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napi21

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27. Isn't that a problem if you want someone to do a ob for you? For instance,

Reply to brokephibroke (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:56 AM

Mar 2020

our furnace just quit working and I went to "nextdoor" web site to ask neighbors for recs. I called a few of the ones they mentioned, but an HVAC guy read my post and called me. He was the one we chose to hire. wouldn't your suggestion to block all unknown calls have stopped his call? He was not already in my contacts list.

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Scam calls - answer and hit 2. Learned this from a coworker. [View all] underpants Feb 2020 OP

iPhones have a silent unknown callers feature brokephibroke Feb 2020 #1

Tell me more. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #2

All calls brokephibroke Feb 2020 #3

Thx. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #5

I had that on my phone and when my doctor called from home he was blocked. so, patricia92243 Feb 2020 #7

You. Are a God. underpants Feb 2020 #10

Isn't that a problem if you want someone to do a ob for you? For instance, napi21 Mar 2020 #27

He leaves a voice mail brokephibroke Mar 2020 #32

I missed a call from the plumber because I'd turned on 'block unknown calls' chia Mar 2020 #34

Hitting the two did not, for me, seem to reduce the number of scam calls. Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #4

"It has got to the point I no longer answer my phone" mitch96 Feb 2020 #6

I answer the calls, press keys to get them on phone and then press Mute to tie them up. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #13

"that confirms a live person and you get sold to other call firms" mitch96 Feb 2020 #15

Yep, they've got you either way. My way they stop calling. I treat it now as a game. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #17

They waste your time, you waste theirs.. time is money to them...HA!.. mitch96 Feb 2020 #22

Dunno about that shanti Feb 2020 #8

You can easily block callers on an iPhone frazzled Feb 2020 #9

They are spoofing my town's fire department, town hall numbers and local store caller ids. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #18

Report that to your state's Attorney General office frazzled Feb 2020 #20

That probably won't do any good at all... SeattleVet Mar 2020 #28

They spoofed my brother's number to call me. I answered and it was a hearing aid pitch. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #24

How About This One, BA. ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #33

I get those too! 😂 TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #35

Thank you Faux pas Feb 2020 #11

Give it a shot underpants Feb 2020 #12

I do the easiest thing for me to do: let any call where I don't recognize the number go to abqtommy Feb 2020 #14

We could get Mitch McConnell to pass legislation banning telemarketers easily. GETPLANING Feb 2020 #16

The GOP are so corrupt they are probably in cahoots with them or receiving kickbacks. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #19

Been using the "disconnected tones" (S.I.T.) at beginning of my voicemail for years. winstars Feb 2020 #21

A lot easier mercuryblues Feb 2020 #23

Um, if you get a scam call, nothing you do is going to "take you off the list"... brooklynite Mar 2020 #25

You can block on any android as well. defacto7 Mar 2020 #26

Different autodialers have different settings for what the keypad numbers do. SeattleVet Mar 2020 #29

Its sets you up for more calls..... Historic NY Mar 2020 #30

I don't think that works. cwydro Mar 2020 #31