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Anyone Getting This Type of Spam Call--Cannot Block!

Yardlie — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:58:57 GMT

We have nomorobo and also a call blocking system on our landline. For the last week, we've been getting phone calls that come from a number like this example: 8-592-xxxx (only 8 digits). In other words, only one number of the area code is there, so you cannot block these calls. They have been coming in from many different numbers, so apparently several different companies have been doing this. Is this the newest game to prevent blocking spam callers? Anyone know a way around it? Thanks!

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Krimpette — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:00:39 GMT

My way around it is to never answer a call from a number I do not recognize.

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dex — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:03:18 GMT

I don’t answer any of the calls I don’t recognize.If it is importantlthey will leave a message.

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Thrive — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:06:14 GMT

I wish I could offer some sound advice. It seems as soon as you have a fix, they come up with something new. I am fed up myself. I just ignore the calls and they eventually stop calling. Reporting these calls really don't work either. They simply come up with a new number to use after they have been blocked. The Federal Trade Commission claims they are working on a way to get around this. Good Luck!

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deepwaterdotter — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:09:46 GMT

@dexwrote:
I don’t answer any of the calls I don’t recognize.If it is importantlthey will leave a message.

This.

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shaggygirl — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:14:21 GMT

Not answering the phone is fine but it's the fact that the phone even rings! It makes you stop what you're doing, or get up from where you're sitting, run up or down stairs.....disturbs you in some way to get close enough to the phone to hear your answering machine giving you the number that's calling or close enough to the phone to read the caller ID. That alone is annoying. Unless you carry the handheld part around with you to look at it when it rings which I sometimes do but then 8 times out of 10 if I've taken it with me I forget to take it when I move on to another part of the house and can't remember where I left it.

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Thrive — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:20:15 GMT

Yes, it's all a pain in the butt. However, answering the phone adds fuel to fire. I can her my answering machine throughout my house. If they don't leave a message, I don't worry about it. It seems there isn't a true remedy for this issue currently.

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happycat — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:20:54 GMT

I haven't. My phone has a button you can push to block a number when it calls you though. And yesterday I got a spam call, so I blocked it, then I got another one and the phone number was exactly the same except for one digit. Blocked that one. Then, I get third one, off one more digit. I blocked that too.
I'm about ready to get rid of the landline again.

I feel like its harassment at this point. I'm glad I'm not recuperating from surgery, or have an infant I'm trying to get to sleep.

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Thrive — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:29:58 GMT

I know exactly how you feel. I haven't received calls as early as 8:30 am and as late as 8:45 pm. They are spoofing calls , unassigned calls, and sometimes the same caller using different telephone numbers. It seems that something should be done about this harassment! It makes you almost want to answer the phone and give them a piece of your mind!

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Yardlie — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:33:04 GMT

Believe me, I do not answer these calls. If I do not recognize the number, it doesn't get answered. I read that if you do not answer the number, they will assume it is a bad number and not call back. However, if your answering machine picks up eventually, then they know it is a good number. I like to screen my calls if I'm busy or I do not recognize the number. I have reported calls to the FTC. Like another person mentioned, that number might get banned, but they call back on another number. It's so annoying.

One day I answered a call that was from someone I know here in town...only it was not her. It even showed her name on the caller ID. Some company had hijacked her number. I called her and told her about it.

One of the shopping channels had a call blocker on yesterday as the daily special, but you cannot even block calls if you do not know the entire 10 digits.

Maybe we should just go back to smoke signals!

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hayseed00 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:30:42 GMT

I think it's a crime what these telemarkerters are doing, I have received numerous phone calls that show a person's name and it's a local number. When I answer it's a recorded telemarketing sale. I read online that these companies hyjack individuals phone numbers to make these calls and use them a few times and then move on to another personsnumber. I never answer when I see it's an out of state or suspicious looking number, but we have a horse carriage business and sometimes I just have to answer to make sure it's not a customer.

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:39:42 GMT

@dexwrote:
I don’t answer any of the calls I don’t recognize.If it is important they will leave a message.

@dex @Yardlie

Right now, the best approach is to just screen your calls.

Part of the problem is that many of these spam calls come from either other countries or over the internet. The Do Not Call doesn't apply to them.

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handygal2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:46:19 GMT

@Thrivewrote:
I know exactly how you feel. I haven't received calls as early as 8:30 am and as late as 8:45 pm. They are spoofing calls , unassigned calls, and sometimes the same caller using different telephone numbers. It seems that something should be done about this harassment! It makes you almost want to answer the phone and give them a piece of your mind!

