spam phone calls

[Buff]

This deal with computers calling your phone has gotten completely out of control.

Between the recorded messages and hang ups I am getting 10 or 12 every day.

I have a app on my phone that catches about half of them but now they have come up with a way to call you from some other persons phone number.

I have even had people call me saying they had had a spam call from my number.

We are at a place where they have taken what is a great tool ( cell phones) and made them more trouble than they are worth.

I didn't go to collage so I have no student loans.
I keep a zero balance on my credit cards so I don't need a new card
I have a good bank so I don't need a business loan
I already have health insurance
I have 2 new trucks so I don't want extended warranty

Is there any way to make it stop ?

[Rick]

I agree it is a pain. I do not answer a call unless the number is one of my contacts, if they leave a message I will call them back. If they don't leave a message, then I don't care who they were. That would not work for someone that uses phone for business though

[boh347]

Yeah I’ve got RoboKiller and it seems to do pretty good. But, something needs to be done though about it for reals.

[bsills]

It is brutal, and the calling form a local number is tricky. I hope we find a way to make it stop. I am not answering anymore if i dont recognize the number. Probably doesn't make a difference but i think when you answer the calls it triggers as a working number and i seem to get more calls.

[Charles]

I get about the same amount of calls from different parts of the country. If I dodn't recognize the number I don't answer. If they don't leave a message I block that number.

It's very frustrating.

[Buff]

I get about the same amount of calls from different parts of the country. If I dodn't recognize the number I don't answer. If they don't leave a message I block that number.

It's very frustrating.

I use mine for business, I can't risk not answering

[OBU13DAD]

I use mine for business, I can't risk not answering

Mine is also business but like said before if it is important they will leave a message I have most of my customers in my contacts, also I ran out of numbers that I can block??

[WTucker]

I hate it, especially now that they are using local numbers. I have had people call me saying I called them too.

[Tubby]

Between 6 land line numbers and my cell phone, I get about a dozen a day.

Heather from account services, the girl that has to adjust her headset... etc...

Had a call on my cell phone a couple months ago that the caller id showed as my own number.

I've been calling some of the numbers back and someone would answer and I would tell them their number was being used to make spam phone calls. As the spammers use a computerized phone number generator, there's no real way to "block" the calls. They could generate a number that you already have stored in your contacts.

I like to mess with the spam callers sometimes...

Guy called and offered an extended warranty on my vehicle. I played his game... He asked if I was interested, I said yes. He asked what type of vehicle I drove. I told him a 1984 Yugo.... The next thing I heard was *click - dialtone*

[whitetailfanatic]

It is Crazy, I used to get 10-15 a day also, went to do not call list now get 2-3 every other day
a little better

[Charles]

I use mine for business, I can't risk not answering

I do too. The majority of my customers are in my contacts so their name is in my caller ID. If they arn't in my contacts and I don't answer they leave a message. At that point I add their number and contact info into my contacts, than return their call.

[dphillips62]

I got a scam call from someone claiming to be from the NJ state district attourney's office saying they had 4 felony warrants out for my arrest. I have never been to NJ nor do I ever care to. I am also sick of the robo and scam calls

[WItoTX]

I've stopped picking up unless I am expecting a call. But I don't run a business, so I could see my solution not working for everyone.

[W-O]

I jack with them when I can. A few weeks ago I started talking to him in an elderly oriental lady voice "Why you call me, I no call you". After a few minutes he became frustrated and hung up. The next week I was called by someone speaking Chinese so I started ranting in Japanese. There needs to be an App that when you push a button their phone will melt in their hand.

[TexasWicked1]

I use mine for business, I can't risk not answering

Me too.