Blocked caller still ringing through to iPhone 5S

I found something out about this subject today. I'd been adding spam numbers to an existing contact called "spam" that I had previously blocked. However some numbers kept getting through despite being listed in that contact. My spam contact has 22 numbers in it now and I didn't understand why some kept getting through. Then I discovered this: go to settings -> phone -> blocked callers and at the bottom of the list, click to add a new blocked caller. Select the existing spam contact again and when you go back to the list, it will have been repopulated with every number from the spam contact. Originally my list only showed 4 numbers. Now it shows all 22. The 18 numbers I've added since originally blocking the contact are now successfully being blocked too. It seems that ios offers the ability to block a contact but in reality all that does is scour the contact and add all the numbers in it to the block list. If you keep adding numbers afterwards, none of those will get blocked until you select that contact and add them to the blocking again. This cured a problem I've had for months now. If you use this technique (having a contact full of spam numbers) then this method should cure your problem.

chrisell wrote:

This cured a problem I've had for months now. If you use this technique (having a contact full of spam numbers) then this method should cure your problem.

The other option is to block the calls from your recent list as they come in, then delete them from Recents. There's no need to keep them stored in you Contacts. You're just adding an extra step.

I have gone to recent calls, touched the info icon, scrolled to bottom and "block this caller". I still get calls from same numbers that have been blocked. What is the problem? Does Apple even care or is that a gimmick to make us think we can actually block callers😡

This may work for you, when I desire to see the number used (of the "Telemarketer - Scammer" contact [blocked with a silent ringtone]), I will tap the blue "i" of "Telemarketer - Scammer" in Recents, and scroll down until I see the actual number that just called, highlighted in red. (Sometimes the contact has up to 100 numbers. After awhile, I will cull or edit or trim the list of numbers down.) I believe that this only works for the last unwanted call.

The latest telemarketer strategy is to send the CLID of a number very similar to your actual number (same area code and exchange), but it is targeted specifically to you. And they don't reuse the same number again. There's currently no way to block these.

FoxFifth..this is how I have attempted to block these calls, and it does not work. Matter of fact, I'll go back into the i after the call just to check, and it is still "blocked", but the call got through anyway...they call several times a day, and seem to be able to evade my block command.

(insult to injury, they actually say "If you do not wish to receive further calls, press 1 to be removed from our list." I swear, pressing 1 had the opposite effect. I seem to have only gotten more calls since doing that.)

seachelle01 wrote:

(insult to injury, they actually say "If you do not wish to receive further calls, press 1 to be removed from our list." I swear, pressing 1 had the opposite effect. I seem to have only gotten more calls since doing that.)

Correct. Pressing anything confirms that your phone number is a working number. They then sell this information.

Don't know that this will help with that, but in case you aren't aware, you don't need to add a phone number to a contact in order to block the number. After a call is received you can open the Phone app, tap Recents, tap the blue "i" in a circle to the right of the number and then tap "Block this caller" at the bottom of the screen (may need to scroll up to see that option).

If the Caller ID does not match what you have entered in your "Blocked" contact, or they are blocking their Caller ID, then the phone would not know to block the call. Is this possible?

If I were to venture a guess, based on personal experience, the problem is directly related to call centers with hundreds of telemarketers or robocallers working from a single call list. Each "caller" might show up on your phone Creepoids Inc., but the *actual* dial-out device could be different from what you've blocked on your phone by a digit or two, even if it appears identical on your screen.

If I were extend the guess, VoIP exacerbates the problem yet further.

I'm having the same issue as the OP and I know it's the same phone number I've previously blocked. When the call comes in I see my "Telemarketer" contact show on the screen, rather than the caller ID. I can go into the history and see the number that particular person called from.

Maybe not so coincidentally, I also have 15 numbers in my telemarketer contact. Maybe there is a limit per contact.

You don't block contacts, you block numbers. And they don't have to be in your contact database. Tap the i next to the offending number in the Recents list, then tap "Block this caller."

I realize the numbers don't need to be in the contact list, but you can block contacts. Just tap on the 'Block this Caller' option at the bottom of a contact's info.

And, from what people here have said, that dosen't work. So instead block the numbers. I suspect blocking a contact only blocks the first number.