Which is why you don't answer a call from a number you don't recognise.most of them now spoof the numbers they call on
Have to disagree; I have been doing this for a long time & I get way less unwanted calls than anyone I know.There is little point blocking numbers that you receive scam calls
they use autodiallers & just ring number after number. if they get a hit (answer); it'll be marked as a valid number & if this one doesn't succeed, they'll try some other scam next time.It seems to me like someone has an old copy of the telephone directory!
I know a medical consultant who frequently calls patients to disclose good or bad news.Funny that, have been doing it for years and nothing dreadful has happened.
funny you say that - this is a classic text scam in itself.What if its an emergency? Somebody taken ill? A family member in need of help, lost their phone and needed to use somebody elses phone.
If you get repeats it certainly makes sense as there's a very low risk that you'll end up blocking a legitimate call. But reviewing all the spam calls and texts I've received over the past while, not once has a number repeated even where the message content is identical. So blocking those numbers does nothing to prevent me getting more.Have to disagree; I have been doing this for a long time & I get way less unwanted calls than anyone I know.
Any consultant I have attended asks the medical secretary to make contact.I know a medical consultant who frequently calls patients to disclose good or bad news.
He doesn’t want them calling him back so withholds caller ID.
As I referenced above every 'hit' marks you as an active number; blocking the call does work.So blocking those numbers does nothing to prevent me getting more.
That's a great idea .....if you have lots of time...My wife loves to drag out scams calls - her record is 75 minutes, and she ended it by saying, sorry I have get my husband's dinner going
Blocking the calls makes no difference when they rotate every single time, the chances of you getting another call from another, or even the same group of spammers is along the same lines as winning the lottery.As I referenced above every 'hit' marks you as an active number; blocking the call does work.
and it's not like they share data with the many, many other groups who are doing this.
That's purely based on the number of groups operating these scams. A massive Interpol operation a few years back raided more than 10,000 groups. How many more were there then? How many more have come online since?It’s an extreme claim by you to say that not answering or not engaging has zero impact on the likelihood of being contacted in future.
I don’t know.How many more have come online since?
Tell you what - you keep doing what you're doing & I'll keep doing what I'm doing.Blocking the calls makes no difference...
Answering a call and playing them along does not make you any more likely to receive further calls.
There is some sharing of data, you can buy enriched data from aggregation services on the dark web, but it's limited and it's not free, so most phone scammers don't bother with it. Phone scamming is volume game that relies on auto-dialers just sequencing through numbers. If a call is answered they try to get one of their people on the line to engage, but you will occasionally just get silence before the call is cut off after a few seconds when everyone they have is already on a call.However I think it’s naive assumption that there isn’t a black market of identity lists of people who have shown themselves more receptive to fraud attempts.
Why wait, can you not assess your call log and blocked numbers?Tell you what - you keep doing what you're doing & I'll keep doing what I'm doing.
You answer every single call you get and record the number of scams.
and we'll compare in 12 months time.
ConReg recently closed out a long-running consultation with operators here to come up with a unified model to tackle all forms of nuisance comms. They are in discussions now on some legislative changes required to support the proposals. I note some of the operators were pushing back on making CLI Roaming checks that would help in the identification of spoofed numbers available to other providers.My son has a Samsung phone , he is with Go Mo and when he gets scam calls he gets a message saying the scam call has been blocked........so he says.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?