[Shop-talk] annoying calls

[Jim Stone]

I know this discussion has run out of steam, but the Washington Post just published a relevant article with reviews of multiple free and pay apps to block robo and spam calls and, in some cases, get even a bit.  All but one seem to be limited to mobile phones, but I still thought this was worth passing on.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/04/die-robocalls-die-how-to-guide-stop-spammers-exact-revenge/?utm_term=.e534d4b0e2e2&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

I am more than happy to share a pdf of this article with anyone who has trouble opening up the link due to WaPo’s paywall.

Jim

> On Mar 25, 2019, at 12:29 PM, john niolon via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> for some time I’ve been getting calls on cells phones and home phone offering me “lower credit card rates” and have a limited time to reply... when I press “1” to speak to an associate, I get a foreign being speaking almost english and when I tell him to stop calling they hang up..these calls are two to three times a week and sometimes twice a day.  Today I called their 800 number and got bank of america.  After three failed attempts and a call back I finally spoke to a person and she told me it was a scam and they mask their number and it shows BoAs 800 number.  She said there was nothing they could do... but put me on BoAs do not call list but offered no incouragement that that would stop the calls
>  
> Is there anywhere I can take this to get it resolved...  I can’t seem to block the number on my home phone since it[s a 800 number and haven’t found a way on the cells yet...   come on phone/tech/gurus... little help here
>  
> thanks
> John
>  
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