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Anybody Know if There is Progress Against the Robo/Spam Callers?
July 19, 2018, 04:51 PM
LS1 GTOAnybody Know if There is Progress Against the Robo/Spam Callers?
G-damn if I don't receive about four to six calls - per day!
Been noting the calls on the FTC's site (last two weeks have the same robo call for medical carp) and just wondering if anyone here is in the knw about if the goobermint is making any sort of progress?
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July 19, 2018, 04:59 PM
OKCGene7 so far today. I'm disgusted and pissed.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits and crotch.
July 19, 2018, 05:16 PM
rockchalk06I finally got tired of it and purchased Robokiller. I get 3-4 a week now that the app doesn’t catch before it rings through. It stops the ring and blocks it immediately.
This is down from 75-80 a week. I was about to change my number before buying it.
July 19, 2018, 05:20 PM
JALLENWe just bought a new phone which features call blocking. A blocked call rings once.
If a call comes in on a number you haven’t previously blocked, you answer, and if you wish press a few buttons to add to the blocked list.
I enjoy hearing the phone ring once. Hahahah!
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
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blueyeWait until you hit 65, everybody wants to sign you up for secondary insurance, death benefits you name it.
July 19, 2018, 05:24 PM
a1abdjWe get more robocalls and unwanted sales calls on our company line than we do calls from customers.
July 19, 2018, 06:35 PM
ArtyLisa from credit card account services calls me several times a week. I think that she likes me.
What makes me even more unhappy, is to get a live caller, who knows my name and wants to get my money for some scam.
"Ride to the sound of the big guns." July 19, 2018, 06:51 PM
wrightdquote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
7 so far today. I'm disgusted and pissed.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits and crotch.
I had chiggers in my asshole once. I would take the fleas.
I get a couple of those calls each day. If I'm in a good mood I will answer the call silently without saying "hello", and listen to the turd on the other end waste about five seconds of their sorry ass time. The experienced turds take less than five seconds to figure out they've been had.
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Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster July 19, 2018, 06:53 PM
BamaJeepsterIf anything it has gotten easier for the robo/spammers. You are on your own in this war.
If you have an iPhone the MrNumber apps is free and works great. I also have an AT&T app 'CallProtect'. Between the 2, I almost never get calls that I don't want.
I NEVER answer the phone if I don't recognize the number, and if the caller doesn't leave a voicemail the number gets blocked. My phone is for my convenience, not anyone else's.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams July 19, 2018, 06:53 PM
shovelheadI receive spoofed calls usually on Mondays and Wednesdays. Wednesday, SS check day, coincidence maybe?
I get calls usually from my cell phone exchange number. I think they bank on the idea that you are more likely to answer it that way. Problem is that I don't have anyone that I know with that exchange number so all those get ignored and then blocked. Only about nine thousand more numbers to do now.
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July 19, 2018, 07:02 PM
cherokee2uBamma Jeepster says.....
"I NEVER answer the phone if I don't recognize the number, and if the caller doesn't leave a voicemail the number gets blocked. My phone is for my convenience, not anyone else's."
same for me
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July 19, 2018, 07:24 PM
Doc H.I don't know if the government has made any progress, but I have:
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"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" July 19, 2018, 07:34 PM
GWbikerI have tuned off my cellphone. If someone needs to contact me, they leave a voicemail.
GF gave me a landline phone and Verizon connection for daily use. I get no sales calls on that line.
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July 19, 2018, 07:34 PM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by Doc H.:
I don't know if the government has made any progress, but I have:
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I should add that I got rid of my landline in 02!
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams July 19, 2018, 07:41 PM
nhtagmemberwe have an organization called the NSA - I don't know why with their budget they devote 15 seconds to figuring out where all these people are hiding out so we can do destroy them
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July 19, 2018, 07:53 PM
egregoreI'm sure glad I got my AT&T account up to date before it got suspended.
July 19, 2018, 10:24 PM
mjohnThe problem is that the RoboCalls are from a different number each time even though the messages are always the same.
July 19, 2018, 11:54 PM
oldRogerHere we get calls using local numbers, with local names in the caller ID. In fact I have received calls from myself, that takes talking to yourself to a new level.
If you pick-up one of these calls and say nothing, you will have a very quiet line which times out to a busy signal in 20 seconds.
We just don't answer, friends will leave a message.
July 20, 2018, 12:40 AM
onegeekThere are no heads on pikes, so no progress has been made.
July 20, 2018, 06:57 AM
NK402quote:
Originally posted by wrightd:
quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
7 so far today. I'm disgusted and pissed.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits and crotch.
I had chiggers in my asshole once. I would take the fleas.
I get a couple of those calls each day. If I'm in a good mood I will answer the call silently without saying "hello", and listen to the turd on the other end waste about five seconds of their sorry ass time. The experienced turds take less than five seconds to figure out they've been had.
Problem with that is so many of the calls are recordings. I do enjoy playing with the guy, who wants to "fix my computer". On a good day, I can string him along for a minute or more before suggesting he get an honest job.