How To Stop Robocallers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2018
- Robocallers are a nuisance, and it seems like they're calling us with more and more frequency. Using the same area code as you and other dastardly tricks, it seems like there's no escape from being offered another timeshare, vacation package, or home security system. But there are some things you can do to prevent them.
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Steve Kovach: Telemarketers have been around for decades.
Telemarketer: Long distance service.
Seinfeld: Oh gee, I can't talk right now.
Steve Kovach: But in the cell phone era, they've gotten a lot more advanced. Robocallers can automatically dial your number and human doesn't even get involved until you pick up. For some of you, that probably means several annoying calls a week. But there are some things you can do to stop them.
Let's back up for a second though. How do robocallers get your number in the first place? There are a lot of tricks they use. They can get your number from a variety of sources like dialing 1-800 numbers, filling out forms online, even charities will sell your phone number to third parties. There's no foolproof way to prevent robocallers from getting your number, but there are a few things you can do to mitigate the chances of it happening.
Treat your cell phone number like your Social Security number or your credit card number. Don't give it out to a party you don't trust. If you have to give out your number, use an alternative like maybe your work landline or even a landline you have at home that you never answer.
But what if it's too late? What if robocallers already have your number? There are a few ways they trick you into answering. One thing they do is spoof their number so it looks like it's coming from the same area code. You're more likely to answer a phone call from a neighbor than a random number across the country. Sometimes they'll even block the caller ID so you're curious enough to pick up. If you don't recognize the number calling you, just don't answer.
No matter what trick they use to get you to answer, it's annoying, but you can fight back. First, if a robocaller gets to you, you can block that number from calling you again. It's actually really easy to do. On iPhone, go to your recent calls and click on the "I" next to the robocaller that just called you. Then scroll down and click "Block this caller." It's a little bit of a different process depending on which Android phone you might have, but go through your call log and you should see the option to block it.
Android users also get an extra bonus, Google software can automatically scan a number before it calls you and let you know if it's spam or not. Then you don't even have to answer.
The government can help you out too. The FTC has a national do not call list that you can enter your cell phone number into and if a robocaller calls you anyway, you can report them and they'll get fined. Most wireless carriers offer tools to block spammers and robocallers, so ask your carrier what they offer.
If all else fails, there are a few apps you can download to your phone that promise to block robocallers. RoboKiller and Truecaller are two popular options. They charge a monthly fee, but they promise to block 90% of robocalls. RoboKiller has a cool feature that lets you send messages back to robocallers so you can give them a taste of their own medicine.
Male Voice: You just called me in a local training exercise mode.
Telemarketer: No I did not.
Male Voice: I trained for six months to go onto America's Got Talent.
Steve Kovach: Unfortunately, there's no way to block 100% of the robocalls you receive. They're constantly finding new ways to get to you. But if you're smart and proactive, you can drastically reduce the amount you receive.
Male Voice: So you feel like giving like an honest opinion on whether you think my voice is nice or not. Are you cool with that? - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Change the law. Just make telemarketing a federal crime with a proper sentence. It a nuisance.
François Bélanger Boisclair Most are from foreign countries. No US jurisdiction. Listen to the accents
I spoke to Verizon I spoke to the attorney general I spoke to Social Security fraud division and there's no way of stopping at they pick up on deadlines they pick up on deadlines they pick up I'm regular lines and I got a call from my own phone that was one that I almost fell over with so I just play with my friend used to do and God Rest his soul is what you say how is it what you say or I just hit the button that says reject cuz I got my 80 your numbers already and blocked and it doesn't make a difference
François Bélanger Boisclair, unfortunately for those who get spam calls in America, truth is that it is not illegal to engage in telemarketing. Yet. But you can only go online and add your number to the do-not-call list. It isn't perfect, but it cuts down on quite a bit of calls. I still LOVE the "Sinister" solution of handing the phone to your toddler. Alas, mine all my kids are grownups. !
THE PUNISHMENT IS ONE MUST LISTEN TO HELLARY FOR 36 HOURS WITH NO BREAKS!
@@red5685 why the obsession with clinton?
You block and they just call from another number
Thomas Jennings Dang I got 5 today😪gets on my nerve
spoofed numbers anyway.
and you can only block so many
That is soooooo true.
Those apps can search the new incoming calls online to see if it was used recently to call many other phones before you, then it can warn you.
