In 20 years cell phones (as phones not portable computers) went from a tool that united people in new and exciting ways to a way for solicitors to spam us. It’s to the point that I don’t know anyone who answers their phone if they don’t have the caller’s number saved.
This is a choice that we have made. We could legislate this behavior and we as a society choose to act as if it is inevitable.
This one was me. We need to talk.
Oh no. My car warranty is about to expire, isn’t it?
You can extend it for ony $39.99/mo
This guys ripping you off i’ll do it for $39.98/mo .
Fuck you, Gary! Find your own sucker!!!
Funny related story: someone in my city signed up for a mortgage but used my phone number on accident. I got 40 spam calls the first day, and still get calls about it years later. I even got a message from one of his friends one time looking to catch up. His name is Brian and he works at a local restaurant as the GM, I learned all this just from info fed to me by third parties.
I have a Steve that did the same thing. A lot of people contacted me over the years about him wanting to see if they could buy his property. I finally said yes, and that was the last I heard from any of them.
I have added my phone number to the do not call list and I have gotten 1 Spam call in 4 ish years
Spam, spam, spam, spam Spam, spam, spam, spam Lovely spam, wonderful spam
Interesting. These days I receive many more text spams (on messages, telegram, whatsup etc.) than call spams. I think my provider and my phone block call spams successfully.
I never see most of these calls. They just show up on recent activity
I receive both! lol
I cant be the only one who hasnt gotten a single spam call in the last ~6 years
How did you get your spam calls down to only a few a day?
I got my name and details blacklisted by scam baiting, back before that was even a thing. I was used to just playing along with spam calls on the landline for my parents. Once cell phones and mass spam calls hit I had a lot of fun for a while, but at some point I was full blown blacklisted. In the last ~10 years I’ve only gotten the occasional car warranty call from someone who bought wrong data(cars I don’t own).
I’ve had the same number for over twenty years. My guess would be all that time yielding no results from those calls. Otherwise I guess I’m just lucky. I almost never have my ringer or vibrate on so I never even see them as they come in.
