Most complained about spam calling companies in South Africa

[ToxicBunny]

They want their copper line back.

Fsck that, they can send me an email and I'll happily go cut it down off the pole and drop it off at the Telkom shop... also means I'd be able to take that annoying damn pole out of my garden.

 

[karnuffel]

Its funny to see what some of these numbers are saved as on Trucaller. I often get calls from "skreeukont"

 

[PeterPan420]

Its funny to see what some of these numbers are saved as on Trucaller. I often get calls from "skreeukont"

 

[animal531]

Use Hiya. No ads.

I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[Bliksis]

Currently my most hated Spam caller is Telkom, they don't ever fscking give up... 5 - 8 calls a day almost every day for the last 2 months.

It's not them, it's companies calling on behalf of them. Equally scummy.

 

[Bliksis]

Jeffcot Financial Services is one crotty company pretending to be Discovery Life. Not even trying to be sneaky with a "on behalf of".

 

[Bliksis]

Just some debt consolidation company and the odd wrong number. https://www.nationaloptout.org/ and https://dnc.org.za/ works great for me.

That doesn't do schit.

 

[neoprema]

Just some debt consolidation company and the odd wrong number. https://www.nationaloptout.org/ and https://dnc.org.za/ works great for me.

I still maintain after using this site and I have a screenshot clearly indicating the right options - my spam calls went up exponentially. It’s like they sold the database lol

 

[Hackson]

Funny how no one here works for these guys lol

 

[backstreetboy]

I still maintain after using this site and I have a screenshot clearly indicating the right options - my spam calls went up exponentially. It’s like they sold the database lol

Weird works for me and @supersunbird AFAIK.

 

[Magnum]

Debt collectors are the worst. My credit record says my debt was written off in 2018 but those a-holes spam me multiple times daily.

find the most NSFW gorryest pickture you can imagine, Save as a PDF and rename as proof of payment.... Debt collectors never called me after that again.

 

[supersunbird]

That doesn't do schit.

Strangely enough everyone I know that has signed up has had much decreased calls. Are you sure the main slider is on position to opt out of everything? The language on that slider can be confusing.

Also it expires after 3 years and one has to renew the opt out. I realised that when I suddenly started getting a lot of spam calls Sept 2023. A colleague also recently had a sudden influx of marketing calls and his had expired too the month before.

Obviously it is not effective from the second of sign up, can take a couple of weeks, and companies you have accounts with will still contact you, like Vodacom and Telkom call me, but never a peep from MTN, because I have no active account with them.

 

[neoprema]

Weird works for me and @supersunbird AFAIK.

i must try again

 

[animal531]

Strangely enough everyone I know that has signed up has had much decreased calls. Are you sure the main slider is on position to opt out of everything? The language on that slider can be confusing.

Also it expires after 3 years and one has to renew the opt out. I realised that when I suddenly started getting a lot of spam calls Sept 2023. A colleague also recently had a sudden influx of marketing calls and his had expired too the month before.

Obviously it is not effective from the second of sign up, can take a couple of weeks, and companies you have accounts with will still contact you, like Vodacom and Telkom call me, but never a peep from MTN, because I have no active account with them.

I see my optout has expired so I refreshed it, we'll see what happens.

 

[SAguy]

DSTV also wont fark off

 

[supersunbird]

I see my optout has expired so I refreshed it, we'll see what happens.

Did you start getting more marketing calls recently?

 

[ToxicBunny]

It's not them, it's companies calling on behalf of them. Equally scummy.

They're contracted by telkom therefore I blame telkom.

 

[Petec]

Currently my most hated Spam caller is Telkom, they don't ever fscking give up... 5 - 8 calls a day almost every day for the last 2 months.

They spam me about 3-5 times a day.
And guess what?
I'm a client of theirs!
All they wanna do is get me to upgrade my cell contract.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

I've been spammed by the SABC as well. Something about paying TV licence, but I've just ignored these spammy cunts.

 

[Longboi]

I've been spammed by the SABC as well. Something about paying TV licence, but I've just ignored these spammy cunts.

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