Poll of the Day > How often do you get spam callers calling your cell phone?

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JebronLames
01/10/20 2:03:51 PM
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how often

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Ogurisama
01/10/20 2:04:32 PM
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CTLM
01/10/20 2:07:08 PM
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Every few days. I block their numbers but they still find me
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JebronLames
01/10/20 2:07:51 PM
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CTLM posted...
Every few days. I block their numbers but they still find me
i prob get it more frequently than you do, i also wonder how they find me

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WastelandCowboy
01/10/20 2:10:30 PM
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Its slowed down a lot over the past couple months, but usually at least one spam call a day. Its usually a local number with the same area code. I ignore them and dont answer unless I know the number. If its important, theyll leave a message.
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FrozenBananas
01/10/20 2:48:20 PM
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It only just started over a couple months ago (I think because my Dad gave out my phone number when trying to sign me up for some new health insurance)

when it started, it was literally a call every 3-4 hours. I started blocking numbers and they started calling me back with a new number an hour later. It was fucking ridiculous. Its slowed down recently though

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CaptainStrong
01/10/20 2:51:35 PM
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About once a month on my cell phone. About 5 times a day on my home phone.
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DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC
01/10/20 2:54:56 PM
#8:


I honestly can't remember the last time I got one.

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Aculo
01/10/20 2:55:52 PM
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it's been a couple weeks, ok?

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Bugmeat
01/10/20 3:33:52 PM
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Rarely. Not even one a week.


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aDirtyShisno
01/10/20 3:36:56 PM
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Around 274,356,012 times a day... Or somewhere thereabout.

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dancer62
01/10/20 3:44:02 PM
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3 times a day, usually. It only seems like more. They usually don't leave a message, maybe twice a month, wanting to give me a gift card, suspending my Social Security number for illegal activity, wanting me to repay a (paid back 30 years ago) student loan.

I understand that actually answering is a red flag to the scammer community, (Wow! A working number!) but not answering doesn't seem to slow them down much.

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CTLM
01/10/20 6:00:29 PM
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JebronLames posted...
i prob get it more frequently than you do, i also wonder how they find me

One or more places sold your information somewhere along the line. All it takes is one spot to give it out and it gets spread around like the most delicious peanut butter and jelly
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streamofthesky
01/10/20 6:06:07 PM
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About 3 times a day for true VOIP spam bs* It fucking sucks, and I tried blocking the numbers but that just sends it straight to voicemail, which they always leave the same pre-recorded scam messages and it's even more annoying to clear out vs. just clicking on missed calls.

* I also get like a call a day from the fucking Red Cross desperate for my blood, which technically isn't spam but may as well be. (-_-) Sometimes they even call twice or even three times in a row, immediately after I don't answer the first time. It's so fucking annoying! I refuse to schedule a blood donation off of a call on their end vs. calling myself just on principle now, might encourage them even more.
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DirtBasedSoap
01/10/20 6:54:46 PM
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about 3-5 calls a day. seriously considering dropping AT&T because of how bad this shit is. They obviously dont give a fuck.

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JebronLames
01/10/20 6:58:50 PM
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DirtBasedSoap posted...
about 3-5 calls a day. seriously considering dropping AT&T because of how bad this shit is. They obviously dont give a fuck.
what can they do?

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DirtBasedSoap
01/10/20 7:00:13 PM
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JebronLames posted...
what can they do?
Im sure they can figure it out with all that money.

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Arishok
01/10/20 7:17:27 PM
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WastelandCowboy posted...
Its slowed down a lot over the past couple months, but usually at least one spam call a day. Its usually a local number with the same area code. I ignore them and dont answer unless I know the number. If its important, theyll leave a message.

Same here. I recently got two calls from unknown numbers just yesterday.
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JoeDangIt
01/10/20 7:22:37 PM
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I've pretty much stopped getting them after I started getting them to remove me from their lists.
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Judgmenl
01/10/20 7:23:04 PM
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Like once a month?

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LightningFlash
01/10/20 7:30:30 PM
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It use to be bad but T-mobile seems to block them good now.

I sometimes get lucky and one gets through.

When they do I try my damnest to sound interested and genuine and fight to keep them on phone for as long as possible. At very end when they need my financials I act like I don't understand why its wrong and repeat the same wrong number like 100 times, then say OOOH I SEE, sorry about that. It's (start reading number)... OMG MY DAUGHTER JUST FELL! PLEASE CALL ME BACK LATER! If they call me back I do the same thing with 100s of questions again xD. I have a lot of fun.

I once had them just start screaming vulgar curse words claiming I had drove them to want to kill themself xD.

I especially love the fake scam pc people lol and pretending I already paid for their service lol.
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Johnny Eagle
01/10/20 7:36:10 PM
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Far more often now than I used to

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Alex1976
01/10/20 8:57:39 PM
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Sometimes. If the number is one I don't recognize, I don't answer. If it's a four-digit number, I block it straightaway.

One time, I got that "Can you hear me now" call on my cell. I hung up immediately.

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Fierce_Deity_08
01/10/20 9:13:38 PM
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Once or twice a month. I dont use my phone much or give my number to many people.

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LinkPizza
01/10/20 9:34:28 PM
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So, I use to get them pretty consistently. They have slowed down to maybe a couple a day. But they recently made the update where my phone says most likely spam. It also shows other names. Like the guy at my job or my realtor without me having their number saved in my phone...
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KJ StErOiDs
01/10/20 9:38:40 PM
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1-2 times a week, perhaps.