I get five to ten robocalls every day. If I answer the call, which I is rare, I always answer..."Good Morning...FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION...HOW MAY I HELP YOU?" ...which is generally followed by the sound of a disconnect.
Tom Mccurdy lmao
I like your sense of humor, but most robocalls that I get are clearly machines, incapable of understanding normal human speech, so the joke/threat would be lost on them.
I do "block" robocalls, but it’s really a pointless exercise. Robocallers have banks of phone numbers; if you block one, they automatically call from another. In fact, whether or not you block a number, they automatically call from another. It’s just the age that we’re in.
So very true. yesterday I had 23 "voice mail "messages and every one were hang-ups. Why is everything so hard these days?!?
it doesn't matter. Your phone know when a number is in your block list or not in your address book. It could be programmed to hand up (or not connect) those numbers, but they dont for some unknown reason. I think its because people aren't asking.
Every time a robocaller calls me its from a different number
Same
Endersnakelord the same with robocallers with computer voices they try to make me talk to them and record my room with my phone's camera
_Star_27_ unless you block the number, then they'll use a different one. Everyday if you block them everyday.
Unfortunately, they usually use spoofing so that your call display shows a fake number (or worse, the number of some poor innocent sod who has nothing to do with them but winds up being hated by the robocaller's victim.)
Condor Boss This is exactly what they are doing. This has been happening to me for awhile. Unfortunately there is no way to stop it
The federal do not call list is a worthless "Paper Tiger". Several years ago I had some maggot who called me as often as five times per day. I answered once or twice to try and reason with him but all he did was to talk over the top of me. I finally filed over fifteen separate written complaints against him and had no result. I finally waited forever on hold to speak with an FCC agent at the government website. I was bluntly told by the agent that " Oh, we never do anything about these complaints, we get too many of them." He eventually stopped calling. As far as I am concerned, all robo calling should be banned by federal law. Possession of spoofing software should be a felony offense and penalized with lengthy prison terms.
They should make it a crime punishable by death without trial.
In the year before turning 65 I was getting up to 15 calls a day for medicare insurance. Can they get our names off of public records? They even began calling my 30yr old son about insurance for me.😡 How'd they get his #?
My elderly mother's landline is bombarded daily by scammers. The do Not Call list is worthless.
It kills me when I hear someone say "But how did they get my number?". . . They didn't "get" your number, a computer just dials numbers sequentially and when someone answers, it's logged as a "live" number, then sold to more scammers. I also get a good laugh when someone says "But I'm on the Do Not Call Registry. Why are they still calling me?". The Do Not Call Registry has the same effectiveness as a stop sign. . . Those who obey the law will stop; those who couldn't care less about the law will not even slow down. Scammers are criminals. Criminals don't obey laws.
I've blocked over 15 numbers so far, they all start with the same area code and the first 3 numbers as mine but they keep calling.
Same
Same
Yup me to never fixed the problem
you know that if you have an iphone, go to settings, go to phone and then go to silence unknown callers and turn it on and you will never get a random call again
SAME
Just answer it and hand it to your 3 yr old.. tell him it's Santa.
Sinister--Oh, I LOVE this solution. Thank you.
Sinister Just make sure your 3 year old doesn't somehow divulge any of your identifying information.
I fear the 3 yr old might end up buying something.
Hehe... So delightfully diabolical!
Hahaha
I suspect the "Do Not Call" list is actually used to get phone numbers. I started getting more calls when I put my number on the list. Reporting the calls didn't seem to do anything.
One time I got a call about my car, but I don’t even have a car
Lmaof
Facts
LOL
Same-
Same
When live callers used to call, I would give the phone to my 2 year old son.
"I got a balloon....It's blue! Do you have a balloon?...."
I work in a sales call center. One of the best thing along with everything you mentioned is to get to a live person and tell them to put your number on their DNC. Do not call list. I always do that . I’ve even had to tell one guy who wouldn’t stop talking over me “Yo, pay attention! Put me on your DNC.”
The "Do not call" list is a joke. Call centers based in India and Pakistan actually have the list and call the numbers anyway. They don't care about the law because there is no way for US and Canadian courts to enforce it on them.
Also, you missed the ones which simply go through an exchange number by number (xxx xxx 0001, xxx xxx 0002, xxx xxx 0003, etc.) There is no way to avoid those except by not answering.
If you don't know the number, don't answer is the only solution.
