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On iPhone, enable “Silence unknown callers” and add the callers you care about to your contacts. The calls will go straight to voicemail. If you’re expecting a call from some random person, just disable it temporarily.
What is the exact spam? Can it be reported to the police or to the telecom selling those numbers?
I get the same shit. I rarely pick up, but when they do leave a message it's for one of: * Extended car warranties * "Winning" a free Marriott trip * Claims that I owe money to the IRS, and if I don't call back they'll "be forced" to send an agent to arrest me In other words: 100% scams.
Then i threatened whoever was on the other line with abuse.
Calls apparently stopped
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I get the same shit. I rarely pick up, but when they do leave a message it's for one of: * Extended car warranties * "Winning" a free Marriott trip * Claims that I owe money to the IRS, and if I don't call back they'll "be forced" to send an agent to arrest me In other words: 100% scams.
I once actually "pressed 1" to speak to some "operator". Then i threatened whoever was on the other line with abuse. Calls apparently stopped
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I once actually "pressed 1" to speak to some "operator". Then i threatened whoever was on the other line with abuse. Calls apparently stopped
I've tried that a few times to no avail. It does give slight pleasure to trick them into thinking I'm going to buy a warranty or something and waste 10 mins of their time.
"I'm very old and I don't know what you are wanting me to do... Can you say all that again? .... My bank login doesn't seem to be working.... My computer doesn't have that button on it ...."
For a land line, maybe something in between to intercept and block the calls, try to make up such thing; for a cell phone, to try to modify the software to add such a capability.