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One pattern I noticed but haven’t tried to circumvent yet is that I noticed robocalls identify on the caller ID as having the same area code as my normal phone
by eatbitseveryday 7y ago
One pattern I noticed but haven’t tried to circumvent yet is that I noticed robocalls identify on the caller ID as having the same area code as my normal phone number and my Google Voice number.
If we were to acquire a phone number from say, some small town somewhere you have no business with, then could we block all caller ID with that area code and avoid all such robocalls?
- knodi123 7y ago> identify on the caller ID as having the same area code as my normal phone number and my Google Voice number. Most of my spam calls copy my area code and the first 3 digits of my phone number. In fact, I installed an android app called Calls Blacklist solely to make any call that began with the same 6 digits as me to not even ring - and now I get about 1 spam call per month. YMMV.
- brewdad 7y agoOoh, I need to look into that. I acquired my mobile number about 15 years ago in a town 20 minutes away where I know practically no one. I get plenty of calls that have the first 6 digits pattern and it is virtually certain that those calls will not be from someone I know. It would be great to have them never even ring.
- opencl 7y agoI sort of unintentionally did this by buying my first cell phone while briefly living in a small city I no longer have any business with. It was effective for a long time but somehow in the past few months I have started getting robocalls using the area code of the actual city I currently live in.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoI retain an out of state number that was used on resumes in the past. It gets slammed with frequent robocalls from the same area code. I have no contacts there so I can easily ignore them. My in-state numbers have been kept more secure and don't get any unwanted calls.