[Shop-talk] annoying calls

[Tom Shirley]

I disagree about getting rid of your land line. When anyone that isn't a
personal friend asks for a phone number, they get the land line number
(businesses, filling out forms, etc.). Caller ID and a recorder help to
screen the nonsense. I block robocalls on my cell and rarely get any calls
on it other than from my contacts.

Tom

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 3:40 PM PJ McGarvey via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> My simple suggestion (and it may be too late) is to ignore the calls, and
> add them to block list if they come from the same number. Android has made
> it easier by tapping on the number in your call log and there is now a
> "block caller" option at the bottom. previously it was buried in the
> settings.
>
> Nomorobo.com does cost money for cell phones last I checked. It was free
> for our land line through Verizon - which supports the technology.
>
> I don't think handling it logically works anymore. As soon as you pick up
> the phone or return a call, you've basically validated someone lives at
> that number, and most likely those lists are shared with other
> spammer/scammers.
>
> Another would be to cancel your land line if you don't use it much anyway.
> Or call your phone service providers and tell them they need to solve the
> issue with spam calls. It sounds like providers are hearing from their
> customers about this, and have most likely reached a threshold where they
> realize this will hurt their bu$ine$$ if they don't adopt a solution soon.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of john
> niolon via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2019 12:29 PM
> *To:* shop-talk
> *Subject:* [Shop-talk] annoying calls
>
> for some time I’ve been getting calls on cells phones and home phone
> offering me “lower credit card rates” and have a limited time to reply...
> when I press “1” to speak to an associate, I get a foreign being speaking
> almost english and when I tell him to stop calling they hang up..these
> calls are two to three times a week and sometimes twice a day.  Today I
> called their 800 number and got bank of america.  After three failed
> attempts and a call back I finally spoke to a person and she told me it was
> a scam and they mask their number and it shows BoAs 800 number.  She said
> there was nothing they could do... but put me on BoAs do not call list but
> offered no incouragement that that would stop the calls
>
> Is there anywhere I can take this to get it resolved...  I can’t seem to
> block the number on my home phone since it[s a 800 number and haven’t found
> a way on the cells yet...   come on phone/tech/gurus... little help here
>
> thanks
> John
>
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