(This also isn't an answer for the question, but,) I've used the "Should I Answer" app for the last several years. Its blocking feature has the option to block incoming calls that are not in my contacts so it doesn't ring unless it's in my contact list. I haven't had anyone spoof my contacts .. yet. Guessing that can happen.
Guess I couldn't do this if I used my phone for answering incoming business calls. On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 6:32 PM Dagmar d'Surreal <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm getting a few of those kinds of calls per day, and it appears to be > that the criminals are failing at handing off the successful connection to > a person on their end, which I suspect is just a nasty way of wasting > *their* resources since they won't stop making fraudulent calls. > > I finally just set my phone to screen all calls not in my contact list > this past week, since not even changing my OGM to start with the Bellcore > tri-tones for "number is invalid" hasn't seemed to make a dent in the > bullshit. > > Sometime next week I'm going to resume attempting to get those calls so I > can punish the wicked myself until someone sets their office on fire. > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM John F. Eldredge <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a way for an Android phone to capture an incoming >> call's true origin number, or is that information only available to the >> phone company? In the last year, I have received about 1,000 calls (several >> per day) where the caller hangs up as soon as I speak. At first, I assumed >> it was a bot building up a list of answered numbers, but I am now starting >> to suspect I am being deliberately harassed. I served for several years as >> the newsletter editor for the Nashville Peace and Justice Center, a local >> progressive organization, so any harassment could be politically motivated. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAJfAAYKYODJDmhNwmQdwjWGSEqOcZVB5tCnwKYFesGgDan3Z3w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAJfAAYKYODJDmhNwmQdwjWGSEqOcZVB5tCnwKYFesGgDan3Z3w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Sent from an actual computer. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CACnnd_G3pg%2BwoKqar6piug1u2p1dqi--VSgQbebsft-47jU6zA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CACnnd_G3pg%2BwoKqar6piug1u2p1dqi--VSgQbebsft-47jU6zA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXYOSPvDx0E%3D7i%3DfqTYbxK%3DJNE0fZBjipznZ-JpEEuvi2g%40mail.gmail.com.
