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Re: Spam/Scam calls from fake local numbers
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.3Visto0likes0ComentariosSpam/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 Social Security shipping department (?). Googling, I find no way to decline these calls without routing them direct to voicemail. This wouldn't be such a problem, but for the last three weeks I was traveling in Africa and the calls continued, with each I suspect, costing me a quarter for the connection. There must be some way to either end these calls without connecting, or for T-Mobile to identify and block these calls or identify as Spam Likely and not make the connection. Would like to end this nonsense decisively. Can anyone help ???Solved171Visto1like7ComentariosRe: Overseas Travel: How can I avoid incoming call costs but still use free text/data roaming while abroad?
They still come through here, though some, maybe half, are labeled "scam likely" so we know not to answer. Many others come through clear with spoofed numbers so they appear to be local calls. It may be getting better, but it's far from perfect. To reference my original post, even the calls that are caught and identified as "spam likely" get through to the phone, so without engaging direct to voicemail while traveling, each of the spam calls is going to cost a quarter.33Visto1like0ComentariosRe: Overseas Travel: How can I avoid incoming call costs but still use free text/data roaming while abroad?
This is what I was told yesterday in chat with T-Mobile rep, "just don't answer, you won't be charged." We have been getting an increasing number of "scam likely," and just plain junk calls, so after reading all of this, I'm a little reluctant to take the rep at his word. Off to France in a couple of days, and will probably take the direct to voicemail route just to be safe. Assume that back in the apartment, on wi-fi, we are good to enable normal mode and use just as we would at home in the USA.3Visto0likes0Comentarios