Phone scam

Stop Robo Calls with NoMoRobo: Stop robocalls and telemarketers with Nomorobo

I've used NoMoRobo for 4 or 5 years. They work with my VoIP phone and my cellphones. The service providers are happy to pay them because they cut down on bandwidth consumption. These days, I always wait to hear if a call will ring twice before I even *think* about picking up. NoMoRobo catches most robocalls after the first ring. They're also good about adding numbers to their database, so I religiously report new robo callers and solicitors.
Just sayin'...
--Ed--

I now get no more weird foreign voices claiming to be from Microsoft's technical dept and many other such scams. We have been inundated with rubbish calls- before I added a call blocker device this reached 6 or 7 a day.

In the UK service providers have added a new free service that means callers are challenged to leave a short message, then press #. My phone then rings, and I have the option to add the caller to my approved list, accept this call but not add it, or simply not take the call.

I can manually add numbers to the blocked or approved list on line or using my phone.

The downside is any valid service (library reservations, some bank services) that rely on automated calls fail.

I have asked my service provider to consider adding a way to temporarily suspend the service.

Mr Ed said:

I wanted to try NoMoRobo but found out they don't do flip phones. I get inundated with robo calls constantly. The best I can do is add their number to my contact list and then adjust my phone not to ring on that number. Still, they'll keep calling from different nos. It's a never ending battle. These nitwits should be locked up!

Not to mention that spam calling is illegal in the USA. The Federal Trade Commission set up a "Do Not Call" registry 10 (?) years ago, but in recent years the spammers just ignore that list.

I also use NoMoRobo and it works great. However I seem to recall that it requires (required at the time) a VoIP phone line.