AIBU to just block half of the London numbers?

If I happen to have some free time then I'll keep them talking for a few minutes to save other people. If more people did that then we could help kill their business.

Being abusive to them is probably less effective, while it probably encourages staff turnover as people generally don't like being abused all day there are plenty more people out there willing to bash numbers for min wage.

Got these a week ago. Possibly the best investment yet.

https://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt8600-premium-nuisance-call-blocker---twin-083158-BV9T.html


We have whitelisted key numbers (such as immediate friends, family and mobiles)

How it works is they have to announce themselves to a little robot answering machine, and then it rings it through. However most nuisance callers just instantly hang up.


So far:

YANBU mate

kindai said:

Got these a week ago. Possibly the best investment yet.

https://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt8600-premium-nuisance-call-blocker---twin-083158-BV9T.html


We have whitelisted key numbers (such as immediate friends, family and mobiles)

How it works is they have to announce themselves to a little robot answering machine, and then it rings it through. However most nuisance callers just instantly hang up.

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My in laws have the same set. Great bit of kit for stopping nuisance calls.

I just don't pick up unless I know the number or have been expecting a call on my mobile. Quick google and block the nuisance callers.

If you find out the company name, assuming they aren't based abroad, report them to the TPS. It's a big fine.

Don't bother answering unless I recognise the number.

I literally don't answer any calls that I either don't recognise the number for or I'm not expecting. I was always under the impression that if I answer them all I'm doing is verifying my number which they will then sell on to other phone botherers...

kindai said:

Got these a week ago. Possibly the best investment yet.

https://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt8600-premium-nuisance-call-blocker---twin-083158-BV9T.html


We have whitelisted key numbers (such as immediate friends, family and mobiles)

How it works is they have to announce themselves to a little robot answering machine, and then it rings it through. However most nuisance callers just instantly hang up.


So far:

Spoiler

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We have the previous version, the BT8500 dual pack and it was one of the best buys I ever made. We were being bombarded with calls every day, multiple times a day and despite being on the useless TPS they wouldn't stop calling. Got this set and haven't had a single nuisance call since.

My samsung s7 has some built in screening/number lookup thing. Believe it uses Whitepages to id them.

Often comes up with "scam/possible fraud" for dodgy numbers. Answered one once out of curiosity and it was a "you have recently been in an accident scam".

Dont know if its possible to get this on other phones?

Does my nut in too though I haven't had one for a while. Will check out that app though.

Sometimes I just mess with them now if I have nothing better to do.

After a few minutes they start to ask further details about the accident. They didn't like it very much when I said I can't remember as I was so drunk but I need help in court fighting a suit against the other family who's child died at the scene. Think I still have a recording somewhere

kindai said:

Got these a week ago. Possibly the best investment yet.

https://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt8600-premium-nuisance-call-blocker---twin-083158-BV9T.html


We have whitelisted key numbers (such as immediate friends, family and mobiles)

How it works is they have to announce themselves to a little robot answering machine, and then it rings it through. However most nuisance callers just instantly hang up.


So far:

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We bought the 8910 quad pack a few months ago and it is a godsend, we were getting 12-20 calls a day some days despite being on the TPS list and repeatedly asking to not be called again.

We still get about 4-8 calls a day but the phone puts them through to the answerphone*, and blocks a bunch more.
I think it's blocked about 20 in the last 3 days

Unfortunately the scum who do these calls are now starting to use what appear to be local numbers, and things like 0000000001 which means the first one gets through (and is then added to the block list).


*We can't simply block unavailable or international calls as some of the doctors etc use witheld numbers and we've got relatives abroad.

adolf hamster said:

when you answer pretend to be the local police station, they soon stop.

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When they come through on our emergency phone at our ambulance station they seem completely unperturbed when I explain how they are putting lives at risk. They haven't stopped.

For mobile phones install Truecaller. It auto-rejects calls from spam callers and allows you to report new ones to the cloud for all other users to share. Works a treat!

Googled AIBU

Oh dear.

I'd quite like to block the entirety of London.