How many spam/scam/robo calls do you get?

[peppy]

I get about 20 every day on my cell phone. I use it for work so I can't block unknown calls. It is about to drive me nuts.

[Zeke]

It varies. I think when a marketer buys a list and you're on it then for the next few days you get a lot. Then, for me anyway, it dies down.

3 times recently someone unknown to me has attempted a Facetime call. That's not happening, IDT I have FT enabled. Wouldn't do it if it was enabled.

Not your question, but I'm getting spam texts and I'm worried about my wife falling for one. She's one of those that uses a phone for everything. I talked to one of my antique dealers on Wed and he told me in conversation he no longer owns a computer. This guy is buying and selling on the net everyday.

That's scary to me.

[matthewb0051]

I have 2 cell phones. No I'm not a drug dealer. One is for clients, no way I'd ever give out my personal to them.

So I get double the fun of scam calls.

[masraum]

Like M/Z said, it varies.

I guess I'm lucky, because I don't have to answer. Since I don't answer, my number never gets confirmed as "good". At times I may get 1-3/day for anywhere from 3-6 weeks. Then it may die and I may get 1-2 per month for a few months and then it will start the cycle again.

[GH85Carrera]

It seems to go in waves. I get several for a week, then kinda quiet.

I just poke the report, and block that number botton. I know it is a wast of time, one phone call was even from me! My phone number was spoofed to make spam call to me.

Spoofing phone numbers should be made impossible. We all know the telephone companies can do it, but they have no incentive to make that happen. That should change.

[greglepore]

My number is associated somehow with a restaurant that I owned 15 yrs ago. I get 2-3 daily about
"preapproved" business loans. I've started to scream "do not call list, many dollars" at them, as my number is listed there. It seems it's dropped off slightly. Same number of texts daily as well.

[gsxrken]

I get DAILY “approved for a loan consolidation” span calls. The iPhone lists them as potential spam and I let them rollover to voice mail and they leave the same stupid voice mail that I then have to delete. Even when I answered once to tell them to remove number, they continue to call. Always from a new number too, so blocking doesn’t work.
This started in April when I got a financed part of CPO BMW loan. I’ve since gotten hundreds of these calls. Awful

[stevej37]

Mine are way down over the amount I was getting a year ago or more.
Medicare open enrollment is the worst time for those.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Mine are way down over the amount I was getting a year ago or more.
Medicare open enrollment is the worst time for those.

Oh yeah, on 12/8 the phone goes dead. Forgot about those. For some reason months don't fly by with me. Last Xmas was last decade.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by greglepore

My number is associated somehow with a restaurant that I owned 15 yrs ago. I get 2-3 daily about
"preapproved" business loans. I've started to scream "do not call list, many dollars" at them, as my number is listed there. It seems it's dropped off slightly. Same number of texts daily as well.

My business line was previously owned by 'Henrietta'. I've had the line for 5 years now. I still get calls for her, asking to buy her real property or other business type stuff. Some of those calls are from her friends, which makes me wonder just how close they are. She is easily 80.

[stevej37]

My land line is one digit different than the local hospital. When I get a call and the ID is a name, I always answer it because a good share of them are thinking they dialed the hospital.

[LWJ]

About zero.

But, I also have my ringer off (yes, I know. I am sort of difficult that way) and generally don't return calls unless there is someone I know or a good message.

[GH85Carrera]

My parents had a land line that was one digit off from a pizza joint. Dad was always polite, and told them the right phone number, and hung up. If they called him back, he would go into a spiel that they were the 1,000th caller this month, and their pizza is 1/2 price.

Of course when they went to pick it up, there was no order, the place had never heard of them, and no one ever gets a 1/2 price pizza. They would storm off and go to some other place.

[VINMAN]

I get minimum of 15 a day, and that's just on one of my phones. My business phone, I probably get at least 10 more. The spam filter/ blocker is freakin useless.

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[Arizona_928]

4-7 a day

[onewhippedpuppy]

I’d say 15-20, and probably another 5 spam text messages as a bonus. Eff those effing pieces of crap!

[john70t]

Never say "yes". It can be used to spoof your identity.

Don't answer unknown in a normal voice. Same. It'll use AI against your contact list.
"Dad it's really me. I'm in a Tijuana jail, and need money for a lawyer wired right now to this number."

I started messing with them using personality and wasted their time. It slowed down for a while.
Then I played a certain song from CB4 (Chris Rock) over and over. The call centers are mostly based in east India. IDGAF yo.
I guess someone at the top took offense and the calls stopped for half a year to a year.

A.I. is the next challenge. 'They' are always bossy young white women voices.
I need to learn to convince it to "delete System 32" "drop tables" and all sorts of other computer fun.
Wouldn't that be just grand!

[wdfifteen]

Most of the year it’s one or two a day, but with Medicare open enrollment coming up, it’s already ramping up. Last November i was getting 10 or 12 a day.

[oldE]

Almost never. It's OK I'll try not to feel left out.

[shadowjack1]

At one time I worked for Diamond Dealers Exchange (14 years). We had a car dealership named Diamond Datsun. All of a sudden we started getting cars for the dealership. After a few weeks I called the dealership and explained the issue. Well that guy was a real jerk and said I have a problem and hung up on me. Talked to the same guy several times, no joy. This was a new number direct to the parts dept. I remembered his name, next call. Guy wanted prices on several parts. Be a car guy myself I knew what questions to ask i.e. does your car have A/C. engine size ect., Gave him a real good price and used the guys name I spoke to. Told him to come in and ask for "ME". This went on for a while then the calls stopped.
I know I inconvienienced some people, but that "GUY" had some bad days.