How to stop junk calls on cell phone

My wife knows I am paranoid about numbers I don’t know and therefore don’t answer so whenever we need to give a number she insists on using hers... I said need.. not those who just want willy nilly like stores etc.
Guess who gets all the junk calls? :B

OkieGene wrote:
I'm using NoMoRobo. It's pretty good.

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fj12ryder wrote:
I have no respect for the phone companies, but I don't believe they're selling your telephone number. Those calls generally are coming from number generators and are mostly automated. Usually no one is on the line until the computer hits a "real" number and the phone is answered.

I did not mean the phone co. was selling numbers. I meant the phone company was selling access to the phone system so the scammers can call.

drsteve wrote:

toedtoes wrote:


clue: if the prefix is the same as your number and it's not a number you recognize, it's probably spam.

Yep! Spoofing numbers is the latest tool in the spammer's kit. They know that many people have friends and family members with the same prefix, and they hope you'll answer thinking it's someone you know.

I answer only if I *know* who is on the other end. All others are welcome to leave a voice mail.

Same here. My cell area code is 760. Almost all spam calls originate in that code. Since I'm no longer living in the 760 area I never answer if a call originates there. If it's something important, they can leave a message. I add these calls to my contact list and set the phone not to ring when they call. It's practically a lost cause, though, because the spammers have a large list of numbers they can use. The "do not call" registry is a joke. If these perpetrators are ever caught they should be hanged by the neck (using a telephone cord, of course). ;)

We I tried putting phone on Do Not Disturb. Worked good to block phone calls from people not on my fav list but I noticed that none of my texts gave me an alert. Can’t find a place to turn that back on

It's not the phone company selling your info. It's every other company you give that number.

The biggest source of your phone number (and email): Facebook.

I have tried several for the smartphone, the top rated app in this category is Truecaller. I installed it and so far none of the telemarketers get through. It's users and database is huge.

fj12ryder wrote:
I have no respect for the phone companies, but I don't believe they're selling your telephone number. Those calls generally are coming from number generators and are mostly automated. Usually no one is on the line until the computer hits a "real" number and the phone is answered.

Yep. Why would the spammers pay for numbers when they can just call all of them using a robo dialer?

I have no respect for the phone companies, but I don't believe they're selling your telephone number. Those calls generally are coming from number generators and are mostly automated. Usually no one is on the line until the computer hits a "real" number and the phone is answered.

Technology is great. You pay a phone co. to provide you with a means of communication so someone can call you when you provide them the phone #. That same phone co sells phone numbers to scammers so they can randomly call #'s without being invited. You then have to pay another co. to provide you with a means to block those calls.