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Old 07-21-2018, 10:34 PM
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You can block the phone number.
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Why don't you just block the number? Easy peezie!
That doesn't always work. They often change the caller-id OR use the same caller-id but call from a different numbers so it slips through blockers.

You can buy 99cent apps to fake a caller ID so it is different from the number you are really calling from.

Nothing works to stop them because 99% of the calls are fake caller-id so reporting them is meaningless. The DNC list only works for LEGIT callers who get the gov't generated list sent to them but it is meaningless for these spammers especially since most are from off-shore.


Wife and I get 2-3 spam calls on a GOOD day on both our cell phones. There are days we've got 10-12 between us on one day.