telemarketers

[JonathanW]

It is amazing both how smart and how stupid telemarketers have gotten.

Smart, because they went from random calls from all over the country, to calls coming from (fake) numbers in your area code, to calls coming from fake numbers in your city, to now the caller ID showing the caller as a company that you might get a call from in your profession (or in my case just 5min ago, the university my son just graduated from).

Stupid, because all of the calls I've gotten the past 2-3 months are about my medicare benefits, when I'm almost 10 years too young for medicare.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I never answer the phone unless I know the person calling.

I then Google the unknown number. It usually comes up as a scam or telemarketer. I did have one call me 3 times n a row yesterday from VA area code that Google failed me on.

No normal person calls 3 times n a row though so assuming spam or scam or telemarketer.

 

[JonathanW]

They (or anyone else) should not be allowed to fake a number that they are calling from.

 

[Blue-ish]

Voice mail is an effective tool for weeding out telemarketers.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Google Assistant pre answers all calls from unknowns, ask them what they want, and hangs up on these characters. Meanwhile, Tom Mabe was great.

 

[Deeeefense]

They (or anyone else) should not be allowed to fake a number that they are calling from.

They are coming from off shore so the government can't stop them.

 

[Deeeefense]

I use the Robokiller ap it gets rid of all the known telemarketer numbers and if it isn't recognized it sends it to a voice mail. You only get the calls you want.