Spammers spoofing my home phone number

[Kraniac]

I dont know how it's working but I'll tell you this..at my folks house (landline) My Dad gets at least 30 calls a day from what appear to be spoofed numbers..I've googled many of the names that show up with these numbers and quite a few of them appear real and many times they appear to senior citizens

Sometimes I'll come over to tend to my Dad and the caller id lists 50 calls in one day..I bought him a remote phone set with a blocking function...and I sit there blocking these things -always some new ones i have to add to the block list but it still forces me to go through the caller i.d. list to find them.. i get sick and tired of going through that damn list.

Nice to be able to block them but they still come through silently as 'blocked' with no ring tone and get added to caller id.

It's scandalous that something isn't done about this.

[space-time]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Just remember to feed them feet first into the chipper. Head first would be too good for a spammer.

I like your idea better than mine.

[pdq]

We never answer our home line unless it’s a number we recognize. (If it’s our number, or similar to our number, that’s a pretty good clue it’s a junk call). If it’s legit, they can leave a message, and we can either pick up when we hear what it’s about, or call them back.

Of course, you might wonder why we have a landline at all, if we never answer it.

That’s a good question.

[NewtonMP2100]

,......the call is coming from......inside the house.....

[PizzaGod]

pdq wrote:

Of course, you might wonder why we have a landline at all, if we never answer it.

That’s a good question.

Nope, don't wonder at all. There are so many times that people INSIST on a phone number, this is a lot better than rattling off a made up one.

Of course there is the added feature of answering it to mess around with phone solicitors when I'm bored (Your business qualifies for.... and then my first question is "what business?" and there is no answer. Or Vehicle Warranty Department-"which vehicle?" homina, homina, homina... or my favorite-"Do you need money for your business?" and I ask what they know about my business-nothing hard, like the name of my business?)

I had to replace the house phone (the used Razr gave up the ghost) and when I went to the ATT store I told the guy I wanted a cheap phone, and he starts trying to sell me a top of the line Android. I repeated my statement and said it was a "throwaway" number.

He had no clue as to what I was talking about.

Kids.

[ArtP]

I just got a call today on my Cell Phone.....

Thank god they said: "THIS IS MY LAST AND FINAL CALL TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON MY VEHICLE"

Yay! No more calls!

Has anybody ever clicked through when they give the option to be p[laced on the Do Not Call List?? I figure it moves you up to the PREMIUM SPAM LIST?

[JoeH]

SDGuy wrote:
Don't worry...the Government's working on it...

At the tech level it would be very possible for a telecom to flag or block calls whose Caller ID signal does not match with the source. But most have been fighting against this, they don not want to give up a source of revenue that the call centers that do this represent.

[RAMd®d]

I've only received a call from 'me' twice.

I'm guessing the spammer got my name and number (unlisted) from somewhere. It's very unlikely they just happened to pick a number to spoof that was mine.

My landline is a semi-one way number. I call out on it a lot and only answer it when I'm expecting a call or know who the caller is.

I've got a friend who has an iPhone 8 that's perfectly capable of calling my SE. For some reason, he uses it to call to text me regularly, but he calls my landline. He seldom uses a landline.

One of these days I'll remember to ask him WTW.