Fraud Spam Calls To Mobile

[chimoaus]

@Machpants My wife is often on call after work phone diverted so she feels she has to answer most calls and she gets the nasty Asian a lot.

[Rembrandt]

I used to be inundated though after each call I would add their number to my 'blocked' list. Either they have run out of numbers or the group that had my number has been shutdown because I haven't had a call in months.

If in Oz you can put your number on here to stop the legitimate spammers.

Do Not Call Register

[Crucial]

The trick in the UK was dialling you from an overseas 'pay per minute' number via a proxy. The pricks would set up that when you answered you were connected to the dodgy £20 per minute line. Luckily easy to spot as the call usually came from somewhere like Morocco or Libya. You just don't answer them.
That decline button is handy

[chimoaus]

@Crucial Yeah I have an app on my phone that tells me it is fraudulent but it still rings and they do occasionally leave a message. Just a nuisance that surely can be stopped with technology.

[Mokey]

I get Auckland number calls and they turn out to be an automated Asian woman talking about the ANZ bank. I've blacklisted a heap, but fark they are annoying.

[raznomore]

@chimoaus and the name of that app would be.....

[Virgil]

@Mokey said in Fraud Spam Calls To Mobile:

I get Auckland number calls and they turn out to be an automated Asian woman talking about the ANZ bank. I've blacklisted a heap, but fark they are annoying.

.. a lot of ferners are from Auckland... just saying

[chimoaus]

@raznomore said in Fraud Spam Calls To Mobile:

@chimoaus and the name of that app would be.....

I use hiya on Android. After a few rings it pops up saying scam.

[Bones]

@Mokey sounds like @Virgil is taking his stalking to a new level!

[dogmeat]

I don't answer my phone unless I recognise the number. Leave a message fuckers or it just ain't that important