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cwydro

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31. I don't think that works.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 04:38 AM

Mar 2020

Sorry.

For some reason, I rarely get scam calls, but answering them simply lets them know they have an actual working number.

Bad idea.

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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