Why You're Getting So Many Spam Calls

[@06bostonguy]

It’s ridiculous!! I get about 10-25 calls everyday . It’s so annoying! Cell phone Carriers should do something about it .

[@graemejohnson9025]

here in Australia, by Law, all spam, text and calls, must be blocked by our cell providors.. But in America, the cell providors, make money out off selling spam blockers... sucked in...

[@Watch-0w1]

Don't give ur number away too easily on Facebook ect

[@Prairiedogma]

@@graemejohnson9025 So, does that mean you never get spam calls? If so, lucky you! In Canada, 90% of them are in Chinese (I think). Incredibly annoying, but no fear of being scammed, anyway.

[@Prairiedogma]

I’d love for someone to explain the motivation for spam calls. Scams, I understand. But so many are just dead air or useless phone messages, e.g. “To make a call, hang up and try again.” Why???

[@Watch-0w1]

@@Prairiedogma to know if is a active number my guess

[@jlee4039]

The DNC registry is worthless. I've been on the list since 2007 and it's done absolutely zilch in terms of reducing spam calls.

[@Fitforacting]

Text messages too 🤬🤬🤬

[@Erin-Thor]

The GOP is worse! (Ducking) 🤣

[@marine0816]

When your leader has dementia. Yes the DNC is worthless

[@narq5099]

I wouldn't be surprised to discover that the spammers use the registry as their call list.

[@sebd9690]

DNC list is for legitimate companies. If you're surprised illegal spam callers use it as toilet paper, I got a bridge to sell you...

[@NORCAL609]

Spammers deserve the capital punishment

[@joshuaoh761]

Do you speak other then english?

[@charlesgeorge2197]

The government needs to crack down on those who harvest and sell numbers and emails, fine them $1000 for each email or number they harvested and also $10,000 for EACH copy they sell! this would put a end to spamming in a few days!

[@genghis_connie]

Scam calls have replaced spam calls. The amount of numbers they have to dial from are limitless.

[@VirtualVisitor999]

Prosecute spamming companies CEOs and Directors if they call more than once, after being asked to cease.

[@georgeiron8399]

I say don't even give them the opportunity to rip off old people that don't know what's going on

[@foureyedchick]

I say Congress should pass a scam-call TAX! Every time one of these robocallers call, they should be SLAPPED with a $1000 fine per call, with $500 going to the victim and $500 to the IRS! THAT WOULD STOP THEM!

[@safepethaven]

Many years ago I rarely received any unwanted/unidentified/spammy calls, later emails. Once registered with the DoNotCall lists I ummediately started getting dozens of junk calls a day and nothing stops them. National registry seems to be in cahoots with the junk tech industry.

[@joshuaoh761]

If you're on your computer watching KZbin. Just put you're phone on the speaker and let the video do the talking or just answer them and pretend you're a cop

[@SocietyNeedsImprovement]

All of the tools mentioned in this video are bandaids. None of them deal with the source. The real question we need to ask ourselves is, what factors lead to the creation of a spammer. Only then can we go down the path of making spam a thing of the past.

[@turqoiselove1]

Human greed is the source. Fix that.

[@SocietyNeedsImprovement]

@@turqoiselove1 I agree. You remove greed by removing the factors that lead to greed.

[@spacepimpkevin1184]

Majority of scam callers are generally in India. India has laws against scam call centers BUT these call centers provide fronts to seem like legit buisnesses and they even pay taxes to the government so the Indian authority isn't going to do a thing about this problem. These people are happy to be thieves because their mob boss pays them better than the jobs in their economy.

[@bryantburn8191]

It's India. Sanction them until they fix the problem. They already know how to block their country from p*rn.

[@joshuaoh761]

I have an idea. Just answer the call and say your local police department's name

[@RoolSkool]

I don't answer unknown calls. The only exception is if I order delivery. I block all unknown numbers

[@marlo2919]

They just call back from another number.

[@adrianmacklin418]

And they will just call you from another. Blocking solves nothing. At what point do we say enough as a whole.

[@NoGattsuNoGlory]

These scammers are using ghost calls. It's harder to trace...

[@johnwright291]

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY Is it allowed. Im 68 and i remember when you could go to jail for making harassing phone calls which is exactly what it is.

