> Is there any way to stop these calls? No, because that requires the initiator to stop, and as the initiator is in the business of scamming, they are unlikely

> Is there any way to stop these calls? No, because that requires the initiator to stop, and as the initiator is in the business of scamming, they are unlikely to stop until law enforcement catches up to them. What I did on my phone is to set the default ring tone to silence (I left vibrate on, but you could turn that off also if you wanted). Then for entries in my phone book, I set a custom ringtone for each entry to the normal ring tone I use. So unless the scammer happens to randomly feed a fake caller ID that matches a phone book entry, I get no ring and just vibrate, and I either let those vibrate out or simply swipe them to voicemail and move on. But if the phone "rings" (audibly) then I know the incoming caller ID is someone in my phone book, and can decide to answer it.