This is the dumbest comment ever. The company is still an American company to which the laws still apply noatter where the calls come from
1) They are usually fake companies with nothing more than a post office box in the US. (If that.)
2) To go after the companies, the FCC, ICC and other authorities have to file charges in the US or Canada.
3) The US and Canadian authorities have no power to arrest someone in India or Pakistan. They have to go to a court in India or Pakistan and get them to agree to issue a warrant in that country. This is hugely expensive and complicated.
4) Then they have to track down the people in India or Pakistan. Not easy to do in countries with a billion and 200 million people respectively, both of which have severe infrastructure problems.
5) Then they have to get Indian and Pakistani cops to arrest the criminals. Even if they are honest cops, who do you think they care more about: The local thugs robbing people in their own streets or someone in a hidden office who ripped off a grandmother 10,000 kilometers away?
6) Then they have to extradite them. Another hugely expensive process that may be blocked by some politician claiming the arrests are an example of “American Imperialism.”
7) In short, it is too difficult and expensive to enforce in most cases.*
8) The scammers know all this, which is why they don’t give a damn about US or Canadian law. Even if the US and Canadian authorities started the whole process, the scammers would just shut down the one company and start another long before the authorities got close.
*All this assumes that the FCC and ICC could be bothered, but they are tied up with important stuff like stopping you from playing poker online.
Scams are not the norm. Most of them are legit sales reps.
You are absolutely correct! I used to get 6-10 calls a day from U.S. Pharmacy. I used A feature from Magic Jack to make the caller enter the number 7 to make the call go through. So far only 1 call actually went through, and I told the guy "This is The Paranormal Investigation Company", and he hung up. :)
Hit them with emp to knock out all their electronics, that will stop these annoying calls ,lol
......as if the "Do Not Call" lists actually do anything. ROFL!
My simple solution is to simply not answer unless I know who is calling. If it is important enough, they will leave a message. If not, then it does not even deserve a second thought.
It's much less aggravating to just wait for the person who has to eventually get on the line and tell them to remove you from their list, no more calls unless they wanna give you a lawsuit.
Adding your name to the DO NOT CALL LIST is the worse thing you can do. This just tells the robocallers that this is a real working number. I get at least one and someone two a week since I signed up for this "service".
Putting your name on the DNC lists both does and doesn't work. Legit companies will stop calling you but scammers will get the list and put the numbers on their call list.
NJP Vlogs -N- Stuff I do exactly the same thing, unless I'm bored. Then I mess with them BAD, til they hang up.
I've been reporting to both FTC and FCC. I've noticed a drop in the number of these scam calls.
I have another way to deal with nuisance calls of all types, not only robocallers. This method may not work for everyone, but it has been very effective for me. I first created a few different ringtones for the various categories of people in my contact list, e.g. family, friends, colleagues, vendors, etc. and assigned each contact the corresponding ringtone. I then created a silent ringtone and made it my default. If someone calls who is not already in my contact list I don't get interrupted by the ringtone. If it is important they will leave a voicemail message. Robocallers rarely do that. On occasion if I am expecting a call from someone whose number I don't have in my contact list, I temporarily change the default ringtone to one that is audible. After such calls, I change it back to the silent one. This approach has helped me avoid 5 or more such calls per day on average for the past several years.
Great method. I'm going to try that.
Jokes on you i never answer my phone😂😂
Jxmmy2 Carbonel jokes on you... You're paying for a phone you don't answer
lol
Same, I wait for the voicemail and call right back or text. To those I want to call back .....,
Robocaller machines should be ILLEGAL to operate, period!! They create annoyance
foxthorne
Follow the money,,, too many people make too much money, robo calls will never be outlawed.
If people would cancel their phones because of robo calls,,, I wonder how many it would take?
Oh well, like that would happen....
foxthorne: Yeah well, murder is illegal too, since when did that stop a drug crazed lunatic?
Willy Bee
Robocalls are already outlawed.
The robocallers ignore the laws.
Not necessarily. In my area, which is south Louisiana, we get automated weather & flood alerts, automated notification of power restoration schedules, and automated school closure notices. That kind of robocall, while something I would not want to hear, is also a call I would not want to miss.
they are. they're hard to track.
the fact you can just call any number you want at any time is kind of amazing people haven’t abused that privilege worse than they already have
They kept changing number?
They call too much?
Easy trick for you.
Set default ringtone to none (quiet sound)
Then set people you know with custom unique ringtone.
