I get these calls at least once a day,, every time i block the numbers, but the call keep coming from other numbers.. The other day my phone rang and the callers number was mine... Weird!!!!!!!
You would think this could be fixed as they do with computer spyware and so on. Come on apple fix it,or at least give us a option to push the number to apple so they could block it... I must have a thousand blocked numbers...
iPhone XS
There are numerous free spam call blockers on the App Store. Pick one and install it.
I don't know what you expect Apple to do about other people calling your number. They don't control the telecoms.
Spoofing is rampant. What the Caller ID says very often has nothing to do with where the call is actually coming from.
There are numerous free spam call blockers on the App Store. Pick one and install it.
I don't know what you expect Apple to do about other people calling your number. They don't control the telecoms.
Spoofing is rampant. What the Caller ID says very often has nothing to do with where the call is actually coming from.
There was a federal regulation that prevented the cell service providers from auto enrolling in their call blocking programs, the FCC finally voted to remove this regulation and AT&T and now Verizon have specifically started enrolling people in their services. Auto enrolling has nothing to do with you calling your cell service provider whoever that is. And 1.5 billion would not surprise me whatsoever. iOS 13 also has a feature that will silence incoming calls from an unknown number and you can check to see later if they left a voice mail message.
Just because it's required doesn't mean it will happen.
Well over 95% of all robocalls are illegal. You can try to hunt them down and kill them with technology, but believe me, they will just find a way around it.
It has to be stopped by the carriers. They have the technology to do it. If they won't do it voluntarily, then we need to force them to do it through laws and regulation.
Contact your carrier and see what kind of call filtering they have available. Most of the big ones have at least some basic call filtering that's free.
I have been using Robokiller. It worked really well at first but this unwelcome "guests" on our phones have found ways to make it more difficult. I put my doctors and other professionals that I want to hear from in my contact list along with all my family members and members of groups and organizations that I belong to. That way if they call they will be identified. I have my answer messages set up so that I can just click on the message that I want to send either when my phone rings or later if the call is missed. The one I use most is, "You are not in my contact list. If you should be, send me a text identifying yourself." I have received only one text to answer this directive and it was a name that neither my husband or I recognized so I blocked his call. After I send the message I wait a day or two to give the caller time to respond if they are going to. When they do not I block them. I am having more of these right now, because the election season is upon us. I don't take those calls even from someone belonging to a person that I support. If I intend to donate I go right to the candidates website to do so. I never give out my credit card info to anyone randomly calling me on the phone! Why do I get all these political solicitations? Because many years ago when I was a lot younger and dumber I made a donation to my political party. I think my number was shared with everyone who ever worked on an election committee! I no longer make donations to my party!!
This is not something that Apple can fix.
Write and call your congressman and senator.
The major carriers have agreed in principle to try harder to stop these calls, but more pressure is needed to force the issue.
Luckily, iOS 13 contains a feature that will automatically send calls from any number not in your contacts directly to voice mail.
I'm looking forward to that.
If the telecoms apply the new spam blocking as they've stated, spam calls should go WAY down. The main, and simple object is to compare the caller ID info with the actual source of the call. If they don't match, the call isn't even allowed to go through.
The cell companies get nothing from the robocalls and most of them originate outside of the US which is a big problem. The money factor enters because you have all these mergers that have taken place over the past 30 years that means updating systems is an expensive nightmare.
The biggest obstacle is money , the cell companies do not really want to eliminate all robocalls or it would have happened long ago. The revenue comes from users, robo or honest.
mvan231,
I retired and am now on Medicare Insurance and Humana. Believe me, they will call from different numbers, and different states and rarely leave a direct return number. It happens all the time if you ask question about anything. So if you do not pick up, you go to a generic robo answer service and good luck getting thru to the person that called even if they leave an extension #. I think that is why so many seniors get scammed because they have to pick up,, and there are medicare scams. I naturally do not trust anyone so not a problem, but a huge nuisance. And the calls do not identified themselves because they are not in your contacts. And you can not add into your contacts because the number is different or is a non call back number.... That is what you have to look forward to in your old age. So yes you have to pick up... But what you do learn is to not expect a call back after you call them back, (phone tag) so you stop answering the phone. It's a mess--- but it's what it is. And yes both Medicare Insurance and Humana will asked you for your ID number or SS number over the phone...
Most robo calls do not have a sender name,,, that should be required for everyone whether on contact list or not,, that way if they are not on my contact list, but i want to take the call like a doctor or a store, i would see it and take it. That would eliminate 95 % of robocalls.
Verizon said it has already helped its customers avoid 1.5 billion robocalls this year. The cellphone service provider said Tuesday that it began auto-enrolling customers in its free Call Filter service after a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling gave phone carriers more authority to block spam calls.
I will believe it when it happens... 1.5 BILLION! Auto-enrolling??????? In other words don't call us.
I'm on Medicare and have Aetna, the calls I get from them are always labeled be caller ID. But I have gotten spoofed calls that from both. The last Aetna labeled one that wasn't them was about the extended warranty on my car.
Yes, I knew they were beta's, but they will probably be released next week. If you want to test the public beta go for it, there are lots of posts here regarding the public beta and have been since it was released in July.
Peggy,
i agree with what you said in theory. However there has been a few times in my life that if I had not opened that junk mail ( or so I thought) or answered that call it would have cost me thousands. For instance government calls, and health referral calls have not been added yet because I have not talked to them yet. On the other hand if I do not pick up and let it go to message they are to lazy to leave a message, and I needed that call.. That’s why Robo- calls get thru. A few days ago I revived a robo call from my own number.. that was weird.
Government agencies rarely (if ever) will call you for anything. IRS calls are scams (unless you're expecting a call from them). If it is a call of any importance, then you should either a) have their number or b) they will leave a message.
If you know you are expecting a call that is important, you unfortunately need to be answering calls from specific areas.
Marriott's robo calls
