is then redialed at some point by a person (scammer). Which is why you are getting so many calls. The more you answer the more calls you get.

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Spurt — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:44:58 GMT

About 5 or 6 years ago I got rid of my landline, that solved the problem.....I get only about 2 spam calls a year on my cell phone and I block thiose numbers and report them to the FTC!

Re: Spam phone calls

BunSnoop — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:51:35 GMT

OMG - that's a lot of calls in a day! We have a landline too and I would say we average about 2 a day and then I use the "block" feature on my phone to block the number.

Probably wont' help, but if you do answer one of those calls, perhaps you can mention "I'm not interested, and would you please; therefore, add my number to your do not call list?".

Good luck!!

Re: Spam phone calls

teganslaw — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:56:29 GMT

I have both landline and cell phone. I get more spam calls on my cell phone. I know they're spam because I don't recognize the number out of state number and they never leave a message. I haven't gotten any on my landline for months.

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Goodie2shoes — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:05:37 GMT

I get Spam calls daily and they also spoof numbers so the call comes in with a name and number as if it was someone I know and a local call ( I don't know the name and still don't answer) It's ridiculous !! I sometimes just unplug the landline, everyone who's important to me has my cell# I have blocked calls thru Spectrum's block call line but I'm sure they just use another number to call again