Now spam will just vibrate but not make annoying sound.
And you don’t need to worry about people who is not added into the list because they can still call.
Smart phones have a Do Not Disturb mode. You can allow anyone in your contact list to reach you, or just your favorites, and anyone else gets voicemail. If it's a real call that's not in your contacts list, they'll leave a message.
My phone won't let me do that. 😕
I have a number with the same area code and 3 same numbers and the last 4 numbers change every time they call me
A sure sign they're spoofed numbers; and may not belong to those who are calling.
I like the ones that leave a Caller-ID # of 000-000-0000
Get a google voice number and have the voicemail forwarded to your email.
Fun Fact, some of the robo callers can not hang up on you. So you can keep them on the line forever and que up some death metal.
National Do Not Call List is a frigging joke...had my number added several times but I still get crap phone calls.
If in the mood, I go through the process and speak to a real person. I pretend to be elderly and a bit deaf, which seems to get them excited. I piss them about for a few minutes and then I tell them I need my hearing aid, that I need them to wait while I find it. At that point I leave the phone beside my pc speakers and fade in a TH-cam muzak loop. The longest any of the sad gits waited before giving up was almost half an hour.
what do you not get about the "robo" part? the computer just dials all numbers in sequence, they don't have to "get" your number from anyone!
Why would you want to stop robocallers? Eventually, you are connected to a live person, and they are so much fun to irritate! That's one of the few simple pleasures that I have!
Tom Nally Only a robotcaller would say that
*Only another robo caller deals in absolute*
Phillip Woodward, it displeases my wife when I toy with the live humans following the initial robocall, but it's great entertainment! Try it!
Tom Nally,what if they want to steal your identity?
MY Berrios, well, they obviously already have my phone number. I'm not sure what other information they can infer from my willingness to toy with them.
If I answer the phone and nobody speaks for a few seconds, it's almost always a junk call. I just hang up before they begin.
One of the things I do is to answer "Yes" instead of "Hello". Some of the voice-activated systems don't understand it.
Another tactic I use if I don't recognize the calling number is to act like a spook: A combination of numbers (such as "Four, four, three, two") is how some government agencies used to answer, back in the '80s. I've also answered with "This is not a secure line". It's amazing how fast some calls drop when you do this.
Kurt Schultz. - Sometimes I will answer, hold the phone to my ear, but not say a word, it ties up their computer and the phone call is still connected because the screen does not change colors, plus the timer at the top of my phone is still incrementing stating that the connection is still active
NEVER say the word "Yes" to a telemarketer. They can record it and use it to scam money.
I had a kid call me 5 or 6 times in a row at 1:22 AM. I had call forwarding on the line so between calls I forwarded my calls to my local office of the FBI.
I left it like that for about 15 minutes.
The calls stopped.
I then took my caller ID box to my local police station, by then this guys number was on my caller ID box about 25 times in 5 minutes.
My local police department called his local police who sent an officer to his house at 1 am.
Never heard from him again.
This was in 2005 or earlier.
pastorart1974 bullshit
I don't believe all that!
There is a type of robocall that gets through all of this advice. They never call from the same number twice (even though the recording is the same) -- so blocking the number doesn't do any good. In fact, the numbers that I block aren't the numbers they are calling from. When I tried calling them back, it was just someone else who had been getting the same robocalls!
Imagine how absolutely frustrating this is. I get about 32 day from "Medicare/Medi/Gap.
I believe you not only were talking to a Greg, but a Patty and a Suzi too. My cell phone says it is blocking these people but the same ones or at least my same number is getting called every day. It never stops! I called the FTC put my name on list and it hasn't stopped. Just don't know what else to do but it pisses me off so bad that more of an effort isn't being made to stop this.. I don't know why you can't stop it by blocking your own phone. Yes not answering is the best. I made an outgoing text that says stop calling but they still call back. How awful not even funny. Your video was great. I hope Greg watched it and listened to himself. No incite what-so-ever! ) :
I usually do one of 2 things - 1) I tell them that my phone is about to die and ask them to call me back on my other number - then I give them the number of the local FBI office. Or ... 2) I let them start their sales pitch and I tell them that I am really interested, but have a question .. Do you accept Food Stamps for payment? This is the point where they disconnect.
Randy She. LOL!! "Do you accept Food Stamps?" LOL! Brilliant! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They don't always disconnect, unless you way overreact & say something racist.
