Marketers can now immitate the first six digits of your ten digit number. If I get a call from my area code and it is not attached to a contact, it is virtually always a telemarketer. I don’t answer.
If it turns out to be someone I know, they’ll leave a message.
I for one welcome our esteemed Chinese overlords and their telemarketing schemes.
I’ve been getting calls on my iPhone that appear to be a local cell phone number. I’ll block the number, then the next time they call, the last four digits of the number has changed. I’ll block that, and again the same thing, over and over. Yesterday I finally answered the damn thing, said Hello, and there was a dead line...no one answered back, and the line went dead. I hate these f***ers!
Just be glad it’s the Chinese rather than the Nigerian scammers who are calling you.
In my experience, the Chinese will go away after one refusal. But the Nigerians will keep calling back — until and unless you leave your phone off-hook for at least 30 minutes!
Do you have a family name that sounds Chinese? Like “Lee” for instance?
The trouble with a Chinese telemarketing calls...
You get one, hang up, and you’re craving another an hour later.
I've already submitted a Form 75 to the FCC and would be grateful if you could do the same.
On an Android download Truecaller. It blocks well.
...And of course they are spoofing ANI so you’ll need the time and the number. Give them a good 12 seconds before you hang up to make sure the call gets billed and shows up on your local phone company’s records.
Drop the landline. That’s where I got most of my unsolicited phone calls, despite being on the Do Not Call registry. Now that I only use a cell phone I rarely get an unwanted call.
Okay, so bottom line - is my Peking duck lunch special going to be delivered or not?
Thank you Obama for supporting a w (Chinese) world government.
I get one that says, “...are four serious charges
against you, call XXX XXX XXXX immediately.
Hahahahaha.
Our landline house phone rings 10-20 times most days, and our vocal caller ID almost always announces a city and state where the call supposedly originates. We only pick up recognized calls and 9 of 10 of the others do not leave a message. Junk calls- pure and simple. The few times we do pick up, the call labeled “Edison, New Jersey” results in a taped warning about our indoor air quality or someone in Bangladesh (or another English as a second language location) telling us they want to fix our computer.
I recall some witty FReepers describing their conversations with such callers, having fun wasting their time, but I just am not quick-thinking enough to do that well.
me too - last few days a barrage of them. I put them on speaker and do my best Charlie Chan.
blocked the numbers on my iphone
I just got a voicemail one today. Online, it says the listed number is the local Chinese embassy—so probably spoofed.
After receiving a dozen unsolicited calls a day for years, I have had exactly one call get through in the last six months.