Is anyone else getting an unusual amount of spam calls

[Emile]

recently? I count 12 so far today. Yesterday I had 14 total.

[we can do it]

1. Not unusual, always a lot.

[Scrivener7]

2. They show up on my phone as "Spam Risk." A 6-year-old said to me a while back,

"Your friend Spam Risk calls you too much."

[XanaDUer2]

3. Mine cut down after a credit card has a free

Benefit of removing my name and contact info on ten most used people finder sites. Though more are now happening 2-3 now.

It's infuriating.

[MiniMe]

4. I don't answer if I don't recognize the number

If it's important they will leave a message

[Midnight Writer]

5. Got a bunch of Caller Unknown from Phoenix Sunday.

I don't answer those, but after six of them I thought maybe it was something important.

So I did a search for the number, and the first thing that popped up was Medicare scam.

It even provided a transcript. They would ask you to complete a survey about your experience with Medicare. They would be able to take your answers and identify your account.

My question is, if this is a widely known scam operation, why isn't it shut down? Seems like crooks can operate in the open with impunity.

[AngryOldDem]

9. I've always seen it as abuse of a utility, quite frankly.

Do Not Call lists are utter jokes.

[XanaDUer2]

10. It is abuse

And the DNC list is a joke. I suffer from anxiety, and numerous bs calls make me nervous.

[AngryOldDem]

11. I've gotten some after I've gone to bed.

So I totally get the anxiety.

I don’t think engaging them does any good, either, because the phone number list just gets passed around, even though they should take your number off when you tell them to. I’ve tried that, and it doesn’t work. So I just let the phone ring.

The telephone is a wonderful invention.

[jpak]

6. Yes and it pisses me off

They"re trying to sell me some crap Medicare supplement plan.

I've had it with them and will be extremely rude from now on.

[jpak]

7. Motherfuckers just called me again

I told them to fuck off and leave me alone.

Assholes

[AngryOldDem]

8. Yes.

Some days it seems they come right after one another. I got one the other day and I checked the area code, and it was from some unincorporated area north of San Francisco. I rarely use my landline anymore, so if I don’t recognize the number, I don’t pick up. Most calls are ID’d as “Unknown Caller” or “Suspected Spam.”