Said my telephone (landline) company, Century Link, had been deregulated and was grossly overcharging me. Their company would be taking over my account and my monthly bill would be greatly reduced. Made it sound like this would be happening automatically. I said it was odd I hadn't received any notice in the mail regarding Century Link switching to whatever their company is. Upon questioning it turned out I would be "choosing" to go with them. Talked to 2 different people before they started wanting more information. I said it wanted something in writing/printing from them regarding the changes. The gal I was talking with hung up on me.
Says I had applied for a pay day loan, which I hadn't. Has called several times. Says to press 9 to be removed from their calling list, which I have done. They just call from a different number. Same male voice in message.
Automated call with caller ID (361) 317-3273. Have received many like it, always with the same male voice and a different web site to use for a payday loan. This time it was www.myfastwire.com Seems suspicious..
Spam caller; reported to complaints.doNotCall.gov.
It AUTOMATICALLY-DOES-NOT-RING: On my cell phone, I've installed "Call Blocker Free - Blacklist" by NQ Mobile Security for Android phones. It is useful for non-business phones to only accept calls from phone numbers I want, incoming unwanted calls automatically do not ring (rings on the spam caller end of the call, but not the recipient end and shows in the app instead of the phone call log). I go to the app>Main screen>Funnel icon>Blocking mode> change it to: "Accept ONLY FROM WHITELIST and CONTACTS". Add the phone numbers you wish to receive calls from to your Contacts (keep your Contacts up-to-date as normal) and/or add non-contacts that you wish to receive a call from to the app Whitelist. With my phone carrier service, I also turn voicemail OFF so that it doesn't pickup a spam call after its set time to record.
UPDATE: I'm liking "Call Blocker" by embware for Android phones better for the same and additional capabilities. It has the added ability to add a blocked non-spam number chosen from the blocked call log to the unblock-whitelist, with a name so I know the name associated with the phone number. And, it has the added ability to allow one-click-calling a whitelisted-allowed number. If you want to download it from google play, it has a 'B' on a padlock icon. I change the call setting from "block private number" (hidden callerID) to allow "phonebook only" (only allow incoming calls from Contacts and Whitelist). It only works for Android version 4 or less. The latest embware version changed to a 10-second delay to open (demo) but seemingly fully-working version.
Said my telephone (landline) company, Century Link, had been deregulated and was grossly overcharging me. Their company would be taking over my account and my monthly bill would be greatly reduced. Made it sound like this would be happening automatically. I said it was odd I hadn't received any notice in the mail regarding Century Link switching to whatever their company is. Upon questioning it turned out I would be "choosing" to go with them. Talked to 2 different people before they started wanting more information. I said it wanted something in writing/printing from them regarding the changes. The gal I was talking with hung up on me.