Nice. I was just told fuck you by a spam caller

[XanaDUer2]

I was getting multiple spams calls per day, and they drive me crazy. It's abusive. They waned when my credit card swept my contact information off websites.

So, they started up today again. I have no patience anymore. I usually keep saying hello until they hang up. This charming prick finishes with fuck you. Do not call is a joke. My credit monitoring tells me my phone is on the dark web.

I'm not answering anymore. I don't need this.

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[cutroot]

2. They get around the no call list by having dozens of different numbers

They can call you once on each one. Just keep blocking them. It’s the only tool that you have

[XanaDUer2]

4. It's the landline

We do use it for medical stuff, so I always answer it. I'm infuriated they're bugging me, and then cursing at me

[Tetrachloride]

3. I turned off the phone app.

or blocked everyone not in my contacts.

if people want me, WhatsApp.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. My mailbox is permanently full.

If the # isn't in my contact list, I don't answer. Seems to work well for me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. I am getting ton of spam calls also

[XanaDUer2]

7. I'm hoping the next 90-day sweep by my credit card stops

It again. I just checked my Do Not Call and I'm registered

[GopherGal]

8. You've got me worried now.

Haven't had one all morning. Hope my phone's still working...

I WFH and seem to average about one every hour or so from "name unavailable" or "Spam Risk"

Pretty much never the same number twice.

[cbabe]

9. Screen landline calls with answer machine. Can hear caller so know when to pick up. $5 at recycle

store. Digital so recording is never full.

[XanaDUer2]

10. Yes, I'm doing that from now on

Nt

[louis-t]

11. I've gotten abuse from people trying to scam me.

One guy claimed he wanted to buy a $4 million house from me. When I checked out the name he gave, it didn't show up in the city (San Francisco) he claimed to be from. Checked the number he gave and it was used in IRS scams and Social Security scams. Wanted me to 'ping' him on WhatsApp. I sent him a text and said I knew he was a scammer and I would report him. I probably said "Why don't you get a real job" or something. He responded that he could report me, too. One time I emailed a scammer back and said "maybe you should just go outside and kill yourself". He emailed back "Done."

[SoBlueInFL]

12. I miss the occasional call but I have been forced to screen. People are so rude.

[XanaDUer2]

14. I'm letting the machine pick up

Just got a weird message from some woman looking for another woman and to let her know she's moved to my state

[mnhtnbb]

13. I don't answer any call from a number

I don't recognize, unless I'm expecting a service person.

Leave a message. I return calls if it's not spam.

[XanaDUer2]

15. I'm done answering it nt

[Timeflyer]

16. Get the name of the organization the caller represents, then...

tell them your on the National Do Not Call List, and to put you on their Do Not Call list. If the same organization calls again, you can report them and they are fined. The hardcore spammers and international spammers don't care, but it may cut down on the few legit US calls.

[Treefrog]

17. I never answer numbers I don't recognize. Ever.

Hell, plenty of times I don't answer when I do recognize it.

[XanaDUer2]

18. I'm screening all calls after this

Already got a weird message from some woman looking for a woman not here.

[wnylib]

19. Or, you could tell them that a better number

to reach you at is ....... Give them the number of your state's AG office, or your local DA.

[red dog 1]

20. Have you tried using the "National Do Not Call Registry"?

https://ftc.gov/news-events/topics/do-not-call-registry

[XanaDUer2]

21. I verified I registered in 2012

Seems to mean little

[red dog 1]

23. It worked for me.

(Still does)

[XanaDUer2]

24. I still get calls

So I don't know

[Baggies]

22. I get calls from the same guy in Mumbai.

He keep trying to get me to buy different things, but it’s the same voice. Very infuriating.

[csziggy]

25. Only honest companies adhere to the Do Not Call List

While non-profits and political entities do not have to.

Any business that cold calls you is almost certainly a scammer. They don't deserve politeness. Sometimes I pull out my aunt's old whistle she used as a professor of women's phys ed and try to deafen the scammers. Sometimes I just don't answer. Occasionally, I give them unexpected answers ("Does your back/knee/neck hurt?" "No, I have no pain anywhere!&quot

Sometimes I let my husband play games with them. He kept one of those "Microsoft Tech Support" scammers on the phone for nearly an hour while he played solitaire on his computer.