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I hate robocalls -- I have received 8 in the last 7 hours. (Original Post) LiberalFighter Jan 2019 OP
and spoofing local area codes, I don;t pick up unless its a known call and automatically blacklist beachbum bob Jan 2019 #1
Oh -- I forgot about the one I got on my cell phone. That makes 9. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #2
Just got another one making 10 now. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #3
Must be your lucky day Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #6
if we had any consumer advocates left in govt, this practice would have a quick ending beachbum bob Jan 2019 #4
I haven't received a single one since I installed Hiya Major Nikon Jan 2019 #11
We get a lot of those too, even on Jan. 1st! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #5
If I don't recognize the number - I don't pick up. No machine either. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #7
I specifically never had a phone in Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #8
Our cable company provides a service for $2.50 a month.... Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #9
I have an ATT&T land line SCantiGOP Jan 2019 #10
Wish the "Do Not Call" list was enforced Number9Dream Jan 2019 #12

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. Must be your lucky day
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:35 PM
Jan 2019

I have only gotten 2 today so far. Both were listed as Scam Likely on the cell phone. I don't pick up unless I know the number.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
11. I haven't received a single one since I installed Hiya
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:08 AM
Jan 2019

I used to get a few per day on my mobile. So far none in almost a month.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,726 posts)
5. We get a lot of those too, even on Jan. 1st!
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:35 PM
Jan 2019

We don't answer them, ever. Our answering machine picks up and then there's silence. They never leave a message.

We don't hear them after we go to bed either; our bedroom phones are turned off.

It works.


Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
8. I specifically never had a phone in
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:36 PM
Jan 2019

the bedroom even long ago before this was ever a problem. Whatever it is can wait until I get up to deal with it.

Freedomofspeech

(4,228 posts)
9. Our cable company provides a service for $2.50 a month....
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:49 PM
Jan 2019

When someone tries to call the message says if you are not a telemarketer press 8. We have not had one robo call or telemarketer since we started the service a year ago.
It has been wonderful!

SCantiGOP

(13,874 posts)
10. I have an ATT&T land line
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 06:02 PM
Jan 2019

(I have to keep it, I know it's a relic of a past era.)
There was an easy function on-line at AT&T which stops most of the calls. I was getting 5-10 a day, now maybe one a day, but they show up as: suspected spam, telemarketer or unknown, and it doesn't let the caller leave a message. I never answer unless it is someone I know.

Number9Dream

(1,563 posts)
12. Wish the "Do Not Call" list was enforced
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 08:52 AM
Jan 2019

We've been on the "Do Not Call" list since the beginning, and it's made no difference. If some Attorney Generals would enforce it, they'd get re-elected almost unanimously.

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