Razors Edge ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 14, 2020 ...do seem to have declined in recent weeks. What's up with that? @202zaydontplay: anyone noticed their phone not ringing with scam calls nomore? those girls mustve got laid off too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #2 Posted April 14, 2020 I’ve noticed that too. India must be in lockdown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2020 Share #3 Posted April 14, 2020 I have 'Silence Unknown Callers' turned on on my phone. I haven't heard a spam call in months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #4 Posted April 14, 2020 I don't understand.........those aren't people. They're vermin. Who cares. Himmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Kzoo said: I have 'Silence Unknown Callers' turned on on my phone. I haven't heard a spam call in months. How does that work? Do calls go through, but straight to voicemail? Do they just not ring? Are they blocked? Do you still get a VM (garbled chinese)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #6 Posted April 14, 2020 I get very few of them any more Some IT guy with a bad accent keeps calling and emailing me though @Jon KITguy is his name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2020 Share #7 Posted April 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: How does that work? Do calls go through, but straight to voicemail? Do they just not ring? Are they blocked? Do you still get a VM (garbled chinese)? There is a notification on the screen that there is a call but the phone is silent. The call gets treated as unanswered and goes to v-mail after the appropriate number of 'silent rings'. Spammers don't normally leave v-mail. Their autodialers don't have time for v-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #8 Posted April 14, 2020 Spam calls are so bad that I occasionally hang up on real calls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #9 Posted April 14, 2020 I'm still getting lots of them, but the completely fake ones seem to be gone. The one's I'm getting are those trying to trick you into thinking you're overpaying or underprotected and will take you to 3rd party energy providers, insurance companies, etc. I'm getting lots of fake stuff in my emails lately, telling me things like they're suspended my Microsoft email account, Paypal account, etc. until I resolve a problem by filling out the attached form (NEVER open these!), etc. Since I downloaded the email suspension notice at the same time I downloaded several other ones dates later on, it was clear they - I've gotten 3 or 4 of them - were fakes right from the start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, MickinMD said: I'm still getting lots of them, but the completely fake ones seem to be gone. The one's I'm getting are those trying to trick you into thinking you're overpaying or underprotected and will take you to 3rd party energy providers, insurance companies, etc. I'm getting lots of fake stuff in my emails lately, telling me things like they're suspended my Microsoft email account, Paypal account, etc. until I resolve a problem by filling out the attached form (NEVER open these!), etc. Since I downloaded the email suspension notice at the same time I downloaded several other ones dates later on, it was clear they - I've gotten 3 or 4 of them - were fakes right from the start! My wife gets the Paypal ones too. Not sure why her and not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted April 14, 2020 I just talked to my mom, and she - unprompted - mentioned her SPAM calls have dropped off as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted April 14, 2020 Share #12 Posted April 14, 2020 27 minutes ago, Allen said: I’ve noticed that too. India must be in lockdown. They are, I work with a lot of people in India and they are all working from home. Not sure how long their lockdown is currently scheduled for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted April 14, 2020 Share #13 Posted April 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Spam calls are so bad that I occasionally hang up on real calls My spam calls were so bad, I gave up answering the phone, if the call wasn't identified by one of my existing contacts. If they didn't leave a message, they were blocked. I theory is; if it's important they will leave a message. Recently... I haven't received many (almost none) spam calls. Then again, I probably have hundreds of blocked numbers by now. I'm guessing that may have helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 14, 2020 Share #14 Posted April 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, MickinMD said: I'm still getting lots of them, but the completely fake ones seem to be gone. The one's I'm getting are those trying to trick DrMick, if those aren't SPAM calls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 14, 2020 Share #15 Posted April 14, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #16 Posted April 14, 2020 46 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: My spam calls were so bad, I gave up answering the phone, if the call wasn't identified by one of my existing contacts. If they didn't leave a message, they were blocked. I theory is; if it's important they will leave a message. Recently... I haven't received many (almost none) spam calls. Then again, I probably have hundreds of blocked numbers by now. I'm guessing that may have helped. Unfortunately It doesn't work all the time. I answered a call this morning that turned out to be from the power company asking if I had power since I made a report of the brownouts yesterday. They are working from home and the call sounded like the usual bs so I hung up In the millisecond that I was pushing the button my brain caught up with the conversation"power company". I immediately pushed the pick up button and fortunately they were still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted April 14, 2020 Share #17 Posted April 14, 2020 With the elections coming up, there will be plenty of spam calls soon. Politicians conveniently excluded themselves from the Do Not Call law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 14, 2020 Share #18 Posted April 14, 2020 Funny that I got my first spam call in weeks today. I was getting 2-3 a day but they had stopped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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