7 ms·

Something changed about 1 year ago where the spam calls I get are 10x higher than in the past. It got so bad I had to change how I use my phone. Any caller not

Something changed about 1 year ago where the spam calls I get are 10x higher than in the past. It got so bad I had to change how I use my phone. Any caller not in my contact list goes immediately to voicemail. I’ve tried several robocall blockers, but they tend to cause connectivity issues. If anyone else has this problem, what are you using to prevent robocalls?

njovin 1y ago
Same thing happened to me several years ago. I just send anyone not in my contacts to voicemail (using the iOS setting) and delete all the robocall voicemails about once per month.
_mlbt 1y ago
I’ve given up and just don’t answer calls from anyone that isn’t in my contacts list. If it’s important they’ll text me or leave a voicemail with a callback number.
bahmboo 1y ago
Pixel phones. Night and day difference from my wife’s iPhone. Same carrier. It’s simply not an issue.
- BugsJustFindMe 1y ago
  I have an iPhone and I basically never get spam calls.
  - bahmboo 1y ago
    Interesting. To be clear I get spam calls but they are rejected or screened automatically. If I look through my call history I can see some them. There are most certainly other factors at play. My wife recently switched from a Samsung to a new iPhone which prompted my observation (not a pixel phone of course but still it got worse for her). All anecdata.
Workaccount2 1y ago
Pixel phones are excellent at blocking spam calls. In fact I will not let my mother use any other phone despite her desperately wanting an iPhone. My SO has an iPhone and she gets at least 3-4 spam calls a day. I get probably 1 a week that gets through the filter, which you can screen with a bot anyway.
- mythrwy 1y ago
  Same. I have a Pixel on Google Fi and get like one spam call every 2 weeks. And it always shows "possible spam" in big red letters. My girlfriend on the other hand gets several a day with a Samsung on A&TT. And it's worse for her because she is a real estate agent and can't afford not to take calls.
nativeit 1y ago
I just stopped answering any/all unknown phone numbers. Only my contacts get me without leaving a message. I'm sure it's caused me to lose business, but I can't find a better way of maintaining my own productivity/sanity. I do disclose this practice in the outgoing message, and encourage callers to text me if they don't get an answer. Whatever software the robocallers use doesn't seem to be smart enough to clock this as an alternative channel, but I'm sure some AI product will make this worse.
- LorenPechtel 1y ago
  Yup, we went to this not too long ago. Many calls a day, mostly medicare scammers.
fragmede 1y ago
Pay a service like Optery to get your info off of spam lists. I answer my phone when I get calls because I don't get enough spam calls to not do that.

njovin 1y ago

Same thing happened to me several years ago. I just send anyone not in my contacts to voicemail (using the iOS setting) and delete all the robocall voicemails about once per month.

_mlbt 1y ago

I’ve given up and just don’t answer calls from anyone that isn’t in my contacts list. If it’s important they’ll text me or leave a voicemail with a callback number.

bahmboo 1y ago

Pixel phones. Night and day difference from my wife’s iPhone. Same carrier. It’s simply not an issue.

BugsJustFindMe 1y ago
I have an iPhone and I basically never get spam calls.
- bahmboo 1y ago
  Interesting. To be clear I get spam calls but they are rejected or screened automatically. If I look through my call history I can see some them. There are most certainly other factors at play. My wife recently switched from a Samsung to a new iPhone which prompted my observation (not a pixel phone of course but still it got worse for her). All anecdata.

Workaccount2 1y ago

Pixel phones are excellent at blocking spam calls. In fact I will not let my mother use any other phone despite her desperately wanting an iPhone. My SO has an iPhone and she gets at least 3-4 spam calls a day. I get probably 1 a week that gets through the filter, which you can screen with a bot anyway.

mythrwy 1y ago
Same. I have a Pixel on Google Fi and get like one spam call every 2 weeks. And it always shows "possible spam" in big red letters. My girlfriend on the other hand gets several a day with a Samsung on A&TT. And it's worse for her because she is a real estate agent and can't afford not to take calls.

nativeit 1y ago

I just stopped answering any/all unknown phone numbers. Only my contacts get me without leaving a message. I'm sure it's caused me to lose business, but I can't find a better way of maintaining my own productivity/sanity. I do disclose this practice in the outgoing message, and encourage callers to text me if they don't get an answer. Whatever software the robocallers use doesn't seem to be smart enough to clock this as an alternative channel, but I'm sure some AI product will make this worse.

LorenPechtel 1y ago
Yup, we went to this not too long ago. Many calls a day, mostly medicare scammers.

fragmede 1y ago

Pay a service like Optery to get your info off of spam lists. I answer my phone when I get calls because I don't get enough spam calls to not do that.