As if it couldn't get worse receiving 2-3 spam calls per day, now the robot greeting goes on so long that it actually leaves a voicemail, meaning that many more steps to actually get the shit off my phone. Blocking does nothing with so many spoofed numbers, declining the call just results in a new voicemail.

Some people the world would be better off without.

amen!

Is blocking all unknown callers an option?

Call forwarding of all unknown callers direct to the FCC complaint line would be a perfect solution if possible. Guess I am just wishing!

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Is blocking all unknown callers an option?

If it rolls them to voicemail, the problem persists. If it doesn't, I miss calls from legitimate people who would leave a voicemail.

I pretty much prevent this by leaving a long pause before and during my message. The robots seem to disconnect when they hit a long silence...

Need a feature that lets one select a "call forward to #" when an one of these comes in and then have that "CF" list populated with all the robo callback numbers.

Sort of like making the BORG assimilate itself.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Need a feature that lets one select a "call forward to #" when an one of these comes in and then have that "CF" list populated with all the robo callback numbers.

Sort of like making the BORG assimilate itself.

"In order to understand recursion, you must first learn the principle of recursion."
-- vulrath

 
The newest problem is they don't show up as "unknown" callers. They have now figured out how to spoof a local area code/exchange, and that shows up on the caller id, so it appears someone local is calling you. Anyone I want to talk to is in my Contacts list, so their name would be there too in the caller id. If it's not, it goes to voicemail.
 

Yeah, we get these calls all day long and many have the local area code too.

When they do this crap, do they really expect us to buy their shit?

You may want to do what I did.

After years of this kind of nonsense, we now forward the home landline phone number to Google Voice, and from there we can control what happens.

In our contact list? GV forwards the call to our cell phones.

Not in our contacts? Google Voice screens the number against known spammers and our individual blocked caller list....and if not found in the GV blacklist or our blocked caller list, callers get a chance to record their name and GV calls us, plays what they've said, and asks what we want to do.

And, it's free.

Byproducts:
1) an email record of the caller's number, timestamped
2) if they leave a voice mail, an email with an audio file of the recording and an attempted speech-to-text transcription

The call-blocking has no limits (unlike ATT's five-number limit) and is easy to manage with a browser.

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Originally posted by joel9507:
2) if they leave a voice mail, an email with an audio file of the recording and an attempted speech-to-text transcription

Some of these transcriptions are pretty funny.
 

I posted a complaint about this about a year ago. I no longer receive a lot of spam calls since I changed my number, but I never found a solution to receiving these voicemails.

Ahoy

http://jollyrogertelephone.com...eters-to-this-robot/

Panasonic makes a reasonably-priced phone that allows you to block area codes. That stops most of the calls but useless if the spammer spoofs your own area code which many are doing these days.

As long as no one you know lives in Wyoming for example, no problem. And you can always google the # if in doubt.

I get so many now that I have my phone on do not disturb 24 hours a day

It also only allow calls from people that are in my contacts list - so they're effectively blocked and I don't hear it ring

iPhones now convert to text your VM's. Makes it easier to quickly scroll VM's and delete/block without having to listen to them.

Spectrum cable and phone has a service called "nomorobo" that blocks robo calls. It has worked well for me. I see the call on my screen but the phone do't ring.