Have you considered obtaining a call blocking device, app, or phone? Google (or your favorite search engine) IS your friend!
Realize that the Do Not Call list is NOT a call blocker!
Here are some tried and true methods for reducing or eliminating repeated spam / scam phone calls: Click on the Info link, below, to see them
InfoWant to stop repeated telescam phone calls?
Try these alternatives:
1. Do not answer the phone if you see an unknown number on your Caller ID ... let it go to answering machine or voicemail. Many telescammers hang up after three or four rings.
2. If you have a smartphone, get one of the inexpensive or free phone blocker apps at your online app store, and learn how to use it.
3. If your cell is not "smart", read the manual to learn how to set up a "group". Assign the scammer's phone number to that group. Also assign a "silent ring" to that group. You will not hear your phone ring if that number calls you again.
3a. Alternately, assign a "silent ringtone" as the DEFAULT ringtone. Then, assign your favorite ringtones to friends, family, contacts, businesses, etc. That way, you will not hear your phone ring, even if the scammer changes numbers! (Disadvantage: if you forget to whitelist somebody, you won't hear their calls, either)
4. For cell phones or landlines: Contact your phone service provider. They may have a facility or method to allow you to block numbers.
5. If you buy things online, you might want to google "phone blocker" to see what devices or apps Amazon or other sites have to offer for landlines or smartphones.
6. DO NOT call unknown numbers back without checking who called (800notes is your friend)! All that does is verify your number is "live". Instead, read this:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/one-ring-cel ... ing-your-wallet
7. Consider picking up the phone, then immediately hanging up. A "real" caller will usually call you again, within seconds. A robocaller will not.
If you want to report potential fraudulent or scam calls, here are two pages of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.
1. Look elsewhere on this page (probably to your right) for the Article, "Where to Report Phone Crime"
2. For a more frequently updated site, look here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites.html
For info on FTC and communication initiatives to stop robocalls and other illegal calls, click "FTC", below.
FTCThe FTC and top communications companies met, to determine what they can do to stop robocalls and other illegal calls. Here is a link to a frequently updated page, showing the history and progress of their initiatives, as well as recent Congressional bills and industry implementations.
http://www.phonehelp.2truth.com/initiatives.html
(I strongly suggest you read the history and progress of
H.R.2669 - Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015
and
S.2558 - Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016
to learn how [slowly] bills progress through our Congressional system.)
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This number is relentless and for the life of me, I have no idea what they hope to accomplish. They will hammer me with several phone calls every day. Today already 4 TIMES in the last hour and a half and it is only 3 pm in my part of the world. A word of warning, do not engage with this number, it will only get worse. Even after calling this number back, I did get an actual person on the phone (2nd time, 1st time-just a hang up) and told him to quit calling my number. This increased the amount of phone calls I received and if there’s one thing I can count on….they will call me each and every day and continue to increase the amount of calls. I believe this number to be what started out as a complete computer scam (blue screen errors with a number to call misrepresenting themselves as having an affiliation with Microsoft) where they will charge you an exorbitant fee to “fix” your computer. Do not fall for that either- NEVER trust anyone you do not know unless you verify is a legit business. Your phone company likely cannot block this number from calling you-my advice, list your number with the Do not call list, report them and then change your phone number! Karma-they will get there’s someday and cheers to you 530-349-3199-IT JUST DOESN’T BOTHER ME ANYMORE! I WILL HAVE A NEW PHONE NUMBER VERY SOON! This is harassment and it’s hard to imagine what they are hoping to accomplish? I like "Slims" post to report this as it is a phone crime.
Today, Wed Jun14 2017,at about 305pmEST,I get a call from number 530-349-3199, of a guy with thick accent ..probably from india, informing me the he is from microsoft and that i have a virus on my computer; i say don't have computer; he says from laptop then; i say don't have laptop, then he OFFERS ME A FREE COMPUTER..WOW... SO, SEND ME THE COMPUTER, I SAY; He then ORDERS me to give him my card number. what card number..
he says to give him my credit card number
well, if you're offering me a computer FOR FREE, why do you need me to give you a number...don't have a credit card number
I said Hello, they said nothing and disconnected. Thank you to all the other posters. I have now blocked the number based on your posts. I have hundreds of numbers blocked thanks to my Iphone's ability to block an unlimited amount of numbers. Shame though that these criminals cannot be shut down forever. Until then, we'll just keep blocking them one by one.