The MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE in this article is to NEVER say "Yes" to any question including "is this So-and-so" when they call. All they need is your voice saying the word "Yes" and they can paste it into an agreement to pay or agreeing to a contract for ongoing charges for anything. This happened with an employee in my office. . . resulting in thousands of dollars in charges. The scammers, when challenged, claimed they had a recorded agreement to their contract. The saving grace for us was that the employee was not authorized to contract for the corporation.
The Do Not Call Registry is worthless.
Best advise is to not answer the phone when you don’t know whose calling. Anything important, they will leave a message, IMO.
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The registry is total garbage, and reporting the calls is useless.
I noticed this trend (Using my area code and prefix) late last year. My solution is pretty simple. If I answer the phone and there is the slightest pause, I hang up. If it is a real person they will try to call back.
If I don’t answer, if it is a real person and it is important, they’ll leave a message or try to call back. But pretty much everyone I know in my area code is in my phone with a name attached. No name attached is a dead giveaway.
The whole thing is sort of comic relief to me.
+60 20
Malyasia
+1 (500) 2
Romania
Obviously not legitimate numbers. When I answer I get a recording in a heavy foreign accent directing me to some "Internet Pharmacy" website.
1. Never answer calls from numbers you don’t KNOW
2. If you do answer calls from numbers you don’t KNOW don’t answer by giving your name
3. If they ask for you by name never, never, never say that you are who they are calling for without knowing EXACTLY who is calling and what they want.
The advice to NEVER say YES to any question is also very good advice.
If you don’t answer robo calls they will eventually conclude yours is not a working number and give up on you for at least awhile.
Who picks up calls from un-recognized numbers ?
On iPhones you don’t need an app. You can click the “I ball” logo in the right of the number to get the callers info and then scroll down and click on block this closer.
Yeah the spoofers will use random numbers but they can’t be currently assigned and eventually you’ll be blocking their current number list.
The latest version of this happened to me for the first time yesterday. I’ve been getting random calls that I don’t answer from my area code followed by the prefix 477 and 4 random digits. I ignore the calls, of course, but yesterday I actually got a message placed in my “Reminders” folder to call one of those numbers. Obviously I didn’t put it there, so they’ve figured out a new way of invading my privacy.
The scammers are changing the game. Not a good sign.
Nomorobo.com. After signing up if a robo call your phone rings once and gets forward to no mans land. I’ve had it for several years and love it.
MrNumber spam call blocked on App Store- also easy to look up who is calling.
I no sooner read this and the phone rang with a call telling me that my computer has a virus and needed immediate attention so I played along with “Fred” with a Indian accent and wasted about 5 minutes of his time by asking him to repeat things over and over and ended it by screaming in his ear that I have a iMac. I’m thinking about getting a air horn in a can to sign off with...
Funny, some smart guy might figure out it works on all phones.
“The MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE in this article is to NEVER say “Yes” to any question including “is this So-and-so” when they call. All they need is your voice saying the word “Yes” and they can paste it into an agreement to pay or agreeing to a contract for ongoing charges for anything. “
They don’t need you to say “Yes” if they are going to resort to that. They can just say you did.
Besides, how could they run up thousands of dollars in charges without a credit card given to them? They didn’t tell you the truth.
I check do not call and my phone has been registered since 2005. Still getting a bunch, so I downloaded TruCaller. I’ll see how it works.
The last time they said I may be interested in whatever they had, I asked them if the "Tammy request" was a recording. When they said "yes" I asked them if they really expected me to do business that the first thing they do is trick me into hearing them.
I haven't heard from since. That was three weeks ago and I was getting them in a couple times a month. If they ask if this is ? I'll just say "speaking." The Jolly Roger is hilarious. There was another guy who wold say crazy things to tele- markers that sometimes would cause the police to show up. My favorite was when a carpet cleaning company called, he said "Can you get blood out of carpet, 'cause I got lots of it here!" And when the manager picked up the phone, he denied everything. I think his name is Tom Mabe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OgWcwgB50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=het71Gq0_LE
I realize that this is a cellphone-related thread, but for those of us who also still have a land line, there are a number of call blocker devices available for not much money which put an end to annoying calls for good.
I personally use one of these:
I have the original version and it has some serious drawbacks, but most of them have been fixed in newer versions.
In any event, the biggest advantage to this device is that your phone will NEVER ring for the vast majority of junk calls, unlike some similar devices and services like NoMoRobo which allow the phone to ring once. You don’t even have to explicitly blacklist junk numbers, though you can if you have to.
There are other similar devices on the market, all have their own strengths and weaknesses. But all of them have the capacity to save your sanity if you are plagued by robocalls and telemarketers.
It’s been so long since I’ve heard Rachel’s sweet voice I’ve almost forgotten who she is and how much I hate her!
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