Spam

[Grill Meister]

I am being deluged with "Messages" most of which come from a (949) area code and some from (209). The messages vary: "Your security might be..." "Obsolete cache files are possibly..." "Recent config adjustment". I don't dare open them....nope, ain't no way. But, I do click on them, then click on the phone number at the top of the iPhone screen. The screen will then display an icon for "info", I click on that icon and receive notice to "Block this Caller"....Block Contact". Then I go back and "Hide Alerts" and activate.

All that and I still am bombarded with those stinkin' messages. How many different phone numbers can they have?

How do I put a final stop????? HELP!!!

[retiredguy123]

I don't know about the IPhone, but I have a Samsung phone. I can turn on the "do not disturb" setting and block all messages except those numbers that are stored on my Contacts list. I can do the same with phone calls.

Note that blocking specific numbers from spammers is a total waste of time. They use millions of numbers.

[Sparty6971]

I second @RetiredGuy123 Individually blocking a spam/scam phone number seems good but won't stop you getting more of them - they just use another number. Don't click on the item at all; just do a "right click" and select delete. AND, do not let non-contact numbers come through. They will hit your number and be immediately sent to spam. Only caution is if you are expecting a call from someone who is not one of your contacts, you should temporarily turn off the non-contact rule. Their call won't make it to you unless you do that. Then either add them to your contacts list or at least resume the non-contact rule after you're done. It's a pain to do all this but the spam/scam people are relentless.

[Whatnext]

By opening and then blocking, spammer knows they have a hit and will then bombard you.
Same as email spam. Never block, just delete.

[Michael G.]

By opening and then blocking, spammer knows they have a hit and will then bombard you.
Same as email spam. Never block, just delete.

Now I was always told to "block" which sends it to "delete" files then after
so many days is automatedly deleted. :shrug:

[ElDiabloJoe]

I don't know about the IPhone, but I have a Samsung phone. I can turn on the "do not disturb" setting and block all messages except those numbers that are stored on my Contacts list. I can do the same with phone calls.

Note that blocking specific numbers from spammers is a total waste of time. They use millions of numbers.
I don't know about the other one, but I know 949 is South Orange County, CA. That county has historically been a hotbed of tele-fraud. They used to call em 'Boiler rooms, I think.

I also have an iPhone but do not suffer the spam calls. Usually it identifies and blocks them, and I NEVER answer the phone unless they are in my Contacts. If it is legit, they'll leave a message and I'll call 'em back.

[fdpaq0580]

Disappointed! Thought I was gonna get some recipes for Spam. I love Spam.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Disappointed! Thought I was gonna get some recipes for Spam. I love Spam.Thought the new LSL place, the Hawaiian restaurant, was going to have Spam. I mean, who loves spam more than Islanders?

[Whatnext]

Now I was always told to "block" which sends it to "delete" files then after
so many days is automatedly deleted. :shrug:

By blocking a call or email, you let the spammer know they have hit an active account.
The will use different phone numbers and email addresses to bombard you.
By just deleting or ignoring most see it as a dead account after a while.
I have always had a better response that way, and get very few spam calls or mails these days.

[Topspinmo]

You most of volunteering gave your phone number to some business and they sold it? Now you’ll get calls from all over the world, you can block one, but the have blocks of numbers the randomly use. Same with emails never give company you inquired on product that you are interested in so the can contact you while it comes available they sell you’re email and now you get hundreds of emails fro around world in languages you can’t even understand.

[Topspinmo]

Disappointed! Thought I was gonna get some recipes for Spam. I love Spam.

I seen ran over dead squirrel that was spammed out ready for frying pan. Should have let me know I would have bagged it for you…..:thumbup::shocked:

[retiredguy123]

As I understand it, the number that appears on the caller ID screen is not the number from which the spammer called. It is a spoofed number that doesn't even exist as a real phone number. So, blocking it does nothing and has no effect on the spammer. For more information, Google "spoofing".

[dadspet]

Don't believe the area code number that the spam calls come from. I have a VOIP Home phone at my house in Fl that I transferred from NY. So my home phone has the same area code and phone number that I had in NY. The bad news and good news is 90% of my spam calls all come from the same area code as my NY number but the good news is I know if it has a NY area code and is showing some one not in my contact list the odds are very good its spam and I just don't answer it and they don't leave a msg most of the time (I'm on the do not call list). However, if there is a real person from my area code not in my contact list, they leave a message, and I can get back to them. Also, I recently contacted my VOIP phone provider, OOMA, and told them of the Area code problem, and I think they must have added some filter on those calls, and I'm not receiving nearly as many. Hope that lasts, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Taltarzac725]

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[J1ceasar]

There is some good information on other post such as the fact that most of the numbers are not real that are calling you. However you shouldn't block everything just because it's not in your phone book because a lot of times doctors will use other numbers to call you to remind you for appts,

However if you do want to do that that's the risk you run.
The only other way to really block is to either talk to your phone company to see if they have blocking software to put on.
Or to go to your app store and download something like a robo block application. Some of these will answer the phone for you and require the caller to press a number before it goes through probably. This will stop 99% .