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Why can't they simply make the phone app block ALL calls save the ones in your contacts list and for all else send them to voicemail. Or better yet, have them take a quiz to prove they are human. Most robocalls now a days start with the robot, who would fail the test or a peon who will hang up rather than take the test.
Andrew DeFaria Good suggestion with the line menu or voice prompt. It really should be implemented as an option at least.
Get a phone app with a white list then only those numbers will get through.
Android 8 allows only contacts to ring
My old Motorola flip Razrs had that very nice feature, which stopped all calls from bothering me (unaware they even called). If someone I knew called from an unknown number, they'd leave a voice mail and I'd get notified of that immediately. Miss that old Razr.
In an episode of Stargate Atlantis they did an episode where the criminal went through 4 or 5 different routers to place a phone call. Other than the voice of the caller, it would be hard to trace where the call is coming from. Or even to stop them.
My latest strategy is to answer but say nothing. I think their recording is triggered by "Hello". So silence leads to a hang up on their part.
"Several annoying calls an (hour)" :P
I am far more annoyed by the sunuvabeech who hasn't had my cell phone number for 17 years now. He keeps giving it out to creditors whom he has no intention of repaying. They call; I ignore. Then there's the beech who was evicted from the house I bought (this wasn't disclosed to me, in spite of CA law stating that such things MUST be disclosed) who gives my street address to every dentist, doctor, and creditor she can. The bills show up at my house, and I call the business listed on the return address, informing them that this individual does NOT live at my address and the business has been scammed by the person. I advise them to contact their professional organizations and their employees to refuse service to this beech. I offer to show up in person to assure them that I don't look like her and have ample documentation to prove I am the legal resident of the dwelling. T
Time to hire a hit man😉
What really sucks is the fact that even though you have blocked the number, they can still leave a voicemail. I’ve reported hundreds of these calls to the Do Not Call list. They do NOTHING
I just answer the phone, but I don't speak. It's more satisfying when I answer my phone while i'm in the bathroom! LOL!!
The do not call list is a joke. It serves no purpose when numbers are spoofed like mine was. I don’t answer calls unless it’s a number of a contact, even local numbers. If it a real call they can leave a message.
Worse than the robocalls is the Democratic party how they got my number I'm an independent and I swing more to the right and to the left and they email me 20 times a day begging for money which I wear fat and forward to the garbage can in regard to robocalls I will for sure when I was forwarding calls to the local FBI office they change their number so
Or you can answer, and as soon as the human attendent is connected, play an earrape version of "oh yeah mr. Krabs" hang up and block the number
If you get a call and you think it's a robocaller, stay silent when you pick up for a few seconds and the call will be disconnected, as it is voice operated and connects you to an operator only when you speak.
Nope, I have fun with a Telemarketer, I give my cell phone to my kid and say it's Santa Claus and to tell them what he wants for Christmas. They eventually hang up.
Get a copy of the phone company "out of service" tones and put it at the beginning of your outgoing voicemail message. Auto-dialers will flag your number and not call you again.
I had this on my land line and cell phone for several years. It worked very well for a while.
Auto-dialers ARE SUPPOSED TO flag your number and not call you again after the "out of service" tones. This only works if they are configured correctly.
True, but, like any other good idea, the bad guys eventually get wise to it. The calls are all automated anyway, so they don't really care how many are made to non-working numbers. They do not pay for calls to non-working numbers, and they don't care if that costs the robot an extra couple of minutes.
It's like spam email. They send out 10 million emails, 9 million bounce, and 10 suckers bite. The 10 million emails cost maybe $50, only because they have to buy the list from someone. They'll make the $50 back on the first sucker. The next 9 are pure gravy.
Yes, I have been using this trick for almost a year now. It works to cut down most of the calls. I used to get 6/day, now I get 6/mo. So, not fullproof and it bugs my friends, messes me up on real calls rarely, but hey... like Debbie in Abq said above, they're not answering my phone, so....
Awesome idea....I love it!
Or answer with the name of a fake corperation that sounds like (but is not) a real company. Think that would work?
@DebbyAbqNM lol, I love all the suggestions! A goat farm! Ya gotta love it!
Only one time a robot try to call me because he was trying to find SarahConnor, a nice fake..
"They will definitely try to acquire her there!"........ ahhh the memories.
