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Getting spammed with phone calls?
UnknownSaint
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So earlier today some random phone number from a Florida area code called me. Hung up when I answered. Happened about half a dozen more times. I call back, some guy answers that can hardly speak english, I don't get anywhere, and shrug it off. I have continued to get these calls, all day. I called again and he answered, from what I understood he was basically telling me that my number has somehow appeared somewhere in his phone and he isn't aware when he is calling it.
So these are the circumstances...
-Called my phone company. They can't do it for an individual phone number. (I have Nextel/Sprint.)
-I'm not going to change my phone number.
-My phone (a Nextel i850) has no feature that filter specific calls out.
I was told to call the police if it continues, and while I do not think this guy has any sort of malicious intent I am more than willing to resort to that because it has become incredibly annoying. How would I go about reporting this to the police? What would they do? Would it be too much of a hassle to go that route?
Summary - Getting repeat phone calls from some stranger that hangs up immediately. Phone company can't block it, and I can't change my number or block via my phone. Help!
So these are the circumstances...
-Called my phone company. They can't do it for an individual phone number. (I have Nextel/Sprint.)
-I'm not going to change my phone number.
-My phone (a Nextel i850) has no feature that filter specific calls out.
I was told to call the police if it continues, and while I do not think this guy has any sort of malicious intent I am more than willing to resort to that because it has become incredibly annoying. How would I go about reporting this to the police? What would they do? Would it be too much of a hassle to go that route?
Summary - Getting repeat phone calls from some stranger that hangs up immediately. Phone company can't block it, and I can't change my number or block via my phone. Help!
UnknownSaint on
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However, when this started happening to a former co-worker of mine, he put the number in his phone. Every time he got a call, he sent a picture of his middle finger to the caller. Actually, he set it up so that he sent 10 pictures of it. Finally he sent a text msg, something along the lines of: "I can send all the pictures I want for free. How much are you paying to receive them?"
The calls stopped pretty quickly.
I tell that story just because it's amusing. I don't know if your guy is calling from a cell phone, or what kind of plan you have. When something similar happened to me, I just called the guy back, and asked him to be more careful. When he kept doing, I answered and yelled and cussed him out. Now when he does it -- and it's because he's kinda dumb and just misdialing or something -- I use Angry Voice and tell him he's got the wrong number and to be more careful. It usually doesn't happen more than once a year any more.
Summery - make it worth the caller's while to be more careful.
Apparently reputable companies like Chase sometimes like calling people and hanging up on them. I was getting the same thing, seached the number and found entire sites deddicated to tracking down strange calls.
Can't you put your number on the Do Not Call list?
You can also try whocalled.us (in general, for telemarketers or people calling from toll-free numbers) , or www.anywho.com (more for residental or business non-cellphone numbers)
It sounds like this guy may actually be a normal citizen, assuming he's telling the truth - I don't think the Do Not Call list will apply here, assuming he doesn't start trying to sell you stuff or do anything besides hang up on you. I think (i'm by no means an expert on this stuff) that about all you can do is file a police report if it continues, and then try talking to Sprint again...I'm not really sure how far that would get though.
I've dealt with this sort of thing a few times myself, but it's always been idiot telemarketers, and not just some random guy.