Phone calls

skeets · Aug 8, 2019

These things are getting way out of hand, I got one from a 746 area code,, on the cell and it looked close enough to the 724 code I get calls from,, Answered it and I get a recording in chinleese. Went and looked up the number,,nada but I did find out the 746 code is an unassigned world code. WOnder what verizon is going to charge me for answering that call,,, And the calls that have no name on the caller ID just numbers,I figure they are robo calls and I am on the DNC list( thats DO NOT CALL list) not the other dnc !!!
They keep finding ways around it I guess I have gotten to the point anymore I don't answer the house phone let it go to voicemail never a message. Cell that's different I answer it because of the OL. I hate these people!

michigander · Aug 8, 2019

my cell phone number is basically junk I get a few calls a day that don't get answered for simple reason I don't recognize the number.

voice mails get a call back if legit

Lil Foot · Aug 8, 2019

Everyone says they can't stop it.
Bull$#!^.
We put men on the moon in the sixties- are you trying to tell me that with today's technology they can't stop robo, scam, and sales calls? Bull$#!^.
They don't want to stop it.

David Page · Aug 8, 2019

Skeets are you telling us your not concerned about your college loans and car warranties?

Gillie Dog · Aug 8, 2019

It is the plague of the phone technology age. Heard on the radio the other day that 2 billion robo calls are placed EACH MONTH with 80% the US ones originating in Los Angeles.

I have several thousand blocked numbers on my cell phone and only get a few that are tried again. We have all the "blocking" offered by our various carriers and the land line had at least 20 blocked yesterday (phone rings once) when we only had two real calls.

Life in the new age, I long for rotary dial with party lines of yesteryear like we had on the dairy farm. At this old/retired age I can go slower just fine.

GD

John T · Aug 8, 2019

Simple .....

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William1 · Aug 8, 2019

There was a side benefit to long distance that cost money.

I get two to ten of these 'illegal' calls every day. If there is no caller ID associated with the number, it is blocked. If it is a number that has called a few times, it is blocked. If the caller ID says 'Out of Area', it is blocked. That alone gets rid of 90% of them. Some, I do pick up the phone but I remain silent. If no one seaks, I hang up, if they ask for me by name, I decide if it is a real person or not. If they are real, I answer, admonishing them to always announce who they are when calling anyone as it is the polite thing to do.

This all on my landline. My cell phone is never turned on and does not have the voice mail enabled.

johnjk · Aug 8, 2019

If it is not in my address book it doesn't get answered. My VM message is the sound of a fax machine negotiating connection. People who know me leave a message, the rest remove my "fax number" and don't call back. Still get around 4-8 a week but less since I let them go to vm.. If i'm driving somewhere or bored, I'll answer and play along. Keeps them from scamming someone else and entertains my warped little pea brain.

dlsmith · Aug 8, 2019

I have a dedicated fax line and it rings from 2 to 15 times a day. I receive a legitimate fax maybe two times a week. I do send a lot of faxes though, for trip settlements.
After every 50 calls, the fax machine prints a log of the calls, and all but a few are robo-calls.
Apparently, their software doesn't detect fax machines and keeps calling.

Too bad their isn't a way to send 50,000 volts down the lines to "discourage" them.

eddiebob · Aug 9, 2019

This might help slow the calls down:
Federal Do Not Call Registry (888)-382-1222

Stmar · Aug 9, 2019

You have to figure that someone is making money off these calls and have a lobby group in D.C. Follow the money and you would see that it is fruitless to try and get anything done. I dumped my land line so that cost AT&T a few bucks. I definitely do not answer any call that is not in my contact list, if a voicemail is left I decide if it deserves a call back. To date not many voicemails. When I had my land line I would mess with them if I had time and was bored. I feel sorry for people that have active businesses that must answer calls.

BAP · Aug 9, 2019

eddiebob said:
This might help slow the calls down:
Federal Do Not Call Registry (888)-382-1222

Doesn’t do a Darn bit of good because there are too many loopholes. We get 20-40 calls a day, and most are political related somehow, so they are exempt. Blocking only partially works, because they are always coming up with new numbers, and stealing local phone numbers. I know someone who just recently got a call that came up on the ID as the same number as the phone they answered in.

Lil Foot · Aug 9, 2019

I know someone who just recently got a call that came up on the ID as the same number as the phone they answered in.

That has happened probably half a dozen times on the home landline and the same amount on the FIL's landline also.

William1 · Aug 9, 2019

Stmar said:
You have to figure that someone is making money off these calls and have a lobby group in D.C. Follow the money and you would see that it is fruitless to try and get anything done. I dumped my land line so that cost AT&T a few bucks. I definitely do not answer any call that is not in my contact list, if a voicemail is left I decide if it deserves a call back. To date not many voicemails. When I had my land line I would mess with them if I had time and was bored. I feel sorry for people that have active businesses that must answer calls.

I was at the Verizon store a few months back. Their land line was constantly ringing. All the calls were scammers/spammers.....

GreensvilleJay · Aug 9, 2019

What we NEED is a 'personal' do not call(P-DNC) feature on our phone lines. Here in Canada we have that next to useless DNC as well. Heck even the guv will NOT respond to my requests for P-DNC.
How it'd work..
...you get an unwanted call.
... you press *666 or something... and the caller isadded to your personal list of 'blocked' callers. Should THAT number call you again, they will be BLOCKED.
All the tech for this has existed for decades....
BTW the calling number, while it currently doesn't show up on YOUR phone IS KNOWN to the phone service provider. They need that for 'billing purposes'.

Jay

armylifer · Aug 9, 2019

You may find that trying to block specific NPA (Area Code), NXX (Local Exchange), or XXXX (Subscriber Extension) you will effectively block legitimate phone numbers only. More than 90% of the phone numbers that show up on your caller ID are spoofed numbers.

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