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I'm talking about the constant suspicious calls to my smartphone.

I currently have a history of a little over 100 phone numbers on my cellphone from people or places I'm unfamiliar with. Some are out of State but most are the same prefix as my phone. Funny thing is that there are no duplicate numbers. I really don't care because I don't answer and there's never a voicemail.

Actually I did receive a voicemail on July 4th but there wasn't a call made to my phone. It just popped up. I know because my phone rings 10x before going to voicemail. This happened one other time and it was a robocall which I immediately deleted.

I don't know how this happened but I'm thinking that opening the voicemail might be like clicking a suspicious link in an email. Might be some way of hacking into my phone.
 
Should have researched it before posting my issue...

Apparently Verizon users can send voicemail messages directly to other Verizon users by the following:

To send a voicemail directly to another Verizon subscriber:
Call your voicemail access number.
Press “2” to send a message.
Follow the instructions as promoted. You’ll either record the message and then enter the phone number, or the other way around.
Set your delivery options – 1 for private, 2 for urgent, 3 to request confirmation, 4 for future delivery.
Press “#” to send the message.
______________________________________

There's an app called SLYDIAL that allows the user to send a voicemail to any mobile phone.

I read where the spam voicemail might be from someone on my blocked caller list. What's being done is by no means illegal but certainly annoying when it's from a stranger.

Another convenience turned into an annoyance!!
 
Just another reason I'm glad I don't own a cell phone. We never answer our land line phone as all calls go the answering machine, set to answer on third ring. If the caller wants to talk to us, they leave a message. Never bothered by telemarketers or robo calls.
 
If I don't recognize the name or number, (and sometimes when I do), I don't answer, either my home or cell phone. If it's important, they'll leave a message. If I think it's important, I'll return the call.
 
I normally do not answer calls from unknown numbers but have been dealing with a family medical emergency so any number from a particular area code I am answering. Once the issue is resolved, back to no answer. The worst recently has been the NRA using multiple call center area codes.
 
Did you steal that from me? :D I've said the same thing a number of time times.

I have a phone for MY convenience, not anyone else's. I answer when I want to, return messages when it's important to me.

i have a friend who is a slave to his phone. He answers every call, even when it's a random number and he has no idea who it is. Even worse, when it's his PITA sister, he can't ignore it. He just has to answer so she can dump her latest problem on him.

Donn said:
If I don't recognize the name or number, (and sometimes when I do), I don't answer, either my home or cell phone. If it's important, they'll leave a message. If I think it's important, I'll return the call.
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I have a simple solution that works for me.

Whenever I have the need to initiate business with someone I immediately put their number in my contacts. The next time they call I know who's calling and can pickup if necessary. Anyone else can go pound sand.

Even friends and family know to send me a quick text to contact me. We will then have a phone conversation if necessary.

I believe I read where the FCC has been asked to force cellphone providers to include the caller number in spam voicemail. We all know numbers can be faked and the end result would work about as well as the Do-not-call list.
 
Everything government tries to fix under the guise of helping the people turns out this way. Just look at thee deregulation of rail travel, air travel, etc. The moment I noted that the politicians exempted their telephone calls to the peasants, oops I meant constituents, I knew the fix was in. As a nation we have gone from the best telephone service in the world to the worst. If we have a national emergency event such as an EMP we are dead in the water.
 
This takes the cake, a couple of days ago I received 8-10 calls on my landline at home, they were all showed my name and landline number on the incoming call from screen. As soon as the phone was picked up the call ended. I guess others may have been getting calls from my name and number too.
Steve W
 
Stevens said:
This takes the cake, a couple of days ago I received 8-10 calls on my landline at home, they were all showed my name and landline number on the incoming call from screen. As soon as the phone was picked up the call ended. I guess others may have been getting calls from my name and number too.
Steve W
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I've gotten a few calls identified as me calling myself. Since I don't answer any of them it doesn't bother me.

The big thing I have to watch is email from family members and friends. Somebody hacks their contact list and the fun begins.
 
coltle6920 said:
I've gotten a few calls identified as me calling myself. Since I don't answer any of them it doesn't bother me.

The big thing I have to watch is email from family members and friends. Somebody hacks their contact list and the fun begins.
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I had some moron "spoof" (I think it's called) my cell number and call a woman and use some really bad language on her. She called me thinking I had called her and read me the riot act. I'm getting calls all the time now with my area code and first 3 digits with varying last 4 numbers. I don't pick up, it rings 2-3 times and hangs up. Until I read this thread I thought it somebody who didn't like me. I should have known how could that be?
 
I've had phone calls on my land line with caller ID showing it was me using my number. I thought about answering in case it was the future me calling to warn me about something. J/K.
 
My IPhone has a "Do Not Disturb" setting and I set it from 10 PM to 959 PM, 23 hours and 59 minutes.

Only numbers in my contact list can get through. One in a while, maybe once a week, some robocaller gets the phone to ring, but my Nomorobo sends it immediately to Voice mail.

