Robocall industry decimated by Coronavirus

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Old 04-07-2020, 07:59 AM
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Interesting
We moved here two months ago and Verizon would only give new numbers for a month before saying old number was disconnected. As a result robo calls way down thankfully
Robo callers do not know our new number.
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Old 04-07-2020, 08:56 AM
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I get one persistent one, when I turn my cellphone on in the morning, it informs me of the one call it blocked. It's always the same number, got to admire their tenacity.
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Old 04-07-2020, 09:34 AM
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Funny timing. I noticed the same but yesterday and already today I seem to be back on the list.

Last week I had to turn off my “silence unknown callers” on my iPhone since I had 2 teledoctor appt’s and that was the only way to catch those calls.
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Haven't had a robocall for a couple weeks. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Got a timely robo call yesterday for burial insurance!!!
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You jinxed me!! I had my first one in weeks today.
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Old 04-07-2020, 10:25 AM
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You jinxed me!! I had my first one in weeks today.
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Since I switched my landline to MagicJack (magicjack.com) we get ZERO junk calls. They have a call screening feature that asks all callers to enter a random number (1-9) before my phone will ring. Plus it costs only ~$40/year compare to $15/month with Comcast.
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You jinxed me!! I had my first one in weeks today.
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Oh my God, you mean the last time I got a robocall and wished they’d all drop dead came true?
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Old 04-08-2020, 07:39 AM
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I was worried because I wasn't getting any robo calls so I reentered my phone number with the government no call list.
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Did not realize until this posting lit the bulb.... Us too. We would normally get at least 4 robocalls at our home phone (ooma) every night. Screen calls, mostly hangups or warranty....etc. We'd block the numbers to no avail. Few on our cell phone...luckily. But for the last 2 weeks or so - NADA!
It's one of the very few positives re this virus impact.
I'm surprised as one would think these call are all programmed via the net - why would they have stopped? Perhaps the virus fatally attacked these bad guys. perhaps.
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Haven't had a robocall for a couple weeks. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Not so fast, there starting to picking up. Got several today.
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Since I switched my landline to MagicJack (magicjack.com) we get ZERO junk calls. They have a call screening feature that asks all callers to enter a random number (1-9) before my phone will ring. Plus it costs only ~$40/year compare to $15/month with Comcast.
Was you able to keep you’re number?
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I was worried because I wasn't getting any robo calls so I reentered my phone number with the government no call list.
Get ready!
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