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IDK if android has it, but on iPhone, there’s a setting to silence unknown callers. It goes directly to voicemail, then you can block their numbers. It doesn’t stop the calls, but it won’t alert you to them.
You can try the No Call list, but it doesn’t work.
OP, That sucks but seriously, don’t feel dumb. Scammers are getting slick, and they know precisely how to catch people off guard. It is essential that you have seen it now and want to do something about it. After something like that happens, your phone number probably got tossed around between scammer lists, so it makes sense that the calls ramped up. It’s not a reflection on you — just scummy people being scummy.
First thing to do is tighten up your phone settings. On iPhones, you can go to your settings and turn on “Silence Unknown Callers,” which sends anything not in your contacts straight to voicemail. Androids have similar options—look in the Phone app settings for “Caller ID & Spam” and make sure it’s filtering calls. You can also download apps like Hiya, RoboKiller, or Truecaller. They’ll automatically block known scam numbers and are way more up to date than what your phone can do on its own.
If you want to take it further, it’s worth opting out of those creepy people-search sites like Whitepages, Spokeo, or BeenVerified. That’s usually where scammers get your info in the first place. You can Google “opt out of [site name]” and most have a form (even if they bury it). It’s a little tedious, but it helps. Also, if they got more than just your phone number—like login info or credit card stuff—make sure to change your passwords, turn on 2FA, and monitor your bank accounts. You might not be able to stop 100% of the calls immediately, but you can seriously slow them down.
In Canada we have a Do Not Call List and worked for me. Another trick I’ve done is pick up and mute my mic so the robot will mark as no human. Or I use Samsung and I can pick up the call and use a robot to text respond and they will think I am a robot lol. Or block certain country area codes. And I only give my real number to banks and government agencies, and use fake virtual numbers for everything else that I need to register
Step one is to politely ask them to put you on the do not call list, and they might. From there on, you can answer the call and mute it. If they hang up within 5 seconds or so there’s a chance you got flagged as a phone number that leads to a non-phone-device
Register on the Do Not Call Registry, it stops sales calls but not donation solicitations and spammers might still get through but it really reduces spam calls
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IDK if android has it, but on iPhone, there’s a setting to silence unknown callers. It goes directly to voicemail, then you can block their numbers. It doesn’t stop the calls, but it won’t alert you to them.
You can try the No Call list, but it doesn’t work.
No.
Best you can do is not answer the calls.
OP, That sucks but seriously, don’t feel dumb. Scammers are getting slick, and they know precisely how to catch people off guard. It is essential that you have seen it now and want to do something about it. After something like that happens, your phone number probably got tossed around between scammer lists, so it makes sense that the calls ramped up. It’s not a reflection on you — just scummy people being scummy.
First thing to do is tighten up your phone settings. On iPhones, you can go to your settings and turn on “Silence Unknown Callers,” which sends anything not in your contacts straight to voicemail. Androids have similar options—look in the Phone app settings for “Caller ID & Spam” and make sure it’s filtering calls. You can also download apps like Hiya, RoboKiller, or Truecaller. They’ll automatically block known scam numbers and are way more up to date than what your phone can do on its own.
If you want to take it further, it’s worth opting out of those creepy people-search sites like Whitepages, Spokeo, or BeenVerified. That’s usually where scammers get your info in the first place. You can Google “opt out of [site name]” and most have a form (even if they bury it). It’s a little tedious, but it helps. Also, if they got more than just your phone number—like login info or credit card stuff—make sure to change your passwords, turn on 2FA, and monitor your bank accounts. You might not be able to stop 100% of the calls immediately, but you can seriously slow them down.
In Canada we have a Do Not Call List and worked for me. Another trick I’ve done is pick up and mute my mic so the robot will mark as no human. Or I use Samsung and I can pick up the call and use a robot to text respond and they will think I am a robot lol. Or block certain country area codes. And I only give my real number to banks and government agencies, and use fake virtual numbers for everything else that I need to register
Step one is to politely ask them to put you on the do not call list, and they might. From there on, you can answer the call and mute it. If they hang up within 5 seconds or so there’s a chance you got flagged as a phone number that leads to a non-phone-device
Register on the Do Not Call Registry, it stops sales calls but not donation solicitations and spammers might still get through but it really reduces spam calls