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May 28, 2020

Fed Up With Robo Calls? How To Deal With Them with Robo Blockers and Other Measures.

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Spam calls are annoying. Robo calls can be even more so, 因为你甚至不能让"太阳成城网址部的希瑟"把你从名单上除名. Robo calls may come in to both cell and landlines,可能会让你认真考虑永远放下手机. 如果你在家工作,或者因为其他原因(比如安全或医疗原因)需要固定电话,这一点尤其正确。. So, how do you deal with those unwanted calls?

On Your Home Phone

在对抗机器人呼叫的战斗中,你有很多武器站在你这边, although it can be very hard to get rid of them altogether. Calls have reached epidemic proportions, 很多人说他们一天会接到多个电话, many of them illegal. Here are some things you can do:

  1. Make use of the Federal Do Not Call list. This will stop most to all legitimate telemarketers, but is of limited utility against robocallers and scammers. 无论如何,当他们打非法电话时,他们很少关心你是否在名单上. 然而,它可以对付压力很大的销售人员或招聘人员. Registration is free and easy. 一些电话仍然可以接通,包括慈善机构、政治团体、调查和收款. 在注册31天后,你应该报告你收到的任何不受欢迎的电话.
  2. Make use of caller ID. 如果你接到一个电话,但不认识号码,你可以让它转到语音信箱. 如果是一个合法的来电者,你可以随时接电话或回电话. If you need to add Caller ID, 宽带电话是全天候开放的,你可以随时打电话添加它!
  3. 如果你接到机器电话,请立即挂断,不要说任何话. Do not press any numbers on your phone, 因为这告诉他们这是一个合法的数字,他们可以继续打扰. Never try to engage the robot in conversation. Most especially do not say the word "yes," 因为真的有一个骗局,他们记录你的肯定,然后用它来窃取你的身份, usually by authorizing fraudulent charges via credit cards. If somebody says "Can you hear me?" and you don't know who it is, immediately hang up.
  4. If you have a digital landline, 你应该能够登录到你的帐户,并看到来自那些不想要的电话号码. You can block those specific numbers, 不过请注意,最糟糕的骗子会欺骗和/或旋转他们的号码. You can also report problem numbers to your phone provider. 最令人讨厌的欺骗形式是,当电话似乎来自您自己的号码.
  5. Report the unwanted call to the FCC. 他们不能对特定的投诉采取行动,但这在与机器人的整体斗争中是有帮助的. Make sure to provide the actual number the call came from. 其他被要求的细节可能是电话声称来自的公司,电话时间,等等. 你不会得到任何实际的回应,但这并不意味着他们不认真对待.
  6. 如果你经常接到家里的电话,考虑关掉铃声. Obviously, 如果你正在经营一家公司,使用这个号码,或者是一个主要太阳成城网址人, you may not be able to do this. However, it has proven quite effective for many people. 如果没有人接电话,骗子通常会放弃一个号码.
  7. Turn on anonymous call rejection. 这阻挡了很多机器电话,因为他们不想让来电显示显示他们的号码. 你可以通过拿起手机按*77来打开它,按*87来关闭它. 这比阻塞盒更不可能阻止合法的呼叫.
  8. 最好和最简单的解决方案是添加RoBo呼叫拦截器,价格为4美元.99 to your Buckeye Home Phone. RoBo呼叫拦截器通过扫描已知为机器呼叫者的黑名单来拦截机器呼叫. 黑名单由北美公共交换电话网编号计划维护,并定期更新.

If you’d like to use any of these solutions, or need any help using them, 七叶树宽带Brainiacs可以通过拨打419全天候提供服务.742.4371.  You can add Caller ID, Anonymous Call Rejection, 当然还有新的RoBo呼叫拦截器,它会给我们打电话.

Bonus Tips: On Your Cell Phone

手机也可以列入联邦禁止通话名单, 你也可以采取一些措施,比如立即挂断机器电话, blocking specific numbers, and reporting the call.

Additionally, you can use a robo call blocking app, and your carrier may provide call blocking features. Sadly, some of these limit the number of numbers you can block, which makes them less than useful (Verizon, for example, only lets you block 5 numbers for free). 一些机器电话拦截应用程序可以同时在你的手机和网络电话或数字座机上工作.

你可以采取的另一个步骤是订阅机器人拦截服务. 这些机器拦截器的目的是在可疑电话到达你之前拦截它们. 如果它们设计得很好,它们会将合法的来电者(如你的医生的办公室)列入“白名单”. 并非所有的这些服务都是免费的,但大多数都很便宜,而且会自己付费.

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