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Old 01-16-2023, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mlmarr View Post
HAckers everywhere.. block the number from your phone/texting messages, you should have the option pop up when you delete the text .. . I do this with every call that is tella/scammer
I did that for while until I had blocked about 100 numbers, but it didn't seem to reduce the number of spam calls at all. The same people kept calling using a different caller ID. The only thing that worked was to keep my phone on "do not disturb", but to allow numbers in my contacts list to come through. The only issue is when someone calls that is not on my contacts list and they need to leave a message. My phone also has an option for "repeat callers" whereby, if someone calls 2 times within 15 minutes, the call will go through.