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LinkPizza
01/10/20 9:38:48 PM
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LightningFlash posted...
It use to be bad but T-mobile seems to block them good now.

I sometimes get lucky and one gets through.

When they do I try my damnest to sound interested and genuine and fight to keep them on phone for as long as possible. At very end when they need my financials I act like I don't understand why its wrong and repeat the same wrong number like 100 times, then say OOOH I SEE, sorry about that. It's (start reading number)... OMG MY DAUGHTER JUST FELL! PLEASE CALL ME BACK LATER! If they call me back I do the same thing with 100s of questions again xD. I have a lot of fun.

I once had them just start screaming vulgar curse words claiming I had drove them to want to kill themself xD.

I especially love the fake scam pc people lol and pretending I already paid for their service lol.

A co-worker of mine use to fuck with them, as well. Hes put it on speaker so we could hear. It was a fun time all around... Sometimes, the caller would laugh, as well... before hanging up.
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CatchMyFade16
01/10/20 10:29:30 PM
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Daily. Usually hang up but if im taking a shit i put it on speaker

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Lokarin
01/10/20 10:32:17 PM
#29:


I found the easiest way to filter them out is to answer the phone, but remain silent until they start talking... for some reason spam callers rarely speak first.

But, that could just be coincidence.

It's not rude, either; the caller is supposed to be the one who introduces themselves.

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
01/11/20 5:19:04 PM
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Prolly 5 a day. Its a call for a debt collector for someone who has a similar name.

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Dikitain
01/11/20 7:08:07 PM
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About one every 2 days. I have a blacklist app on my phone so I don't even get notified of them, but I do like to check the log every once and a while and even after 5 years of just blocking everything not in my contact list they still try calling me. Crazy.

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captpackrat
01/11/20 8:36:39 PM
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I used to get them frequently, then I blocked all phone numbers from the same exchange as my phone, since 99% of spam calls now use spoofed numbers that look similar to your own. Now I hardly get any at all.

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JebronLames
01/11/20 8:39:56 PM
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captpackrat posted...
I used to get them frequently, then I blocked all phone numbers from the same exchange as my phone, since 99% of spam calls now use spoofed numbers that look similar to your own. Now I hardly get any at all.
what? doesn't that block some numbers that you want calling you?

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LinkPizza
01/11/20 9:15:17 PM
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JebronLames posted...
captpackrat posted...
I used to get them frequently, then I blocked all phone numbers from the same exchange as my phone, since 99% of spam calls now use spoofed numbers that look similar to your own. Now I hardly get any at all.

what? doesn't that block some numbers that you want calling you?

I was wondering this, too. I know that some numbers in the same area have similar numbers. So if I did that, I would end up blocking some co-workers numbers...
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captpackrat
01/11/20 9:45:15 PM
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JebronLames posted...
what? doesn't that block some numbers that you want calling you?
Nobody important. And if it is someone legit, it'll just go to voice mail. Spammers never bother with leaving a message, they'd have to give a genuine number for me to call back.

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BUMPED2002
01/11/20 9:53:53 PM
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On a daily basis!

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slacker03150
01/11/20 11:11:17 PM
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I used to get them more, but then I started calling them back and tying up their lines talking to them about sailor moon or Buffy.

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streamofthesky
01/12/20 9:29:00 AM
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captpackrat posted...
Nobody important. And if it is someone legit, it'll just go to voice mail. Spammers never bother with leaving a message, they'd have to give a genuine number for me to call back.
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Noop_Noop
01/12/20 9:31:42 AM
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Often enough that I've made a passtime out of fucking with them

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LinkPizza
01/12/20 2:06:18 PM
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streamofthesky posted...
OH HOW I FUCKING WISH THAT WERE TRUE!!!!

They leave you messages?! Ive never had them leave me a message... That I can remember. Not these days, at least...
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acesxhigh
01/12/20 2:14:35 PM
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none in a while but last month it was like once a day. around here it's common to get chinese robo calls.
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granasaberx
01/12/20 2:43:48 PM
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I have received voice mails too, until I actually set up a message on my phone. Now whenever they call, before they can even leave a message, the message gets them and it's pretty long. It tells all legitimate people about how some numbers have been spoofed, and if they got a call from my number and I didn't leave a message, it wasn't legit.

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streamofthesky
01/12/20 6:41:17 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
They leave you messages?! Ive never had them leave me a message... That I can remember. Not these days, at least...
Not all, but some do. If I don't answer or I block them, they leave usually an 18 second message. Usually some IRS scam.
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Yopster
01/12/20 11:05:42 PM
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Multiple times a day.

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aHappySacka
01/12/20 11:09:18 PM
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Sporadically but my phone has "do not disturb" turned on so at least I won't get woken up when sleeping or otherwise bothered by it, I just block the number afterwords.

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Lonestar2000
01/14/20 12:24:32 PM
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I seem to get a lot less ever since I turned on Verizon's free Call Filter.

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gguirao
01/23/20 3:50:48 PM
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Maybe once or twice a day.

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Yellow
01/23/20 3:54:53 PM
#48:


They're the reason I don't answer my phone.

The last time I actually thought I had a court summons until I looked up how courts actually contact you. From then on I decided that I'm never answering a phone call unless they're on my contact list.

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LinkPizza
01/23/20 6:01:17 PM
#49:


Recently, Ive been getting 1-3 a day. But, I now know its spam, so...
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frankspank
01/27/20 1:19:23 AM
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Never. Blocked all calls to my phone that weren't from numbers in my contact list. Problem solved.
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