Ignoring them might be the best option for you. I think they are becoming more insist nowadays. I have just read some recent reports filed about IRS scam at http://www.whycall.me/800-674-6008.html. I think we need to inform our family about this. Protect them from falling victim to these scammers.
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My wife has two voices she loves to screw with these callers, her little girl voice and her asian voice (she just mimics what her mom sounded like). I've had to leave the room to not blow her cover from laughing so hard. And she does it all with a straight face. Best one was this guy who was looking for donations, she had him convinced that she was all alone.
I do the same thing. And if they don’t leave a message, I block the number.
I blocked over a hundred numbers before learning that spoof calling can come from one number and mimic phone numbers from all over the country.
I've quit blocking and just don't answer or stop the call in progress as then they know its a live number.
I love to mess with them. If an overseas scam they get the whistle blown in their ear, if they sound American I talk dirty to them until they hang up on me.
Yeah, blocking the number doesn't do anything. Most of these people use spoofed numbers. I get calls all the time from people asking why I called them. I tell them I didn't. They say my number came up on their phone. So some spammer spoofed my number to call someone local to me. Yes, its illegal, but you can't get the company name and 9 times out 10 its out of country anyway so no way to track it.
Blocking the number doesn’t do anything? Really, that’s kind of a broad statement.
If you have repetitive calls from the same number or a known spammer, blocking the number actually does stop your phone from ringing. I’ve never got a call phone someone asking why I called them. Sounds like a number change is needed in your case.
I just don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize or that are not in my contacts. I also don’t return calls to the irs, police or sheriff departments or anyone else asking for money.
I also don’t randomly give out my phone number. Only time I give out my number is when I have a business or personal reason to talk to someone again. Same goes for my email address. I have multiple email addresses but only a couple that are consistently used.
If you have repetitive calls from the same number or a known spammer, blocking the number actually does stop your phone from ringing. I’ve never got a call phone someone asking why I called them. Sounds like a number change is needed in your case.
I just don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize or that are not in my contacts. I also don’t return calls to the irs, police or sheriff departments or anyone else asking for money.
I also don’t randomly give out my phone number. Only time I give out my number is when I have a business or personal reason to talk to someone again. Same goes for my email address. I have multiple email addresses but only a couple that are consistently used.
I'm getting robo-calls in CHINESE. I mean I GUESS it's Chinese, hell if I know. With a Houston exchange phone number.
Hmm, I dont get these kind of calls and I've had the dame number for 15 years. I've been expecting something to change.
But I'll just do like always and say "hang on" and lay the phone down for 5-10 min. Come back and they are usually gone but if they are still there, I reassure them it will be just a minute and then lay the phone down again.
But I'll just do like always and say "hang on" and lay the phone down for 5-10 min. Come back and they are usually gone but if they are still there, I reassure them it will be just a minute and then lay the phone down again.
