Get a new phone number and ONLY share with those who needed it for emergencies.
Not a bad advice, but depending on where you are that might not do anything. I bought a new SIM recently and it was getting spam calls before I even added a single contact. Slapped SpamBlocker from F-Droid on it immediately.
Yeah. The thing about new phone numbers these days is they are generally reused numbers someone else didn’t want. So you’ll still get the same spam calls, they just won’t necessarily be addressed to you.
You can choose to reject it, which is what my Google Phone app does by default when I block a number, or accept it to instantly hang up. I just chose the reject option, most calls stopped completely after a couple of weeks. I do not use voicemail, so not sure how it interacts with that. The app also has an option for a subscription (as in you just insert a link) to an ever updating list of spam numbers, but I just went with not my contact = no business calling me.
Not a bad advice, but depending on where you are that might not do anything. I bought a new SIM recently and it was getting spam calls before I even added a single contact. Slapped SpamBlocker from F-Droid on it immediately.
Yeah. The thing about new phone numbers these days is they are generally reused numbers someone else didn’t want. So you’ll still get the same spam calls, they just won’t necessarily be addressed to you.
Nice! That so actually works? Most carrier blocks will stop the calls from ringing but I still get a voicemail from them.
You can choose to reject it, which is what my Google Phone app does by default when I block a number, or accept it to instantly hang up. I just chose the reject option, most calls stopped completely after a couple of weeks. I do not use voicemail, so not sure how it interacts with that. The app also has an option for a subscription (as in you just insert a link) to an ever updating list of spam numbers, but I just went with not my contact = no business calling me.