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I'm old and I hate phone calls. 99.2 pct of the time, when my phone rings, it is spam. I'm absolutely tired of it. I really want to smack[0] anyone who falls
by comeonseriously 5y ago
I'm old and I hate phone calls. 99.2 pct of the time, when my phone rings, it is spam. I'm absolutely tired of it. I really want to smack[0] anyone who falls for spam because they make it all worth it to the spammer.
[0] Not condoning violence, this is just the level of my frustration with it all at this point.
- flyinghamster 5y agoI've compromised - Calls from numbers in contact groups get custom ringtones, but the default ringtone is just a silent .wav file. In the last year or so, I've been seeing "Scam Likely" on scammer calls as well. Just the same, I'd love a "dismiss with prejudice" option when I receive a call: no voicemail, just disconnect, mostly because these clowns inevitably leave a voicemail.
- OJFord 5y agoIsn't that just declining the call? It'll only go to voicemail if you let it ring out?
- flyinghamster 5y agoIn my experience, declining the call sends it straight to voicemail.
- taylodl 5y agoNo - there needs to be a way to report back to the carrier that this was a spammer. The carriers need to start blocking them.
- RulerOf 5y agoNo. Your call goes to its "Call Forward – No Answer" destination, which by default is your carrier's voicemail system (it can be changed through some obscure keypad code). I have a personal policy of actively sending people to voicemail if I can't or don't want to talk to them, mostly because I feel like making them wait 30s to find that out is a little callous.
- burnished 5y agoMost people who fall for spam and scams are vulnerable. Its better to be mad at people who make money preying on people with dementia, or by threatening scared people ("Hello I'm from the IRS.."), than it is to be mad at the people who get tricked.
- sumtechguy 5y agoWhen the spiffingbrit and Jim Browning fall to phone scam tricks you know we are in deep trouble....