Can people tell when you decline a phone call on your smartphone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all good to know.

So is there a way to get rid of the spammers? This morning I didn't look when I answered my phone. It was a recorded voice that was made to sound real (you know, "Hi, <giggle> This is Cindy Lou and I am calling about your credit card ..."). I said "Take this number off of your list" and hung up.

But then all day, perhaps once every hour or two, I've gotten phone calls from numbers I don't recognize BUT that have the same area code and pre-fix. Like, if my number was 301-878-5555, then the first call and all subsequent calls were from 301-878-5xxx. So I have been declining and then blocking but it is a tedious process.

Is there any hope? Any suggestions? TIA!

Register on the Do Not Call list and report spam calls. Also tedious, unfortunately.

https://www.donotcall.gov/ and https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is all good to know.

So is there a way to get rid of the spammers? This morning I didn't look when I answered my phone. It was a recorded voice that was made to sound real (you know, "Hi, <giggle> This is Cindy Lou and I am calling about your credit card ..."). I said "Take this number off of your list" and hung up.

But then all day, perhaps once every hour or two, I've gotten phone calls from numbers I don't recognize BUT that have the same area code and pre-fix. Like, if my number was 301-878-5555, then the first call and all subsequent calls were from 301-878-5xxx. So I have been declining and then blocking but it is a tedious process.

Is there any hope? Any suggestions? TIA!

Register on the Do Not Call list and report spam calls. Also tedious, unfortunately.

https://www.donotcall.gov/ and https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Thank you! I just did it. I totally thought the Do Not Call list was for landlines only!