Are they all from your home area code? I got an app that lets you block every number in a range (straight to voicemail)
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They mostly are. Occasionally I'll get a few that are from the next area code over, even less occasionally I'll get them from completely different states.
It would be my luck that blocking a range of numbers would block something important.
Your contacts can call normally, anyone else has to leave a message if they want attention.
T Mobile has an app called Scam Shield that seems to do a better job than Google. If a call is identified as a scam, your phone won't ring. You can report ones that get through. I installed this a few days ago, and it's much more manageable now. I get something like 20 scam calls a day. This kept 15 or so from ringing.
I have started asking callers various disheartening questions, like "Is this what you planned for in life?", "Does your family laugh at you?", "Do your friends have better jobs than yours?", "Are you an embarrassment to your parents?". Most hang up, but a good number get upset - I imagine because their parents really are embarrassed by them. One person, whom I asked if he was happy with his choices in life, said "I am in hell". My hope with these questions is for them to rethink a life of trying to cheat old people out of money.
Of course nothing changes when reporting them to Google, your number is somewhere on the internet, change it.
I stopped getting those once I got rid of my +1 number. For some reason even after 6 years my +31 doesn't get them.
I’ll just pick up the call and immediately mute my microphone. That way at least I don’t get the voicemail.
This worked for me. Over time I got less and less calls and now I get none at all. I’m guessing I got marked as inactive eventually.
I used to get these all the time, dont think ive had any yonks. Wonder if they changed something down here.
I thought it was just me! The fuckers have literally been filling my voicemail to the max and I have to delete it all every day.
For what's worth, I registered for the FCC's do not call registry way back and it helped a bit - but once you're registered, if you get spam calls, you can report the numbers to the FCC for having called you despite being on the registry. YMMV but it might be worth a shot!
same, i have google screen most of them and it still sucks