SPAM Calls - Phone

[steve]

Google does a great job detecting spam callers. I wish there was a setting I overlooked that allowed to auto block spam calls.

I have been getting a bunch lately and they are always new numbers but Google does detect them.

 

[shalemail]

Same boat. Been getting a lot lately - mostly from a company that wants to "warn" me that my auto warranty is expiring. Which it's not. As you have said, Google consistently marks them as spam and I ignore them, but it would be nice to not have to see them if Google recognizes them as spam just block that ... stuff. If you find a setting I'd love to know about it.

 

[zuben el genub]

A lot of call blocker apps do.

I'd let any calls you don't recognize ring out. The spammer method is to call phones, using (spoofing) a local number and if you answer they know they have a "live" number and sell it.

 

[zuben el genub]

Does anyone here know how to do a bloc type entry for a whitelist? You can ban whole area codes as an example. I don't know the protocol to do that. There are no damn instructions I can find anywhere.

I can enter numbers singly I want whitelisted, but there are some local calls I do want to go to voicemail once I hook it up again. I don't want to answer them unless vetted.

Using the free Call Blocker. Vlad Lee. Has the least permissions.

Thanks.

 

[Cybotive]

This is really something that should be supported, as Google Voice has this exact option in the dashboard.

 

[Cybotive]

It's pretty extreme, and costs $20, but you can port your number into Google Voice and forward it to the new number you get. =)