Dumb Question

[Nancy5]

I have both a landline and cell phone.  I don’t know what’s going on but for the past week I am being bombarded with phone calls from telemarketing, or there was United States, and some even say Spam Risk.  I’m talking about 15 to 20 a day on each phone.  I don’t answer them but they still ring and it drives me nuts.  I tried blocking, but of course they are always different numbers.  Does anyone know of anything I can buy that will stop the calls so I don’t have to constantly hear the phone ringing.

[stevensm4]

I know how you feel. I have half a mind to just change my number but this will be a hassle to update my number on others sites since I've had this number for years. But, I've gotten better at knowing which numbers are which and just ignore them in addition to blocking the others.

[potluck6]

I sometimes want to throw my phone out the window like right now.  Would rather use smoke signals. Oh gotta go now My phone is ringing.

[cathy37]

I don't know how to stop them but I wish I did.  I don't get that many calls but would like to stop the ones I do get.  If you answer its a computer saying things like they saw online that you had requested information on certain topics that I know I never asked for.

[1imaginarygirl]

I don't really think there's any way to block them, since they use different numbers all the time. Verizon will automatically block them from calling if they know it's spam. I'm not sure if other service providers do the same.

[pectacon]

If one is a smartphone, there are a few apps that are supposed to help filter out spam, but they might just label the call "spam" while letting it ring which is still 99% as annoying.

[judylucas]

I get a lot of them too but my cable company has blocked a lot of them

[linderlizzie]

I get phone calls and texts both, incessantly. I block and delete them but they keep coming. There used to be do not call places to report them, but they never worked for long either. I wish I could help you, but I'm in the boat with you. 

BTW; not a dumb question.

[sdenimandlace1]

Our phone rings all the time, we have an answering machine, leave a message.

[lywb2168]

I know what you mean, I finally got rid of my land line but the calls are a bunch.  Try Registering your phone number on a Do No Call Registry from the FTC, it helps with must of them,

[ghunter]

I get a lot of them also, my cell phone tells me it's a scam and my landline I can see who is calling if I am watching TV other than that I just do not answer.

[Nancy5]

I know what you mean, I finally got rid of my land line but the calls are a bunch.  Try Registering your phone number on a Do No Call Registry from the FTC, it helps with must of them,

I am registered with Do Not Call Registery and double checked today, still registered.  It’s 11 am and I got 5 on my cell and 2 on landline 🤬

[countrygirl12]

I have both a landline and cell phone.  I don’t know what’s going on but for the past week I am being bombarded with phone calls from telemarketing, or there was United States, and some even say Spam Risk.  I’m talking about 15 to 20 a day on each phone.  I don’t answer them but they still ring and it drives me nuts.  I tried blocking, but of course they are always different numbers.  Does anyone know of anything I can buy that will stop the calls so I don’t have to constantly hear the phone ringing.

Unplug your phone or turn it off. smh  That is about it.  I had not been getting as many the past couple months. Never got as many as 20 a day.  Use to get quite a few. If it is your cell just silence it as soon as you see the number. Send it straight to voice mail. Landline you could pick up and hang up.  It is a robo call most likely so they won't know the difference.  Some people answer but do not say anything. Just be quite.

[countrygirl12]

I know how you feel. I have half a mind to just change my number but this will be a hassle to update my number on others sites since I've had this number for years. But, I've gotten better at knowing which numbers are which and just ignore them in addition to blocking the others.

What good will that do.  They are not calling YOU specifically.  They just call numbers. So they will call the new number as well.  And if you change your number you have to deal with people calling looking for the previous owner.  When I got my first landline the previous owner of the number was a dead beat who did not pay his bills and I have to deal with bill collectors calling and harassing me for 2 years.  I told them they had the wrong number and I had just got the number but they did not believe me and called again the next day.  IF that happened today I would report them. At the time I was young and did not know I could do anything about it.  Esp when they are not even looking for ME.

[countrygirl12]

I get phone calls and texts both, incessantly. I block and delete them but they keep coming. There used to be do not call places to report them, but they never worked for long either. I wish I could help you, but I'm in the boat with you. 

BTW; not a dumb question.

Do not call places? There still is.  You can go to donotcall.gov but it is a waste of time.  Esp since a lot of the calls are spoofed. In other words YOUR phone number can be used to make this type of call.  I know 2 people personally whose number was used.