Or just do what I do and block everybody from calling you which does not stop people from leaving messages but at least then when you see the area code you can just delete it.

Almost nothing is important to be able to have to answer immediately.

[opinionist]

They can spoof any number when they call. I had a scammer call using my bank's phone number, telling me I had fraud in my account. They wanted to know my login credentials. I told them I would call them back on the displayed number. There was no fraud in the account, and I don't give login credentials to anyone. I use caller ID, and if I don't know them, they can leave a voicemail.

[donfey]

I am being deluged with "Messages" most of which come from a (949) area code and some from (209). The messages vary: "Your security might be..." "Obsolete cache files are possibly..." "Recent config adjustment". I don't dare open them....nope, ain't no way. But, I do click on them, then click on the phone number at the top of the iPhone screen. The screen will then display an icon for "info", I click on that icon and receive notice to "Block this Caller"....Block Contact". Then I go back and "Hide Alerts" and activate.

All that and I still am bombarded with those stinkin' messages. How many different phone numbers can they have?

How do I put a final stop????? HELP!!!

Look it up on YouTube. On my iPhone I can actually block any calls/texts from an entire area code.

[Babbs1957]

2-3 calls a day and 2-3 text messages a day...finally I had enough after checking my phone during golfing one day. So after much research, I picked "Known Calls" spam blocker from google play app. Immediately all those calls disappeared.

If it is not in your contact list, it is blocked and sent to voicemail. Now when a spam call happens - no ringing, no text, the phone number just shows up in my recent call list as blocked. I can then decide if I want to call it or research the number on google.

I just looked at my "recents" and this morning at 730am got a call from 847 area code again, 2 on saturday and 2 on friday. The number is from a home warranty company. 863 & 305 area codes are running neck and neck with one call from each every day, various times, car warranty service and roofing estimate. Weird, no new car and new roof in 2023. No running to the phone anymore thinking it is one of my kids back up north.

I love Spam, especially al large 22lb Spam on Thanksgiving, dug out and stuffed with dressing. And a couple of old dog bones stuck in the sides to make family think it's a turkey.

[midiwiz]

I am being deluged with "Messages" most of which come from a (949) area code and some from (209). The messages vary: "Your security might be..." "Obsolete cache files are possibly..." "Recent config adjustment". I don't dare open them....nope, ain't no way. But, I do click on them, then click on the phone number at the top of the iPhone screen. The screen will then display an icon for "info", I click on that icon and receive notice to "Block this Caller"....Block Contact". Then I go back and "Hide Alerts" and activate.

All that and I still am bombarded with those stinkin' messages. How many different phone numbers can they have?

How do I put a final stop????? HELP!!!

quit hitting "info" that's not your phone it's them.

[Whatnext]

Disappointed! Thought I was gonna get some recipes for Spam. I love Spam.

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[Retiring]

I am being deluged with "Messages" most of which come from a (949) area code and some from (209). The messages vary: "Your security might be..." "Obsolete cache files are possibly..." "Recent config adjustment". I don't dare open them....nope, ain't no way. But, I do click on them, then click on the phone number at the top of the iPhone screen. The screen will then display an icon for "info", I click on that icon and receive notice to "Block this Caller"....Block Contact". Then I go back and "Hide Alerts" and activate.

All that and I still am bombarded with those stinkin' messages. How many different phone numbers can they have?

How do I put a final stop????? HELP!!!

Caller ID can easily be faked. There are apps and cards. I think Amazon sold spoof cards at one time. It sounds so cynical to say never trust your caller ID, but never trust your caller ID. The best tool is the simplest tool, hang up or delete.

[Paper1]

I canceled my landline a few years back, not because of cost but because it became useless due to telemarketing, even after registering on the very effective ( Do not call program). I personally think our electronic communications technologies are just amazing but are slowly and surely being ceded to marketing and people trying to scam money from people who might not understand what is happening. Maybe it is time to apply our very effective (Do not call program) to our internet system before it also becomes useless.

[BlueStarAirlines]

If you have ATT, there is a service that you can add to your account that is free for most people. Its called ActiveArmor and has a corresponding app you can download. ActiveArmor blocks a ton of spam\robo calls and texts, but if one get through you just click on a few buttons and it blocks future calls from that number for you. If enough complain about a number, ATT proactively blocks calls for all customers.

The nice thing is there are very few blocked numbers on my phone as most are blocked at the carrier level.