Sudden increase in spam calls on new Phone Power service
Taoman:
Quote from: kikikikopa on May 13, 2014, 07:19:02 am
Please reply to this post if you're a new PP subscriber and have experienced a similar issue.
You've been asked twice now and I will ask you a third time. It's a very simple question.
Was your PhonePower phone number ported from a different carrier like Google Voice? Yes or no?
kikikikopa:
Hey Taoman...I don't need your heavy handed remarks so chill out...I already said it is the same number that I always had so SIMPLY read the post more carefully before you start spouting off about how many times a question was asked...You have something to contribute or just poking around?
Taoman:
Quote from: kikikikopa on May 13, 2014, 09:40:22 am
Hey Taoman...I don't need your heavy handed remarks so chill out...I already said it is the same number that I always had so SIMPLY read the post more carefully before you start spouting off about how many times a question was asked...You have something to contribute or just poking around?
Wow. Why do you think the question has been asked 3 times? Do you think the question could possibly be important? I realize you are using the same number. But that still doesn't answer the question, does it? You posted a question asking for help. We are trying to help but you won't answer the most basic question possible.
The point is Google Voice has the best automatic telemarketing block available. If your number is still on Google Voice and you are forwarding to PhonePower that is one issue. However, if you have ported your GV number over to PhonePower that is an entirely different issue. But apparently that information is secret. Sheesh.
AlanB:
kikikikopa,
In this post you mention that you are fowarding your number.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7977.msg52003#msg52003
This is very important to know, which is why Taoman asked again. If you are forwarding your number, you are not just using just the same number, you are now using two numbers, the same at GV, and the new one at PP.
So, there could be two reasons why you are getting more telemarketing calls.
1) More calls to GV number all of a suddenly (thus the fishy comment I suspect)
2) Calls to your new PP number (no telling where that number's been in the past, like those bills in your wallet) (thus not fishy at all).
To troubleshoot, you need to compare your PP and GV incoming call logs. Are the new calls coming only to PP? If so, you'll need to stop them there if PP has any kind of blocking. If they are in the GV log, then you can stop them in either location.
You can always add your new PP number to the national Do Not Call register, but dishonest callers will never honor that of course.
HDFLucky:
Quote from: kikikikopa on May 13, 2014, 06:35:59 am
I'm blocking them as fast as they come in but at the rate it's going, I'm going to hit the block limit pretty fast.
I think that's a good approach for an ex-spouse, bad a approach for spammers… because it returns a message something like "the subscriber is not accepting calls from your number." Since most spammers have a PBX at their disposal, they can easily change their outgoing CID and just call again with a different number. As you said, you'll hit the 50 blocked number limit pretty fast. What I do instead is use the "selective call forwarding" feature to send them to a busy signal. That way, they don't know they've been blocked.
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