[@ALROD]

I live in Brazil and the situation is identical. We even have a service where you can register your number so you don't get called, but there's always that call that goes through. I had to go extreme: if a number is not in my contacts, my phone doesn't ring. So whoever says they'll call me, I gotta add them to my contacts and then delete it later once I don't need it. It's annoying, but yeah.

[@khanhnguyen-ye7pm]

Right. But then if you're someone applying for jobs or trying to get ahead in your career, it's tough to get by because you don't know if you'd miss their call

[@dread1262]

It's gotten to a point where i want to change my number

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

I'm about to do that .

[@Black____]

I just changed my number two days ago(Saturday) because of all the spam calls, and I wanted to see if today(Monday) would they start calling since it's the first weekday with my new number, and sure enough, I got two spam calls to my number.

[@purplefinch1]

Me to

[@wendypetersen7529]

the problem is, they'd still track you down unless you went totally technology free and left no footprint for them to follow, and even then I wouldn't bet money on it.

[@_chan.burn.21_]

This is one of the main reasons I love my Google Pixel, and I don't understand why no other smartphone OEM has tried to copy this feature. Call Screening has been absolutely amazing at stopping scam callers in their tracks, and I pretty much never get them anymore because either it's filtered out in the background or they just keep hanging up when I put Google Assistant on the line instead of myself.

[@graemejohnson9025]

in Austrlia, spam blocking is FREE, our cell providors do it by law... it just pops up on your phone. block, you tick yes, and its gone..

[@myplaced]

@@graemejohnson9025 that is absolutely not true. I live in Australia also.

[@wendypetersen7529]

please elucidate it sounds like a winner to me, but I've never heard of it.

[@High_Key]

My boss just ran up to me asking me for help about this. He got into the office at 9:30 and has gotten nonstop calls since...we're talking about at least 50 calls that have been occurring right after each other. No one answers, the phone just hangs up after. What's happening? Getting random calls from PA, IL, CO, and other countries.

[@swmovan]

I get those calls quite often. Used to be, I hardly ever got scam callers. Lately, I get them almost everyday. Sometimes 2-3 a day.

[@PK-999]

The majority of Spam calls are basically the modern form of the Con Artist. They want to con you out of your money. If you've seen the Paul Newman/Robert Redford movie "The Sting" that was set around 100 years ago now and Con Artists were in abundance then, its just the modern day ones use technology like everybody else.

[@keeny1975]

Wrong clip I know but wanted to chime in on the iPhone/Android green chat bubble. An iMessage in blue is free to send where a green bubble means it’s either coming out of your sms allowance or paying to send that message if you have run out of sms allowance. It’s always green between iPhone and android because android has no iMessage functionality.

[@itsa-itsagames]

I hope someone at CNET or in the tech world can see this... ...we have made progress with the blocking spam on new phones, but it would be great if there were a way to block them from ever leaving a message on voicemail. I hate having to call, enter password, then wait for message to then delete this Chinese spam call. It's all a waste of time

[@T101Chris]

Have the USA government outlaw the spam calls from any and all countries! If violation then $1million fine to anyone that is caught helping them! And stop selling information from anyone to anyone! No more 3rd parties information and such! This alone will stop at least 3/4of the problem

[@sandralee2530]

My cell phone provider is straight talk. I've called them about the spam calls but you can't talk to a live person . I receive 12 spam calls a day. I block them but they just change their numbers. It's a never ending cycle. Now I'm getting restricted calls and there is no way to block them. This is a real problem.

[@bobbyorr3873]

I just started getting spam calls, since straight talk joined up with Verizon.. I've gotten 12 calls in less than 2 hrs. This is absolutely unexccetable

[@77missconduct]

Yeah, me too! Had a record yesterday of 16....unreal.

[@zackrutkowski8501]

I get as many as 40 per day since total was purchased by Verizon plz help

[@a.k.infinity1502]

I've been getting 20-30 spam calls a day. It's overwhelming.

[@TJDawgs72]

Getting about 7 a day…it’s lightened up a bit in the last month but for a while I couldn’t even turn my ringer on. Frickin’ ridiculous.

[@tyzxcj34]

They keep changing the phone numbers and i have 1 million numbers on the blocked spam caller list. I put to put myself on the do not call list and still the same calls multiple times a day.

[@bederhajali]

Pixel's screen call is a life saver

[@joshuaoh761]

Every time I get an annoying random number calling me, I put my phone against my speaker and let the KZbin video do the talking

[@CoolBreezeAnthony]

I do exactly the same thing. After a few seconds they disconnect.