@Thrive: Once in a while, when l'm in a particularly fed-up mood, if the robocall begins to leave a message, l'll pick,up the call and "press 1 to speak to a representative." The moment l get a person on the line, l blow a whistle into his ear, as loudly as l can, and then disconnect the call. Lol.

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Yardlie — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:47:51 GMT

@Tinkrbl44wrote:
@dexwrote:
I don’t answer any of the calls I don’t recognize.If it is important they will leave a message.
@dex @Yardlie

Right now, the best approach is to just screen your calls.

Part of the problem is that many of these spam calls come from either other countries or over the internet. The Do Not Call doesn't apply to them.

@Tinkrbl44 ... That's right...I didn't think about that. It keeps getting more complicated. The problem is, they just keep calling back even if they are U.S. based if you are screening calls and the answering machine eventually picks up. I've instructed everyone in the family not to answer calls unless they recognize the name and number.

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BirkiLady — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:03:14 GMT

@Yardlie @handygal2 @Tinkrbl44 @hayseed00 @Thrive Great question. The is so frustrating, but the FCC and FTC are working diligently to stop these annoying calls. Without our help, they don't know the latest techniques being used. I hope you will contact them with this disturbing dropped number. They need to know!

Does your phone company offer Call Blocking? If so, you may be able to block the call by simply hitting * 6 0 when the caller has hung up. (Anyway *60 is the program for our phone company to block from any phone in the system. It may be a national feature if you are also paying for Caller ID, etc.)

Also, you might go on-line and read about the FTC recent Bills and legal initiates regarding this issue. There IS hope. I've also signed up to receive their updated emails, which a very interesting and never seem to make the news!

The FCC and FTC recently helped me with a spammer (who wanted money). Of course I refused, but turned him in to our Police Dept. (who didn't do much). The calls continued. I contacted the phone company, who took it seriously, gave me some ideas; and suggested the FCC and FTC. I called both of them. It took several weeks of annoying phone calls, which I ignored (or hung up immediately). He was calling from many differing "CELL" numbers in various states or "UNKNOWN" on my Caller ID. He had a foreign accent with excellent English and an unnerving confidence. His calls followed my mom's death. Did he read her obituary? I don't know.

But the gentlemen I spoke with at the FCC and FTC told me this was, indeed, a known spammer and "considered dangerous." One of the gentlemen gave me great suggestions for avoiding the caller. I was even told to turn OFF the Voice Mail in the vent the caller wanted to tape me for "voice recognition." I did everything he told me to do! It worked. NO MORE CALLS from any unwanted numbers now.

I wish you blessings and renewed sanity from whomever is bothering you, too.

BTW: I really DO turn all robo calls into the DO NOT CALL number! If we, as consumers, do not continue to help the FCC and FTC how can they do a competent job of helping us?

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WenGirl42 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:14:47 GMT

If you have to enter the number to block it, it might work if you use zeroes as the first 2 digits of the area code.

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ID2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:26:17 GMT

Wow, since I dropped my landline phone, many, many years ago, I just don't get ANY spam calls. None. I just don't understand those that still use a landline phone and don't like all the spam calls they get. There is a solution.

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2blonde — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:30:13 GMT

@Yardlie Does your Nomorobo block the number after one ring, like it does with the other robo calls? I have that installed on my AT&T U-Verse landline, and it keeps me from even looking at my phone if it stops after only one ring.

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Pook — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:36:19 GMT

Since I started answering the calls like a business and asking how I can rout their call, It went from maybe 10-15 calls a week to only about 2 a month. It works since robo callers and other types of calls are obligated to remove business numbers from their call lists. Many actually have responded with sorry we'll remove this number from or call lists.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:34:57 GMT

@ID2wrote:
Wow, since I dropped my landline phone, many, many years ago, I just don't get ANY spam calls. None. I just don't understand those that still use a landline phone and don't like all the spam calls they get. There is a solution.

I've never had a cell phone. No need for one. I have a landline w/a built-in answering machine & I "rarely" get spam calls. Why? I don't answer the phone unless the person leaves a message. No message, no one called.

As for the phone "ringing," I keep mine turned OFF! I have no need for it since I have an answering machine which I can hear throughout my house.

My message: "All calls are screened. Leave a message if you want a returned call."