What spam calls have you been getting lately?

materthegreater · 2025-07-31T01:21:51.000Z

Anybody else getting annoyed by the same spam calls week after week? I hadn't really been getting any spam calls at all until a couple months ago. Since then I've been getting at least one a week, all with the same business loan nonsense. If I don't answer (which I don't unless it's someone I know or a local number), they'll leave a message. Each call is slightly different but the main message is the same (something like this): Someone from the "California branch" or "West Coast Branch" has been trying to reach you (or your finance team) regarding your business funding approval for the last few days and even left a voicemail before the long weekend [they're smart enough to take holidays into account]. Then they go on about some details or options they're offering and at the very end give an option to press 9 to be taken off their list! I've actually answered a time or two and tried pressing 9 but it didn't help...

Started by materthegreaterJul 31, 202531 replies

AllDodgeSenior MemberJan 13, 2026#21
I keep turning them into the FTC which has slowed them down a bunch
92U 3406Senior MemberJan 13, 2026#22
I just don't answer my phone anymore unless it's one of the half dozen contacts saved in my phone.
Truck ShopSuper UserJan 13, 2026#23
Insure Me.
skyking1Super UserJan 13, 2026#24
95% Medicare advantage plans BS.
CM1995ExpertJan 13, 2026#25
The "I have a $150,000 credit line secured for you" ****. They even get snippy - "We've contacted you several times and would appreciate a response". LMAO.
smifwalSenior MemberJan 13, 2026#26
They are getting more clever lately,apart form 1/2 dozen I get from out of state numbers they have started using local numbers I have even got some from the prefix of my small home town
CM1995ExpertJan 13, 2026#27
smifwal said: They are getting more clever lately,apart form 1/2 dozen I get from out of state numbers they have started using local numbers I have even got some from the prefix of my small home town Click to expand... Oh yeah I get those as well. Comes in on a local number but the VM is another state.
smifwalSenior MemberJan 15, 2026#28
CM1995 said: Oh yeah I get those as well. Comes in on a local number but the VM is another state. Click to expand... They normally hang up with in 4 seconds when I send them to voicemail. My voicemail message says" please don't leave a message,hang up and text me but if you can't text, feel free to leave a message. I don't get very many voicemails from people I actually know or potential clients. Once in a blue moon
CM1995ExpertJan 15, 2026#29
smifwal said: They normally hang up with in 4 seconds when I send them to voicemail. My voicemail message says" please don't leave a message,hang up and text me but if you can't text, feel free to leave a message. I don't get very many voicemails from people I actually know or potential clients. Once in a blue moon Click to expand... VM is really an ancient way of communicating now a days. Not really worth the time to leave one.
smifwalSenior MemberJan 15, 2026#30
CM1995 said: VM is really an ancient way of communicating now a days. Not really worth the time to leave one Click to expand... hey I left you a voicemail, yeah I saw that, what did you need? you didn't listen to it?
materthegreaterSuper UserJan 15, 2026#31
I don't like it when I miss a call and they don't leave a message. Texting is not very reliable around here. Sometimes a text won't be received for hours, and sometimes never shows up at all. Thankfully with RCS becoming more widespread it will notify if it doesn't go through.
treemuncherSenior MemberJan 15, 2026#32
I used to keep an air horn next to the phone for spammers when I had a land line. Talk in a low voice so they turn up their volume and then hit them with the horn directly on the mic! Waste my time and I will do my best to waste your hearing - fair is fair. I used to lose my voice about once a week screaming at either a telemarketer, "Take me off your ing list and do not ever call me again!", or Bilbo, my former shop cat when he got me pissed. Now, much of it is text trash. I am still fairly direct and respond to trash texts with, " Off!", before blocking their numbers. I still use the same old line for the telemarketers. I believe in being sincere and direct as to my wishes. Today's Android phones have really helped to keep much of the spam in check. The option to block and report spammers limits the usefulness of their numbers to a matter of hours or days for those with this option.

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