Lol he was terminator
The fastest hangup I ever got from one of these calls is answer Fraud Unit, what is your complaint.
I was getting inundated with these calls so I changed my answering message to a recording of a fax machine picking up. Left it like that for a month before switching it back. That pretty much got them to completely stop.
I treat my cell phone as a land line. I always have it on silent and if it's a very important call, they will leave a message. At the end of the night or week, I will go through and block the suspicious ones. My cell phone is not a leash, most people treat them like Life and death depends on it.
Or they react like Pavlov's dog - Ring, Ring, Answer.
Absolutely! It is my phone and I will answer it at my pleasure.
That's the same thing, I do. if the number isn't in my contacts, I'll never answer. I don't know anyone named area code 555 or whatever
@@digitalrush9970 Right? I don't know anyone named "Toll free number" either.
How about this, I blocked a robocaller on my android phone, the same number has been calling me almost everyday for about 6 months now, sometimes twice a day. It leaves a 7 second message of dead silence every time. What good is the call blocker?? they still leave that message and jam up my voicemail box.
Some random person signed up for an online form with my number. Before that, I almost never got robocalls. Now I got 10+ a day. My cellphone number is from an old area code that I don't live in anymore, so I blocked the entire area code. They soon realized, and now call me from several different states. I'm thinking about just changing my number. Screw you Alyssa, thanks for signing up for a car insurance scam with a random number (that happened to be mine).
At least there’s someone who cares about you and calls you everyday!!!
I always say 911 what is your emergency . That gets rid of them . Wash D C
I said once the police is at our place to a non robo caller and they never called again XD
Blocking these numbers doesnt do anything. They spoof other numbers that are close to yours and they just keep coming.
I have received calls at home with my own name and number displayed on my call ID. Some of these callers are just morons.
I have a annoying new scam call. The caller asks, "Is Paul there?" If you say "There's no Paul here", he simply says, "Maybe you can help", and starts his recorded sales pitch. My plan, if I think fast enough is to say, "Yes, let me get him" then set the phone down.
You guys make it more complicated than it needs to be. I do not answer numbers I don't know. If it's important they leave a message, when it's telemarketers they don't. Easy. Cheers
I call back and tell them that they keep spamming an emergency phone line with their calls and let them freak out
Never call back. You may be dialing a number which cost you per minute.
Sgt NutterButter i do the same but i not emergency but S.W.A.T
The number showing on your caller ID is spoofed. You can't call them back. At least the majority of the time. You are only calling the person who's number they spoofed
Bryan Hensley Yeah you're right. On those rare occasions is when I do it.
guitarplayer32 Really? Wow that's nuts I never actually thought they'd go that far.
The people always say to me, "Hello Kenneth Parker* blah blah "loan 5000 dollars"
When they call me I answer Sheriffs Department, Fraud Division. They hang up immediately Lol!!
The spoofed numbers may actually belong to folks like senior citizens who have absolutely nothing to do with robocalling anyone. That's the big risk in calling back these numbers to vent.
I set my voicemail message to the electronic sound a fax machine makes when you call one. So a robo dialer calls, it rings 4 times, and it thinks a fax machine is answering. This has significantly reduced the number of spam/scam calls, and confused many coworkers.
LOL!! "Confused many coworkers." LOL!! My "disconnected msg" pisses everyone off too!!
Excellent idea.I will try anything to rid myself of them.
Those started calling my home from the bank about an account we don't own and they called about 5 times PER DAY. We blocked the number by the telephone's menu. Or also in my smartphone, the robocaller from another line offering a chip only starts talking if it hears me say a word, then it passes it to the human operator. All I have to do is answer, leave the phone on the table and go, the call will hang by itself.
Warfu Why would you answer it?
All calls I do not recognize go to my digital answering machine.
If I recognize someone I haven't put on my phonebook, I interrupt the
recorder and answer.
All others go unanswered; and most do not call back more than a few times.
The other tactic I use is a little device I built in my youth, called a lease buster. It creates a high pitched shrill sound. It gets them off the line real fast when they get that in their ear.
I screen my calls. Sometimes, if I had calls from them before, I just hit on and close immediately, before a real person comes on. That way I don't have to listen to my outgoing message. But if I am not sure, I just listen to find out if it is a legitimate call.
