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Have a question for 800notes.com....  I keep getting these robocalls from phoney Blue Cross and Blue Shield which is filling up my voicemail as they keep leaving messages.  I try to block them with my call blocker but they just change their number and leave another message, further filling up my voicemail.

So is it possible for you all to compile all the numbers these scammers use so everyone  can take your list and put all the numbers at once in their call blocking apps?  That would really be cool of you all to do that because I won't be able to use my voicemail anymore eventually since these scammers keep filling it up faster than I have time to go through and delete the messages.  I really don't know what to do about this, they just keep leaving message after message, always with different numbers and it's just getting worse.   The Do Not Call registry just  doesn't work because these are scam calls.

Thanks for the service you've been providing so far as you've been really helpful.

There are several techniques folks have used to supposedly stop further calls from spammers.  Here are some:

Technique	How It Works	Pros / Cons
Do Not Call List	NOT a call blocker!	Prevents calls from legitimate telemarketers ONLY
Blocking service	Simultaneours Ring Blocks crowdsourced list of numbers	Bad Guys can spoof lots of different numbers, but services are quick to react.
Call Blocking Device or App	User chooses numbers for blacklist (blocked)	Bad Guys can spoof lots of different numbers, user must choose what to block.  100% effective against 2nd (or later) calls from same number.
Call Blocking Device or App	User chooses numbers for whitelist  (all others blocked)	Difficult to defeat, but if user forgets to add a friend, the friend is blocked
Call Blocking Device or App	Challenge-Response system (automatic blacklist)	Difficult to defeat.  Robocaller cannot respond to challenge, so number automatically blacklisted. User can also set up their own blacklists or whitelists.  Not 100% effective against human spammer-callers.
Blowing horn or whistle into phone	Irritates spammer	Does not work.  May lead to unanticipated results.*
Arguing with or swearing at spammer	Irritates spammer	Does not work.  May lead to unanticipated results.*
Repeatedly calling the spammer back	May contribute to the problem, rather than the solution	The other phone may be that of an innocent third party, since spammers spoof numbers!
Forwarding the spam call to another phone	May contribute to the problem, rather than the solution	The other phone may be that of an innocent third party, since spammers spoof numbers!
Entering into a LONG discussion with the spammer	Prevents individual spammer from making calls while talking to you	Slows down spammer's call rate, but also ties up your phone.  Does not affect other spammers in the same or different call centers.
Do not answer unfamiliar numbers.  Let call go to message system	Legit callers usually leave message.  Spammers usually hang up after 3 or 4 rings.  Consider blocking the latter.	Some spammers let it ring for more than 4 times
Find an appropriate Special Information Tone (SIT) with a web search.  Record that tone as the beginning of your Answering Machine or VM response.	The SIT tone supposedly "tells" the calling computer that the phone has been disconnected.	Works for quite old computer based dialers, BUT cheap war dialers do not listen for a SIT tone, and try to "talk" to your VM anyway. Also, today's VOIP systems use a different method.
Technique	How It Works	Pros / Cons

* "Unanticipated results" include:

• Spammer sharing your number with other spammers.
• Spammer spoofing YOUR number, so it appears on others' Caller IDs  (see   https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/spoofing-and-caller-id  )

If you want to report potential fraudulent or scam calls, here is a list of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.

http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites.html

For info on FTC and communication initiatives to stop robocalls and other illegal calls, click "FTC", below.


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Yet another BCBS scammer telemarketer BS spoofed number.