[@swmovan]

I get my whistle out if I can. Sometimes I can hear them screaming a bit of profanity.

[@vickilanger]

@@swmovan its likely not individual jerks. Instead, the people calling are likely call center workers just doing their jobs. I implore you to have some empathy for people. Have you ever been assaulted for doing your job?

[@swmovan]

@@vickilanger My number is on the Do Not Call list. I sometimes get 4+ calls in one day. Most of them do not say a thing, after I say "Hello". I can tell someone is there, there is silence for several seconds, then they hang up.

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

Spammers ruined it for the people who just wanted to call and ask if their fridge is running.

[@robertklund3201]

Reminds me of the Cold War days when enemy intelligence agents would combine details of personal info like pieces to a puzzle.

[@elitecol69]

haha the do not call registry dosnt work at all

[@brplatten1273]

I turned in over 100 numbers to the no call list, which I'm on, and nothing happened. My spam calls increased. Now I just put him on hold.

[@wendypetersen7529]

does that help? I thought of getting a whistle and just blowing it down the phone.

[@Rainmankin]

I’ve started answering and just pressing buttons on my keypad to annoy them. Don’t think it’s working though cuz I seem to get more calls lately. I used ignore them but maybe now that I’ve been messing with them they know it’s an active number the more I answer and mess with them. I just downloaded the Verizon call filter app. I really hope it helps cuz I’m getting 10 to 30 calls every days from these parasites

[@pj-light-glass]

Thank you for this overview of how to knock down Robo call & Spam across our devices. ❤

[@CarlosMunoz1980]

You can literally track any IP address. So all those Indian call centers could easily be tracked.

[@mclru]

Majority of spam calls I get are from Google voice numbers. What is Google doing about this?

[@wendypetersen7529]

probably zilch

[@mya.xoxo_]

since yesterday, i’ve been getting so many random calls, most of them tilted scam likely, others have a phone number & a random location.

[@Rainy_Day12234]

I was so annoyed I cancelled my cell service.

[@narq5099]

I just can't believe these scammers actually make any money doing this crap. There seems to be an endless supply of gullible people to fool.

[@wendypetersen7529]

and there is the root of the problem

[@leonard5606]

@@wendypetersen7529 I was reading an article today (10/5/24) where this lady was scammed out of $25K from her bank and she fell for the scam...a Bank of America scammer. It didn't say if she got her money back. I get 30 calls a day I usually turn my phone off just to give the scammers a break, but I don't touch my phone that way if you don't touch a button, they won't know the number is active. Keep your contact list up to date. They spoof a lot of numbers from around the world just to get back to you. :)

[@thorley1983]

if you have to pay for a spam filter the company you are paying is profiting from that spam. don't pay!

[@Thefluffytutu]

Not true! 🙄

[@wendypetersen7529]

don't you love the unsolicited calls telling you how to stop unsolicited calls - by buying some scheme or other that they're pushing? ???????

[@p0ssesst]

Hahaha 'Do Not Call List'. That thing is a joke. I've been on for years and i check yearly to be sure i'm still on, makes no difference.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Thankfully Google Fi blocks most and the ones that come through they flash spam warning, but still incredibly annoying

[@Watch-0w1]

Best thing is to ignore all call unless they call 3 time in row

[@utoothheartyeight]

My opening line to each spam call I get. "So, how was the trip coming accross the Rio?"

[@wendypetersen7529]

How about "It's done, where do you want me to put the body?" 🤣🤣

[@Mr..Roboto]

I think these spam calls are from all the data breaches we’ve had. This is just another phishing technique for social engineering…..just block the number don’t click on links being sent etc…. Good luck!

[@TheresaWebster-rz5ny]

I get about 10 a day too. I feel like a scam magnet

[@bondjovi4595]

Everytime someone spams my phone I'm going to just post the numbers here in the comment section. You may do what you want with these spammers.

[@loradurling2358]

Spam, unavailable, wireless, toll-free, all annoying

[@FootNotesStudio]

Service providers write the software that controls the network. They literally invented it. They deploy it, maintain it, and perform upgrades on it. Yet mysteriously, according to this article, some 52 billion spam calls are placed and get through to subscribers every year and the service providers say they are powerless to stop it. What's wrong with this picture.

[@CoolBreezeAnthony]

Good point!

