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I get at least one call a week now. Always from the same area code, often one a few digits off from my number. I wonder how long it will take for the goverment

I get at least one call a week now. Always from the same area code, often one a few digits off from my number. I wonder how long it will take for the goverment to start enforcing the do not call registry laws. What’s the threshold of annoyance before it’s worth spending taxpayer money to enforce?

sgloutnikov 9y ago
Same thing happens to me at least once per week. They spoof the Caller ID to be the area code and first 3 digits of my number.
- tzs 9y ago
  If you are seeing spoofed numbers from your area code/prefix, there is also a good chance that others in that area code/prefix might be getting calls with your number as the spoofed number. I talked to someone who received such a call when he star-69'ed it.
  - ghaff 9y ago
    Right. And then, if the carrier pursues really aggressive enforcement, they end up making false positive mistakes with no way for the affected individual to remediate them.
ams6110 9y ago
The laws are basically unenforcable. The carriers could do something about it. I'd consider switching service to a carrier that demonstrated they block these kinds of calls. Just like a big part of gmail's popularity is how effectively they block spam.
- com2kid 9y ago
  > The carriers could do something about it. I'd consider switching service to a carrier that demonstrated they block these kinds of calls. T-Mobile blocks a lot of spam callers, but they do not seem to block these spoofed caller ID calls. Thankfully these spoofed calls are so easy to spot that they aren't even a real annoyance to me.
  - DrScump 9y ago
    On my T-Mobile GS7, most such callers are recognized and given a "Scam Likely" caller-id label.
    - posguy 9y ago
      How does the phone model even play into this? Odd of you to mention it.
      - DrScump 9y ago
        It doesn't occur on my GS5s.
        smudgymcscmudge 9y ago
        The difference may be the t-mobile account instead of the phone. IIRC, they are rolling the "Scam Likely" feature out starting with t-mobile one plans.
        masonic 9y ago
        In my case, all 5 phones are on the same plan and account.
    - dave7 9y ago
      Same on my SIM-free GS7 in the UK. They (Samsung) appear to have some kind of crowdsourced database of spam callers in the default phone app (there is an option built in to report). It works amazingly well and was a surprise when I got this phone, coming from a Nexus 4. It seems to work very well indeed.
- Spooky23 9y ago
  Ooma is dirt cheap and has a feature that blocks these calls effectively.

sgloutnikov 9y ago

Same thing happens to me at least once per week. They spoof the Caller ID to be the area code and first 3 digits of my number.

tzs 9y ago
If you are seeing spoofed numbers from your area code/prefix, there is also a good chance that others in that area code/prefix might be getting calls with your number as the spoofed number. I talked to someone who received such a call when he star-69'ed it.
- ghaff 9y ago
  Right. And then, if the carrier pursues really aggressive enforcement, they end up making false positive mistakes with no way for the affected individual to remediate them.

ams6110 9y ago

The laws are basically unenforcable. The carriers could do something about it. I'd consider switching service to a carrier that demonstrated they block these kinds of calls. Just like a big part of gmail's popularity is how effectively they block spam.

com2kid 9y ago
> The carriers could do something about it. I'd consider switching service to a carrier that demonstrated they block these kinds of calls. T-Mobile blocks a lot of spam callers, but they do not seem to block these spoofed caller ID calls. Thankfully these spoofed calls are so easy to spot that they aren't even a real annoyance to me.
- DrScump 9y ago
  On my T-Mobile GS7, most such callers are recognized and given a "Scam Likely" caller-id label.
  - posguy 9y ago
    How does the phone model even play into this? Odd of you to mention it.
    - DrScump 9y ago
      It doesn't occur on my GS5s.
      - smudgymcscmudge 9y ago
        The difference may be the t-mobile account instead of the phone. IIRC, they are rolling the "Scam Likely" feature out starting with t-mobile one plans.
        masonic 9y ago
        In my case, all 5 phones are on the same plan and account.
  - dave7 9y ago
    Same on my SIM-free GS7 in the UK. They (Samsung) appear to have some kind of crowdsourced database of spam callers in the default phone app (there is an option built in to report). It works amazingly well and was a surprise when I got this phone, coming from a Nexus 4. It seems to work very well indeed.
Spooky23 9y ago
Ooma is dirt cheap and has a feature that blocks these calls effectively.