2 things: Delete the social media apps. Then set phone for do not disturb and customize it to allow your contacts. Your phone won't ring unless it is a contact. I went from 20-30 calls a week to 6 or 7 a week and on a few weeks I had zero calls. When they call may phone doesn't ring anyway thanks to the do not disturb feature. Buying an app service is a waste of money since the same amount of calls will get through as my method.
I pick up, talk very lightly and hope they're able to turn up the volume of whatever they're using, get their attention before blowing incredibly loud Into the mic in the hopes of damaging third ears, this is how we can prevent it
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If this works.
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MOBROOKS just get the Google dialer if you can on your phone... It's amazing... And if you turn it on by dialing the number it'll auto block calls that it knows are spam
He doesn’t provide any info that works. Trust me I’ve been dealing with 6 calls a day for years. I’ve been on do not call over a decade. Tried all his suggestions. Nothing works, so nowadays I answer as many calls as I can and play a game to see how long I can mess with them before they hang up on me.
I have an android phone and what I did was put it in do not disturb mode for all calls but my contacts. It worked, and I don't hear the ring for spam callers and scammers. I also turned off my voicemail so the scammers could not leave threats of legal action for social security fraud or IRS threats. My contacts can always text me. This has proven a very good solution. I still get missed call notices (silent) for the robocalls, and I report them on BeenVerified. Before I did this I had 437 blocked numbers in my phone. Blocking them does not work, they just spoof another number and come back at you.
I have had scams for the past two years and as a joke blocked ever single one
Added up I have blocked 764 unknown numbers
You can download Hiya and it will do the same thing as these two apps he's ADVERTISING, only Hiya is 'free'...been using it for years. Hope this helped.
If you have Sprint, you have robocalls
Verizon just as bad
Just play a 56k modem sound into the phone when you pick up and it'll recognise that it's trying to do a handshake with the robocaller and immediately remove you from the call list.
If you’re bored and get calls like this Just annoy them like Tellin’ them They’re calling Subway And just hang up
Blocking them..
THEY JUST CALL YOU BACK IN A NEW NUMBER
The only calls I get :/
I never get any but I wish I would
Plank you can't use a phone LIAR!
LOL
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start handing out your number everwhere. hahaha
ya i only get robo spam my mom cant even call me sometimes , i only gave my phone number to my mom ..its a trac phone i guess they sold the number out its preloaded with spam to eat your mins ?
I like getting a human on the line, talking quietly to make them listen, then blowing an air horn into their ear.
#1. Don't give out number so easily. True in general but not gonna work. Phone numbers are not secret tokens, they are very easily obtained.
What works for me is to register a number different from your current area code. For example, you live in DC, register a Missouri area code number. I know no body from Missouri... if it didn't leave a voice mail, blacklist it. This works for me right now because current robocallers use the same area code as a tactical way for people to pick up as the video described.
I need help because I block every robo call and I still get spammed.
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Anyone else getting chinese robo calls?
Moon And they're calling both of my numbers. So a company I solicited was involved in this.
So far, I've received robo-calls from:
India
China
Japan
Pakistan
Spain
Brasil
Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Various off-shore small nations (Vanuatu, the Seychelles,
and some other third-world countries I've never even heard of.
不，我從來沒有得到任何東西
I live in Australia and used to receive 5 or more of these calls every day. Then I started telling them the call was being recorded and that before I would speak to them I needed them to give me there Australian Business number so I could identify exactly who I was talking too. 9 put of 10 immediately hung up and never rang back. These calls are very rare now.
The national "Do Not Call" list is worthless. Once robocallers realized there never was a prosecution, they just ignore it.
The best I've found for landlines is Nomorobo, and that works 90% of the time. Any more, spoof caller ID's and autodialers make robocalls a pain.
On the i-phone, if you don't recognize the number, press the power button twice and it hangs up.
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Thank you! Somebody from Mianmar called me this morning...
My son answered a robocaller once and told them "If you would like to speak with a customer, please press one now." Whoever was calling actually pressed one!
Am I the only one that picks up for amusement
Nope. I like to see if they'll call me by whatever ridiculous name I've invented for the call. Got one guy to call me Great and Powerful Oz.
Or get them to repeat their sales pitch a few times. My record is five.
Nope! I do it all the time ... but here’s what I do.. I answer the call on my cell and immediately press the “mute” button on my iPhone to listen to whatever prerecorded message is coming through or the silent spam call.. they hang up on there own. I chuckle 🤪
silent spam calls i dont understand why ? i get them the most , sometimes its will have a texted message like hi mike blah blah not selling anything i guess its to eat your mins?