[@WillyWompa]

I get a spam call roughly every 3 MINUTES, SOMEBODY HELP PLEASE, can barely use my phone.

[@gares882]

Did u fix it?

[@John-ob7dh]

Just go in settings and block all callers not in your contacts.Thats what I did .

[@WillyWompa]

@@gares882 hey, I actually got a new phone number lmao. so if i start getting spammed again i will do what @john-ob7dh said to do

[@oxsila]

I just answer every single one and when I hear a human voice I whip out the armpit fart

[@joyceplyler3274]

❤

[@CoolBreezeAnthony]

😜

[@inigohiroki]

Turning on "Silencing unknown callers" on call settings helps

[@John-ob7dh]

Thats what I do plus every unknown num that calls me is automatically blocked untill I un block it .

[@Bcas1947]

The problem with turning that on is that it will block a number that isnt on your contact list or recent call list…and sometimes you want to receive a call from a client or prospective employer who may not be on your contact or recent call list.

[@CarlosMunoz1980]

Our own cellphone provider is giving them out.

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

But won't they know it's an active number when it rolls over to voicemail?

[@retirementmillions6533]

spam calls and texts everyday. that's why i changed my new numbers good for my security. now I don't give any companies my phone numbers. Thanks for share

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

I immediately started getting 10 or 15 calls a day after I put my number in the 7-11 discount program

[@dgc940]

Something else that should come with jail time and fine is have you ever gotten the political vote for so and so text!

[@TY.HDLife]

Im sure the hospital get some of their money back by selling your info. You do sign the paperwork to give them permission to share your info. Unless you sign your name wrong👀

[@arkyump]

I moved from Arkansas to Kansas and kept my Arkansas number. 80% of my robo calls are Arkansas numbers. The other 20% are from the USA. I block every number that comes through I bet I have nearly 1000 callls blocked in ten years since I moved.

[@wendypetersen7529]

I bet you'd get that in one year now!

[@chefkris44]

Very good piece very informative please do more like this

[@fozzgate1120]

And my mom keeps answering them even with caller ID.

[@jaybartgis5148]

Why not just Make an answering machine that says "in order to reduce spam calls please press 1 to get connected"

[@miamiwax5504]

There should be tighter regulation on creating phone numbers

[@doodoobonejones]

Only 10 a day? I'm getting upwards of 60 a day

[@ChadH2023]

Depends what phone you're using. If you have a pixel, you don't have this issue.

[@AD-im5to]

I just mouthed off to spam caller . Just sick of them

[@Fraden7]

Good video but this is very sad. There is no privacy anywhere anymore not even with your phone # and why should you have to pay to get a spam blocker on your phone let these cell companies that don’t protect your data provide it for free.

[@Samirustem]

Hotmail spam folder still not working. How they can't tell "costco" is nit spam. And phone it would be amazing if there was just way to block all unknown number without buying app

[@SusanNoulton]

I am getting 2 a day, bloody annoying.

[@ArmandasAuskalnis-vi4cs]

Same bro

[@chrisUSA]

You are GREAT. A big thank you!

[@little-brutetraining5870]

So we have scammers trying to make money from the people who fall for the scam so now there are companies making scam blocking apps that minimise these guys taking the money from *these* same fools they are benifiting from these scammers! now getting a monthly fee from people all over the world. I wonder if it's a possibility that the ones making these apps are also the scammers. hypothetically speaking.

[@baparyinternetdose-bid9188]

Nice sister. I am Muslim too from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@tylerrowland1236]

I got a scam call saying they are att and they said they can make my bill lower and I said how bout I come over and have some fun and make my bill $0 and he said yes and I said just Kidding don’t call me again or I will sure you because I have your location. They hung up i don’t get scam calls that much.

[@joseulloa8333]

Is annoying annoying I receive more than 20 spam calls

[@anudeepananth]

Isnt True caller popular in the US, This problem is controlled to a large extent because of true caller, the app itself will show how likely the number is spam, comments of other people who have given their feedback etc. It helps quite a lot

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Once you call someone on your phone it gets registered on a spam list therefore they put you on a list to be spammed.

[@gmfitzg]

Getting texts every other day from fake USPS to "Click here to update your address otherwise packages won't be delivered" bs. Block one and another from diff text number pops up

[@TheKaves2]

I came to know why? Not to learn that it’s complicated to resolve.

