Push One Now - Spam Call - How to stop?

[3WA]

My spammer friends were active this week.

 

[Dups!]

Register on https://www.nationaloptout.org/ and http://www.dnc.org.za/ or install Truecaller.

Honesty, that didn't do much for me. I registered last year and see no difference.

 

[supersunbird]

Honesty, that didn't do much for me. I registered last year and see no difference.

So you are still getting the same amount of marketing calls? Double check that you signed up correctly and selected the right options.

 

[SauRoNZA]

So just that damn 021 xxx xxxx that might be an issue? Which is my biggest problem.

Edit: @3WA you sneaky, 031 is near my region. Argh...

What if I miss a call from @Dairyfarmer or @Cereal_Killer

021 is most of the Western Cape…

 

[SauRoNZA]

Did that many years ago when it came out. Stops most spam calls.

You need to refresh it every so often though which is usually apparent as the spam suddenly starts to ramp up.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

You need to refresh it every so often though which is usually apparent as the spam suddenly starts to ramp up.

I do it every year to ensure all my sim's are covered and still on the system. It took about 3 years initially to get 99% of the calls to stop. Mostly I get calls and sms's on newly activated sim's because of the previous person who had the number. Especially people who defaulted on finance.

Oh well 8 more weeks and then I'm out of SA for good. Lucky for the people who get recycled my numbers.

 

[supersunbird]

You need to refresh it every so often though which is usually apparent as the spam suddenly starts to ramp up.

Yep. just had to renew it last month as I suddenly started getting marketing calls from some debt counselling provider from a 021 number, which has now stopped again.

 

[RedViking]

Register your number here;

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It's should be an opt in service, not an opt out. They have not receive any permission to harass millions of people.

 

[Geoff.D]

Just leave the call active. They are probably on some "unlimited" call plan. But it ties up that line for a long time so that they can't harass someone else. I once left a call active from over 45 minutes. I just muted my mic. Bet I saved at least 30 other people getting called. Same reason those guys harass those scam call centres in India. Keep them on a call for more than 30 minutes and that is a few less people getting scammed.

Sometimes those robocalls don't connect till you say something. So I wait about 5 seconds then say hello.

That causes network congestion in the telephone network.
In the good old days, we would have been on to you pretty quickly and would have terminated the call for you and you would have received a warning letter, which we knew would be delivered.

 

[RedViking]

Register on https://www.nationaloptout.org/ and http://www.dnc.org.za/ or install Truecaller.

Check these bliksems: https://dnc.org.za/

Pricing information:​

• • Replies to confirmation messages will be charged at your standard subscriber bundle SMS rates
  • USSD access is charged at 20c per 20 seconds
• Messages to shortcode 40662 are billed at up to 50c per message​

 

[RedViking]

In the good old days, we would have been on to you pretty quickly and would have terminated the call for you and you would have received a warning letter, which we knew would be delivered.

People must have been SOOOO scared....

 

[RedViking]

I once left a call active from over 45 minutes.

I do the same, but you need to sometimes say hallo once, otherwise they just drop the call. Then you just mute mic and stay quiet. Also had one going on for about 30min, hearing in the background how everyone is laughing, a manager coming into the room shouting at them, then everyone went back doing their call thing.... was freaking funny.

 

[Yourchina2000]

I stopped using True Caller ID and I seem to get way fewer spam calls. In fact, really hardly any.

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[Geoff.D]

These calls come from all over the place.
On my wife's number she received a continuous stream of these calls for two weeks. 011 XXX xxxx.
We finally answered one of them and it was from ABSA.
A campaign to con people in to increasing their CC limits.
We informed the operator that we have listed all the numbers in a harassment complaint.

 

[RedViking]

We informed the operator that we have listed all the numbers in a harassment complaint.

Have done that. They just say sorry and continue. They couldn't care what you say. Absa's spam department is nothing but a Harassment Centre.

 

[Geoff.D]

Have done that. They just say sorry and continue. They couldn't care what you say. Absa's spam department is nothing but a Harassment Centre.

Ja the calls have not stopped. Just moves on to another block of numbers. Now coming from 031 .....

 

[rrh]

Have done that. They just say sorry and continue. They couldn't care what you say. Absa's spam department is nothing but a Harassment Centre.

Sounds like typical ABSA behaviour ...

 

[Geoff.D]

People must have been SOOOO scared....

There was only one network. We were in charge. You would be placed on a list that saw to it that ALL your calls would be cut after 10 minutes so yes the warning had teeth.

 

[backstreetboy]

Honesty, that didn't do much for me. I registered last year and see no difference.

Strange works fine for me. Haven't gotten much spam in yonks. Once in a blue moon something slips through but I'm fine with that.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

These calls come from all over the place.
On my wife's number she received a continuous stream of these calls for two weeks. 011 XXX xxxx.
We finally answered one of them and it was from ABSA.
A campaign to con people in to increasing their CC limits.
We informed the operator that we have listed all the numbers in a harassment complaint.

Then all you do is keep them on the line for as long as possible. basically waste their time if you are not doing anything to important. Ask lots of general questions and as them to repeat things a few times because you have a bad line or you don't fully understand. Get them to make the hard sell and for them to waste your time selling up. When you have had enough just drop the call