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Dealing With Spam and Blocking Hacks

Mimiworld

Does anyone get spam or need to block people sometimes?

I get both its so annoying- there's these Spam organisations set up in England that just keep on phoning people 

I dont know how to block them its not as easy as blocking someone on facebook.

Has anyone got any hacks to stop this spamming?

  • in reply to Trainspotter
    Trainspotter said:
    In addition to this you could start singing Spring by v Vivaldi,

    The DWP have pretty much ruined Spring by Vivaldi. It sends shivers down the spine of anyone who has had to call them!

    I like the seeds of the idea Trainspotter!

    Maybe I should keep my MP3 player and speaker cued up to play Vivaldi to all of these callers!

  • in reply to Cloudy Mountains

    In addition to this you could start singing Spring by v Vivaldi, breaking off to say 'Your call is a nuisance to me, you will be dealt with never'.  They will soon ring off!

  • It is infuriating. I have joined BT Call Protect which has been able to block the most persistent callers.

    bt.com/callprotect

  • I end up answering the call in another language and the other side have no idea as it is not on the script.  Less than a minute and they are gone.  Telephone Preference Service and/or linking Personal and Professional phone numbers seems to be common too.  

    On the mobile phone it is easy to quickly add the number as blocked, Outlook rules are great too.

  • You can do number blocking, but they are resourceful and do voice over Internet from around the world.

    Your phone provider or certain phones allow you to block unfamiliar numbers

  • Pick up the phone, say "Wait a minute", and walk off leaving them on the end of the phone indefinitely.

    Doesn't stop spam, but it's funny at least.....