[@jesse_tummamies]

i had thease spam calls i just used a free call blocker and it worked and this video helped a lot

[@lincolndeoliveira9401]

Thanks for the info

[@mom369222]

It is the annoying unwanted Spectrum Calls. They always say your service is out of date. Please press one to get more information. I've asked a number of times to take me off the call list, and they STILL call! I'm on the Do Not Call List, yet they call sometimes 4 times a day

[@angelmorales3308]

This issue is much worse on people with disabled and elderly people I'm on disability and I get 10 to 20 calls a day it annoying and so unfair for these people have to deal with this bull crap 💩 the government is not doing enough to stop this

[@swmovan]

It's not always easy to trace back the scam calls. Almost every site wants a fee just to tell you where the call is coming from.

[@leonard5606]

I got a few spoofed numbers from Spain and the Netherlands, and I live on the east coast.....30 calls per day for me ain't nothing I normally turn my phone off just to give the scammers a break.....:)

[@josem3]

Try Call screening Google voice. It will Stop those robocalls. It is already available on Pixel phones.

[@ryanyork837]

If you're lucky enough to have telemarketer screening on your home phone you could do call forwarding to the house phone. Seems to be working really good I haven't had a scam call on the house phone in 2 years

[@flyhouseoftruth470]

Any chance of getting off of facebook and creating a alternative local online classifieds to buy, sell, trade and post wanted listings? It's too much work to get on here and established only to have facebook ban or block me from their buying/selling groups while allowing many of these spammers and scammers to make many hundreds of thousands of posts. Makes me wonder if facebook has some partnership with them. Did I violate facebook's policy by blocking obvious spammers or scammers?

[@Balactus_]

I only started getting them when I switched to Verizon 🤬😡

[@canarat417]

Samsung has an option to block them under phone settings

[@martinarnaud1266]

It's just another way for these companies to make more money

[@WillM.]

I used to get spam texts every day. They have stopped now but used to I would get 2-6 every day saying it was Marco Rubio or Ron desantis and they would say something like “this is Marco Rubio here, we’re embarrassed to be doing this but we failed to reach our goal. Could you chip in $5 in the next 5 mins to help us?” And before those I used to get calls from random places in the US, Afghanistan, Australia, and other places And they would always call me Don.

[@elizabethcbrady28]

Use common sense if it's a number that's not listed in your phone book don't answer it if it's important they will send you a text message Are they will leave a message on your phone too many scams out there don't answer and if they don't leave a message I've blocked their numbers period.

[@RoseWoolridge]

I have stared just hitting decline..I don't answer I just decine..I get mostly about 30 maybe 50 calls a day..

[@John-ob7dh]

Samsung have a setting called HIYA which blocks all spam and unknown callers in call settings

[@wendypetersen7529]

The problem is what if it's a doctor's office calling?

[@John-ob7dh]

@wendypetersen7529 It's not so bad as if you know the doc may call ,you can take off the restriction momentarily.

[@leonard5606]

@@wendypetersen7529 I would suggest putting your doctor's phone numbers in your contact list.....if they are short lived numbers, you can delete them later. :)

[@kennybrannan]

I just put in do not Disturb, then if it's a Repeat call from a Same Number or Let them leave a message. That way you'll know who's Calling

[@matthewghardy]

Is this Al Jazeera?

[@mittseelan9306]

Typically I just avoid answering all unknown calls. But if I'm expecting calls for medical appointments / interviews it's very frustrating to answer spam calls. Instead I use a third party verification like Whois by SIPSTACK

[@GaryBeltz]

I would like Apple to implement a "Hide my phone number feature along with hide my email

[@Syrinxification]

Yea spam can be annoying. Especially when you are making a bomb and those marketers keep calling on your phone fuse.

[@joyceplyler3274]

😂

[@capitanamerica4562]

Im getting 12 calls a day last 3 days driving me crazy

[@CamLeighGamer]

At 4:45 I got a ad with robo killer lol

[@CamLeighGamer]

8:13 because the spammers will die from old age in future

[@sonicgen20]

I just ignore any calls not friends or family.

[@fidelarellano1981]

Sound like phone companies want you to buy the block option.

[@DC...]

The government should automatically register people to that list or make it a policy as no one wants spam phone calls

[@ryanyork837]

And don't hit ignore button they'll call right back because they know you're ignoring them just hit the silence button and let it continue to ring quietly that will throw them off eventually