The phone itself or the carrier can aid in offering more blocking services. For example, Sprint is my carrier and their website allows for text and voice blocking as well as the phone can easily block calls or texts as well. I use the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and the unit makes it so easy to block these time wasters. When will we, the innocent have rights in this country? It dumbfounds me that here we are paying for services and these commercials are impeding on our privacy, using texts and calls that we pay for each month..go figure?
Please realize that:
Your post here will NOT stop the calls. We did not call you. Your caller probably does not read these messages. We cannot block calls to you. We cannot put you on or take you off a list.The National Do Not Call list is respected by legitimate telemarketers, but is ignored by criminal telescammers.YOU are your own best defense against unwanted calls! You can use a call blocking app, device, service or procedure to block such calls.
Here are two pages of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report phone scams, or learn more about them:
1) First, look elsewhere on this site for an Article, entitled "Where to Report Phone Crime". (It may appear in the column to your right).
2) For a more frequently updated list of complaint sites, with links to government web pages, look here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites.html
If you wish to visit a page of FAQs and REAL answers, try this one
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/faqs.html
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786-298-5682 is a criminal scammer claiming they can eliminate student loans. The scammers apparently are breaking the law (duh) regarding the prohibition of using pre-recorded messages, as well as the do-not-call list. Block them, don't answer. These unscrupulous smelly scammers identify and resell the numbers which have answered, and they will contact you in a couple of weeks for another campaign. Pray for huge fines and putting them out of business - and enjoy it when them receive prison time.