Stopping spam calls

How to stop getting spam calls

  1. Sign up for the federal Do Not Call list: https://www.donotcall.gov/
  2. While the registry helps stop unsolicited telemarketers, it won’t prevent calls from charities, political campaigns, or surveys.
    1. In order to get rid of those, be wary of entering their phone numbers on different websites.
    2. If you put your phone number in, that website is now selling your phone number to tens of other companies.
  3. Pick up, make sure there’s a real person there, and say, ‘Stop calling me, take me off your calling list,’ then hang up. Do not stay on the line, as the callers may try to convince you otherwise.
  4. Use tools like call blockers, though be warned that these can block necessary calls as well.
  5. Just enable the “silence unknown callers” in your phone’s settings. Phone never rings for unsaved numbers, and if it’s a real phone call they leave a voicemail.
  6. Answer the phone, but then mute the call. Right off the bat. If it’s a human they’re gonna be confused and say hello, but a PC will just not hear anything think the # is bad and mark it as not good.

How to stop the texts telling me that I can’t deliver stuff from USPS?

Scams unfortunately. All you can do is block the number.


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