kerbie18 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 As all of you probably know, I am a first responder by living for 20 years. I essentially answer random 911 calls for a living. As part of my job, I constantly use my cell phone, sometimes in an emergency. I use my cell phone along with my police radio to handle major emergencies. These hell spawn spammers are blowing up my phone. I get five calls a day trying to sell me an extended warranty, or some African Prince crap. How do I filter out this god awful BS and still receive the needed phone calls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Who is your carrier? AT&T has gotten pretty good at flagging possible spam and silencing it’s ring. For me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricordo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I have this on my home phone, https://www.nomorobo.com/ It's not perfect and scammers and spammers do slip through. But it's better than nothing. There's also, https://www.robokiller.com/ Don't know how they work in a cell phone. I recharge the battery on mine every 3 or 4 months or so. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 hours ago, railfancwb said: Who is your carrier? AT&T has gotten pretty good at flagging possible spam and silencing it’s ring. For me. T-mobile. I was with Sprint for over 20 years before they merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Your phone should have a do not disturb feature. You can set it to ring through your contact numbers and text from contacts or anyone. It may not work for what you are looking for, since you never know what numbers will be calling for what, or do you? Unknown numbers will light up the phone, but not ring. If they bother to leave a voice mail, then you'll get it. Something to look in to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I’m in the same boat. I can’t just not answer the phone even if I don’t know the number. Most use an Automatic Connection feature. The computer is listening for the word HELLO. I always answer with something like “This is Robert” or “Roberts Office” The computer just doesn’t connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Batesmotel said: I’m in the same boat. I can’t just not answer the phone even if I don’t know the number. Most use an Automatic Connection feature. The computer is listening for the word HELLO. I always answer with something like “This is Robert” or “Roberts Office” The computer just doesn’t connect. Once a phone is answered the spammer knows it is a live number and files it that way. Often initial calls come from a demon dialer. Once given an area code and exchange it works through all 10000 possible numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Once a phone is answered the spammer knows it is a live number and files it that way. Often initial calls come from a demon dialer. Once given an area code and exchange it works through all 10000 possible numbers. True but I don’t get the person on the other end yacking about vacation clubs or car warranties. It just goes dead if I don’t say Hello. I wish I could just let them all go to voicemail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Kerbie, Do you have a Moment to Talk about Insurance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 i get about 5 a day, the newest ones tell my me "Service" Company is about to Turn off "Power" Please Dial One, i Dial One Every time until i get them Swearing Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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