But Hiya doesn't help against the latest scourge, "neighbor spoofing", whereby they just use a different random number each time they call, usually using your same area code and prefix, so you figure it must be a neighbor. Checking its validity won't help either since it probably legitimately belongs to someone; just not the telemarketer.
most of those calls original from India, they are the master of spoofing area codes since all they use IP phones these days.
You do not need to that, I put everyone I know number in my address book and if someone's name/picture does not come up i do not answer. At home if they will not talk to the answering machine I do not pick up. People this is not that hard to not answer the phone if it is not someone you know. I guess in India they have not figure it out yet. Maybe the suffer from FOMO and can not help but to answer the phone.
I bet it would be great to crank call them.
IIRC part of the problem in India is with unwanted text messages, not just calls. Can I set up a white list for text messaging, and get notifications only from my selected people?
But Hiya doesn't help against the latest scourge, "neighbor spoofing", whereby they just use a different random number each time they call, usually using your same area code and prefix, so you figure it must be a neighbor. Checking its validity won't help either since it probably legitimately belongs to someone; just not the telemarketer.
I wish that the $3 per month I pay for Caller ID combined with the tens of millions of others who pay would result in a system that couldn't be spoofed.
On the other hand, the large company that I used to work for put a bogus ID on our outgoing calls so that uninformed return calls would get blocked.
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most of those calls original from India, they are the master of spoofing area codes since all they use IP phones these days.
On the other hand, the large company that I used to work for put a bogus ID on our outgoing calls so that uninformed return calls would get blocked.