Hmm no "first" comments yet, good
*Edit* nevermind there's a "first" comment
Well I got Lenny to take my calls at home.. 😂😂😂 haven’t figured yet how to use him on my cellphone
Try several annoying phone calls a DAY! And it isn't just a robo-dial, it's now a robo message asking me questions and stuff.
Get a google voice number.
But my problem is robomesseger
Nice thing now is... They're hijacking local cell phone numbers... So if you try to call back, it's an innocent third party..
Thanks for making the video.
I answer, and don't say anything.
no one calls me,not even robots
The only people that call me is my carrier so they could give me the phone bill.
SteamEnder that's sad
Silent Tricks same
SteamEnder my carrier emails or message me not call
then you just need a data plan 😏
I have used ATT Call Protect App, I know it can be downloaded to IOS phones, I think it’s available fir androids as well. It not only blocks them, but puts a future block on that number, plus gives you the ability to report them. It will usually tell you what kind of call it is, like telemarketer, scam etc. I love it. No cost to download and use.
My method is simple. I assign a unique ring tone to each person/business in my phone book. Doesn't matter what, just something that is NOT your generic ring tone. If the generic ring tone sounds, ignore it and check back later. They will either leave a blank voice mail, nothing at all, or you'll get a legit voice mail from someone legit you can call back later. There is nothing that demands my immediate attention in my life. A few minutes delay does not hurt calling back a doctor, or the insurance agent or a family member. Another thing I do is tell people that are going to be calling me, I do NOT answer unrecognized numbers no matter what they are. Just leave me a voice mail and I'll call you back or I'll ask them what the last 4 of the number they are calling from and the area code, or what name displays when they call. Bottom line, nothing is so damn urgent that I need to answer my generic ring tone under any circumstance. I'm a simple man.
Just don't answer it
I've never had a robot call me
I had an Android call me once.
They're the only ones who call me :/
Same here. The people that call me sound like text to speech
Most likely you have. It's pre recorded so it sounds like a human. A way to check is to say something weird like "what are you eating?" Or even "are you a robot" and if they don't react differently then it's a robot
seasong lol same I don't even know my phone numbers so lol to me I'm so smart
Everyone is trying to find a way to deal with this problem except the people we PAY to do something about it.
The government is not interested in getting involved at the corporate level, which is where most of these hideous scammers get your information from in the first place.
Why are there no harsh sentences for this kind of thing? It's not even illegal to sell your information.
I've heard they can also get your number if you sign up for a "rewards" program at stores and gas stations.
HELLO! earth to disconnected millennial! a great many people still have a landline as their primary phone. you presented essentially zero information about how to stop robocalls to a landline, esp one that does not have caller ID. yes, dear child, it's TRUE! not everyone lives in a city, and many rural telephone companies do NOT offer caller ID, or charge an exorbitant fee for it.
John Michael. I'm in the same position. SUCKS !!
John Michael Bu... Hu... Hu... So this clip clearly doesn't have you as a target audience.
Here's an advice for you: if you want to avoid robocallers on a landline with no caller ID, DON'T PICK UP THE PHONE!
The Do Not Call list is open to landlines too. And I think it's stretching it a bit to say a "great many people". "Some people" is probably closer to the truth.
oh i'm sorry... how many people does it take to qualify as a great many to you? there are 300,000,000 americans. what's the population of NY, LA, SF, etc? do the arithmetic. there are more people living in rural areas than in major metropolitan areas. and OBVIOUSLY the DNC list is "open" to landlines. the PROBLEM is that the robocallers get around the law and call anyway. this video gave FALSE promise of how to block them.
John Michael Quick temper much? Question - do you get so defensive so quickly in real life or does hiding behind a computer screen make you bolder? According to the census bureau approximately 19% of the US population lives in rural areas, so your claim that more people live in rural areas than in cities is false. I don't know what percentage of the nation still have landlines, nor do I particularly care. I also realize that the DNC registry doesn't work well, however, your initial post claimed that his video was completely ignoring people with landlines, so I was pointing out that you were wrong.
What exactly were you expecting from this video? You don't believe the DNC registry works and you either don't have access to or are not willing to pay for caller ID... Were you expecting magic? What exactly, outside of those two options, do you think will stop robocalls from calling your number. It's not exactly fair to get so angry over completely unrealistic expectations.