I have this explanation when you call my voicemail: "Don't hang up-I want to talk to you but the Scammers are driving me crazy so you can't get through to me unless you are on my contact list. If you aren't trying to collect money for missed jury duty, or back taxes or trying to sell me an extended car warranty, leave your number and I will add you to my contacts and call you back."

So far, so good. :):):)

Bob
 
GaryS said:
I have a friend who is a slave to his phone. He answers every call, even when it's a random number and he has no idea who it is.
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Speaking of "phone slaves", a few nights ago, my wife and I were at a restaurant having diner. I noticed the lady at the next table was holding her phone in her left hand as she ate. It must have been surgically implanted as she did not put it down once during our whole time at the restaurant! Some people must have a true addiction to that plastic electronic device!
 
GaryS said:
I have a phone for MY convenience, not anyone else's. I answer when I want to, return messages when it's important to me.

i have a friend who is a slave to his phone. He answers every call, even when it's a random number and he has no idea who it is.
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No idea about your friend's situation, but many people aren't exactly slaves to their phone by choice. I'm a sole proprietor in a small business wherein I have to answer every call, because it might be business. At times I have two business landlines forwarded to my cell phone, and one of those landlines might also have an associate's cell number forwarded to it, so I'm dealing with calls to four lines. I have other friends in the same situation. In today's society, everybody in your neighborhood or apartment complex might have a different area code on their cell phone, so that's no real indicator of the location of even actual calls.

BigBoy99 said:
Speaking of "phone slaves", a few nights ago, my wife and I were at a restaurant having diner. I noticed the lady at the next table was holding her phone in her left hand as she ate. It must have been surgically implanted as she did not put it down once during our whole time at the restaurant! Some people must have a true addiction to that plastic electronic device!
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Expanding on my earlier comment, during the latter days of my federal LEO career, officers rotated being on call for electronically monitored home confinement cases. Every call must be answered and responded to immediately. Officers lost their jobs for failing that. There have been some high profile EM cases in the recent past wherein the person on the bracelet escaped it and killed or raped some nice people, and the officer failed to respond in a timely manner. Heads rolled, and in these cases, the fallout rolls uphill and downhill.

I know more than one mother who monitors her child's diabetes via her phone. She can tell when the sugar level changes, and contact the child to make adjustments. I know other people who monitor the cameras at their home, keeping track of a pet or an elderly parent or a child who's barely old enough to be left alone, but not old enough to be unsupervised. Other people might be waiting on a package to be delivered. Kinda like most things in life, everybody's situation is different. Don't judge others by your personal experience, practice and situation. Now, I'm not saying that everybody on their phone while eating their calamari is monitoring national security, but lots of people are dealing with things important to them physically, financially, and emotionally.

Finally. The most irritating robocalls I get are the ones about my Google business listing, since Google doesn't let my business type advertise on Google . . . #SMDH
 
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I watched a girl walking with head down looking at her phone. She walked right into a light pole. Startled, she dropped her phone and banged her forehead. She must have been stunned because when she bent down to pick up her phone she banged the top of head on the pole. Samsung needs to ad a proximity alert on their phones.
 
Yep, that’s my situation Muss. I often get called from a number I don’t know since my “people” ( the ones that sign the pay check) give my number to their “people” and say, “ just call jimmy before you land/get to the dock etc. day, night......:rolleyes:
 
gregintenn said:
If only there were a button you could press that electrocuted the person calling you.:rolleyes:
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You could always get one of those freon boat horns and blast it into the phone....

Another thing with most call center calls; they have several going on at one time and wait until a voice says something in order to connect; if you answer but say nothing, nothing happens except an expense to their phone bill
 
The worst part about turning 65 is the endless calls trying to sell you a supplement plan. Seven months later, theyre still going strong. Block a number, they just call on another one.
 
The vast majority of these "robo calls" use cloned numbers. I've gotten 2 robo calls from numbers on my contact list. So naturally, being a number on my list, I answer the phone but alas, it's not anyone I know.
The biggest problem with them using cloned numbers is, it doesn't do any good to block them because, they'll just call you again from a different number. I've gotten such a large variety of robo calls over the last few months, that it boggles the mind.
The most recent ones are either trying to sell me an extended warranty on my vehicle (which expired over 9 years ago) or the "IRS" or some other government entity threatening to take legal action against me unless I return their call immediately.
Some of the numbers aren't even real phone numbers. If you try to block them, they'll come up as "invalid number".:mad:
 
My old buddy Scam Likely calls me every day.
 
On the cell phone I don’t answer calls from numbers or people I don’t know. If they don’t leave a voicemail then that number gets blocked. But then, I rarely get spam calls on my cell phone. On my home phone 90% of calls are robocalls and my provider limits the number I can block. We mostly ignore the home phone because of that. Should probably drop it.
 
my answering machine is on duty 24/7.....i DO NOT engage with crazies......
 
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