Posted on 03/05/2025 5:44:39 PM PST by Dad was my hero
Over the last 2 and 1/2 weeks I've been getting about 3 spam calls per day. The numbers all show as local and they aren't the same so blocking one doesn't help. They all begin the same way, someone says "hello" and if I answer they start their spiel (a recorded spiel) about having sent me mail about medicare. If I hang up then the next one will be sometime in the next couple hours. If I don't answer it goes to VM and they don't leave a VM, still doesn't matter as I can expect another either that day or the next. Often I make the connection but don't say anything and eventually they disconnect. Still makes no difference. Some numbers not in my directory are from my wife's hospice provider so I am never sure if the call is from one of them. However if it is one of them they leave me a VM.
I haven't tried this yet but am considering, I have a compressed air boat horn in my garage and am considering going to the garage for the next one, making the connection then blasting it. Of course if it is one of her hospice providers It'll likely scare the hell out of them.
I looked at Robo Killer in the app store but it's $10/month. If it was $2/month I might spring for it but $120/yr seems excessive. But I am considering it as I'm becoming desperate (and pissed).
I'd like to hear from other freepers about what if anything they do or recommend. Thanks.
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Thank you all for your replies. Many were helpful and quite a few were recommending things I’ve tried repeatedly.
What I’m trying next is that I changed my phone settings so any number not in my directory will go to VM. If somehow it still goes through, the airhorn is next.
No clue why people get so incensed over this. Just don’t answer and let them leave a voice mail. Easy. I am a lawyer and my cell phone is for business and personal use so I can’t be cursing or saying eff you or blowing fart sounds to unknown numbers. I just have a decent voice mail and go through my calls. No problem.
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I normally don’t answer these phone calls, but, sometimes MY number comes up on caller ID, WTH? Once in a blue moon I answer these calls. I purchased a window alarm and as soon as they start their spiel I turn it on, they hang up right away. LOL, BUT, one time I did this and the idiot called back and said “there was a loud noise on the line” and so I said oh, you mean like this? and then I set the alarm off again, LOL! The idiot hung up and did NOT call back! I still have a landline so sometimes I just put the receiver down and let them ramble on until they finally hang up.
Lately I have been answering and then putting the phone down. Some stay on the line for quite awhile some about 10 seconds.
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I have my twin listed as spare parts in my phone contacts
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