[Shop-talk] robocalls and such

[Donald H Locker]

My low-tech solution was to set my default ring tone to "silence.mp4"
(which I recorded myself!) Real people with known numbers get a real
ring tone. I'm not bothered by bogus rings, and anyone who needs to
reach me leaves a message if I don't already have a ring tone for their
number.

Donald.
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On 2020-06-17 10:06 p.m., John Miller wrote:
> On 6/17/2020 6:37 PM, john niolon wrote:
>> anyone getting a rash of "800" harassing calls this afternoon. between
>> 4:30 and 6:00 pm we got 90 calls in 90 minutes.. different 800,866,888
>> numbers  and different caller id names,  but the same " debt
>> forgiveness" recorded message... if you hit a number to talk to
>> someone to complain they just hang up… I can't find a way to stop
>> them... looking for suggestions
> 
> All my spam is in Chinese. I don't answer most calls from numbers I
> don't recognize, and in mobile phones there's usually a 'block as spam'
> button somewhere.
> 
> We've got NoMoRobo hooked up to the house xfinity voip, which usually
> means it rings once and goes away.   Haven't yet added it to my cell.  I
> use a Google Voice number about half the time anyway.
> 
> John.
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