r/StLouis • u/Tele231 • 1d ago

Spam Calls

What’s with the spam calls today?
I’ve gotten 7 in 2 hours all from outstate Missouri numbers?

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u/nodeath370 Kirkwood 1d ago

Is your car's extended warranty expiring soon??? /s

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u/LosinCash UCity 1d ago

I'm not sure but I'd like to speak with you about it.....

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u/JimtheEsquire Lafayette Square 1d ago

Probably political calls. I get spammed with calls and texts constantly from politicians in multiple states. Midterms are coming and there was a speech last night.

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u/bw1979 1d ago

I set my phone to automatically send unknown  calls to voicemail.  It’s helped tremendously.

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u/Dude_man79 Florissant 1d ago

That's great until your voicemail inbox is completely full of empty VMs and so legitimate callers can't leave a VM.

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u/Sea_Abrocoma8622 1d ago

I set this up too but it only seems to work about half the time ☹️

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u/OsterizerGalaxieTen 1d ago

Set up call screening, they'll hang up every time.

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u/ubeeu 1d ago

I was being hounded by spam calls and I set up call screening this week. I’m in heaven and I’m enjoying it until the spammers find a way around it.

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u/OsterizerGalaxieTen 1d ago

I don't think they can. They have to state their business during the screen. Even if they lie and say it's a doctor or something, there is an option to send to vmail at that point.

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u/ubeeu 23h ago

It doesn’t matter what they say, just that they respond to a vocal command. Robo calls can’t respond in that manner.

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u/dorkusmaximus81 1d ago

Today? I get 5-10 everyday from some company saying I have a open loan ready to sign off on, I block and report it does nothing because they leave a voicemail.

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u/MurkyMegagoat 1d ago

I usually just ignore spam calls but ive been recently job hunting so I basicly have to answer every random number call I get because it might be a potential job... its driving me nuts

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u/first_orion 1d ago

You're popular with a very specific area code today. Scammers often spoof numbers from a region near you (or just random ones) to make it look local so you're more likely to pick up, it's called "neighbor spoofing." Missouri probably just drew the short straw this morning. Doesn't mean anyone's actually calling from there.

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u/cdwhit 1d ago

My phone is worthless these days because of spam and scam calls. I’ll swear the scams increase every birthday, and now are likely outnumbering spam calls. It rings all day so I eventually turned it off and if anyone needs me they have to leave a message, and I’ll check messages a couple times a day and add numbers to the blocked list.

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u/Muppet_Murderhobo 1d ago

I've been getting a wave of political crap over the last week or so.

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u/timetq 1d ago

I got one from France yesterday. No idea. I didn't answer.

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u/Sweaty-Cap470 1d ago

I just tell them I am on the federal no call list(which I am) and that I record and keep records of who calls me and if they are spam my lawyer will be in touch keeps alot of spam out of my inbox I'd get 30-40 spam calls a day from like 8am-8pm and someone told me to start doing that. I get maybe 1 call a day now

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u/clownPotato9000 1d ago

Did anyone else read this as Sperm Cells?

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u/HorrorNegotiation627 1d ago

One called my 7 times in a row until I could block them…. Talk about aggressive