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Anyone notice a spike in robo spam calls recently?
| yes, its getting so much worse just this past month or two
the most frustrating bit is my grandpa passed 2 weeks ago so I'll be expecting calls from family members I've never met or funeral planners and get calls for some hotel bs instead. can't even use a blocker cause it'll block the important calls
| just google your number.
had the same thing with a new number and it was still in an old online phonebook so I haded to delete that.
| >>b1be5e this too. I set my blocker to only let in calls from my contacts list but even then... Ugh. I recently got a voicemail from a robot voice saying that my "car insurance would be cancelled if I don't respond." Yet, I don't have a car...
| >>bead9f I heard about a FCC do not call registry, but I've also heard that spam callers don't give a shit about that because they're in some call center in another country. Basically can't do anything about it.
| never been pranked or bot called, I guess I'm just lucky
| Yes, I'm even on the do not call list, but these fuckers still call. I should press charges or something for being so annoying.
| Yes omg, so many ping calls in recent few weeks. Just today morning some random number from russia called for a second.
| >>269139 don't remember exactly but you can be awarded something like
$100 for spam when you're on the DNC list and an extra amount for robo calls, assuming they're in the us and you can track them down in court I guess
| These calls are just a scam devised by our machine overlords. They are using them to gather data on the annoyed emotion from anyone who does answer. They're getting smarter, and soon they will rule the world.
| Keep in mind that they can identify a call blocker by the single ring characteristic. Ideally you should redirect to a honey pot that rings forever if possible.
| Cleary Indian robo call centers have finally invested into some good equipment
| They're spoofing caller ID numbers too. I got an angry text from dungeons telling me to stop calling them, but I have no records of those calls. But at the same time I've been getting robo calls with the same first 7 digits, probably in hours of ruching me to answer
| This is what you get by using non-free voice communication technology
| >>0fbbc1 >>0fbbc1 install asterisk on a hired instance somewhere, register a number to it, then redirect unwanted traffic there.
| Yes it was your mom
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| I have since downloaded a cal blocker because I get one at least once per day. Really annoying. And before you ask, no, I don't put my number everywhere all Willy like a grandma falling for an online coupon ad. Plus, I recently got a carrier & thus, a new phone who/ a new number. (I had a free gov phone before) & the only people who I gave this new number to are very few family members & one friend. I hate voicemail too because these spam calls leave messages & flood the damn thing