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[beach-mom]

We have been bombarded with spam calls the past two days. We registered with NOMOROBO about 4-5 years ago and have had very few problems. Does anyone know if the registration expires? I know on the government site it's good forever, but I'm not sure about this one. TIA! 

[chickenbutt]

I've never seen anything about an expiration.  I've also used it for years and have never had any kind of correspondence asking me to re-up or anything.  It goes until something changes with phone service - such as number or carrier.  Short of that it just stays put, AFAIK.

[Toppers3]

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@beach-mom wrote:

We have been bombarded with spam calls the past two days. We registered with NOMOROBO about 4-5 years ago and have had very few problems. Does anyone know if the registration expires? I know on the government site it's good forever, but I'm not sure about this one. TIA! 

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I would check your Nomorobo account and make sure that the settings are still the same.

I had inadvertently turned off our settings with them because I had been blocking numbers through our phone company account. That had canceled out the Nomorobo settings.

Once I had adjusted the settings again, everything started to work as it should. 

[chickenbutt]

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@Toppers3 wrote:

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@beach-mom wrote:

We have been bombarded with spam calls the past two days. We registered with NOMOROBO about 4-5 years ago and have had very few problems. Does anyone know if the registration expires? I know on the government site it's good forever, but I'm not sure about this one. TIA! 

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I would check your Nomorobo account and make sure that the settings are still the same.

I had inadvertently turned off our settings with them because I had been blocking numbers through our phone company account. That had canceled out the Nomorobo settings.

Once I had adjusted the settings again, everything started to work as it should. 

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Oh my goodness!  I did that, too.   I kept trying to figure out what went wrong and can't remember how I figured it out but once I changed something in my landline account it went back to normal.  d'oh! 

[CelticCrafter]

You can go to the NOMOROBO website and check to see if it's working.  

If I remember they call you and it's an automated message telling you all is okay.

[NicksmomESQ]

I agree with @Toppers3  recheck your settings. Last year I suddenly got bombarded with all these crazy annoying calls. It turned out that my settings through my phone provider got messed up. I had to go back in & re set them.Haven't had a problem since.

[Kujo]

Occasionally, a spam call will get through on our landline which is correctly registered with NOMOROBO, but when I Google the spam call number, it turns out it was spoofed (redirected and stolen) from a legit business or residence.  I just never answer any call from a number I don’t recognize.  The other day, a robotic-voiced spam call told us (1) we were being sued for illegal use of Social Security and (2) that a warrant was out for our arrest.  We’ve put our affairs in order for a possible long-time prison sentence.

[Kachina624]

As I recall, it's a lifetime registration but it's ridiculously ineffective, a waste of time.  Don't answer your phone if you don't recognize the number.  If you pick it up, you let them know there's an active potential sucker at your number.

[NYC Susan]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

As I recall, it's a lifetime registration but it's ridiculously ineffective, a waste of time.  Don't answer your phone if you don't recognize the number.  If you pick it up, you let them know there's an active potential sucker at your number.

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It hasn't been ineffective or a waste of time for me.  I've had it for years, and the change is dramatic.  I can't remember the last time I got an unwanted call.

[NickNack]

I agree with @Kachina624  about it being ineffective.  I've had it for many years and get spam calls every day.  I don't answer them.  I do block them on my phone, but they call back from another number.  If my landline rings I know it's a spam call, because no one else ever uses that number.