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Spam/Scam calls from fake local numbers
I have begun to get three to six calls daily from random supposed local numbers which begin with a little "gong" noise when and if I answer. They all proceed to a foreign voice claiming to represent ...
T-Mobile Scam Shield is very effective. I don't think a spam/scam call has gotten through it.
Before there was Scam Shield, I used Hiya. It had a setting to block spoofing calls that used the same area code and prefix as my own number.
I know this isn't exactly what you want, but it works really well: Apple setting: Phone > Silence Unkown Callers > On. Callers in your contacts will go through. Any legitimate callers not in your Contacts can leave a message. (Then you can add them to your Contacts so it will ring the next time.) In my experience, the bad guys never leave a voice mail message.
eqr wrote:Yes, that's always an option, but puts you totally off the grid. Wanted to be able to receive calls as necessary. Seems like there ought to be a filter of some sort to allow calls to be simply rejected as opposed to sent to voicemail.
How can you filter a number when the number they are calling from is not the number you are seeing? The way call display works for all carriers is so old, the whole system needs to be redisnged.
