1-800-SPAM Robocalls ask: Miss us yet? Feel like no one is hitting you up in quarantine? You aren’t alone. Times are so tough that even trusty spam callers -- you know, the ones with the numbers only a few digits off from yours -- have started ghosting. The spam-call blocker YouMailsaysthat only 2.9B robocalls hit US phone lines in April -- down significantly from March (4.1B) and February (4.8B). There are 2 big reasons for this slide: Tons of robocalls originate from call centers -- and with offices closed, they’re going dormant. To cut down on COVID-19 scams, the FTC is stepping up enforcement. Complaints to the agency have fallen 60%. Stop calling, stop calling, I don’t want to talk anymore Celebrate this victory now, because in a few months, your telephone might start blowing up like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s. The Supreme Court is deliberating over a big robocall case, and at its heart is the question,Are robocalls free speech? Here’s the thing: These unsolicited calls are already illegal. Our entire economy of blocking robocalls is built around the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which stops spam calls from flooding your cell. There are a couple of exceptions to the TCPA -- debt collection, for one, and emergency calls from the government -- but if SCOTUS decides to strike it down entirely, we might be in for a new torrent of spam calls. On the bright side: At least then we’ll finally understand what Beyoncé meant when she said, “Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station.” from Hustle
It was so much fun answering those spam calls, up to a point. One caller with European accent said he was from the FBI and I was under criminal investigation because of credit card fraud. Then there were calls from the IRS, the Social Security Office, the State of California, the US Consulate in London, even from the FTC. Lately, the CDC called for a critical coronavirus document, the banks about a critical document on mortgage, a rent collection company about eviction and another critical document. Their creativity is amazing. Lately I got tired of it, routed the robocalls to voice mail. Initially they just stopped when routed but now they left voice mails and my voice mailbox is full of them. It must be very profitable getting into one of those robocalls business. I wonder if they are publicly traded. If so I love to own their stocks.
How does one get rid of them? besides registering on the national do not call list and constantly blocking their ever changing numbers is there truly a way?
It wouldn't affect me. My phone is always in silent mode. Even if I know someone is calling, I would't pick up the call unless that person Message me first.
They simply ignore the National Do Not Call List. I registered and complained to FTC many many times to no avail. It seems our FTC cannot do anything if they are off shore entities.
I might try that and see if that works better. I put mine to go directly to voice mail. In the past the robocalls simply hung up but now they leave messages left and right. At least I can delete them without listening.
Is voice mail (for fixed line telephone) still popular? I think it should be popular in the office but not at home.
www.nomorobo.com Works like a charm. Have been using it for years on landline. Never needed it on cellphone, so no input on it's efficacy there. @systematictrader
just signed up for my cell Iam going to send u a gift if it works, having been involved in many business that required my phone i get 5 calls a DAY