You can’t really block the numbers because they are spoofed and change all the time. If your dial back they are non working. I cannot understand why phone companies don’t check that the originating number is a real phone number before allowing the call to go on the network. That is technologically feasible. A total dereliction of responsibility not to do so. This problem has rendered landlines mostly unusable except for outgoing calls.
Regards, SRK Steven R. Kanner, MD Lincoln, MA From: Lincoln <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alice Waugh Sent: Monday, October 06, 2025 2:05 PM To: Ruth Ann Hendrickson <[email protected]> Cc: Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] spam calls Fear not -- in the settings for this feature, you can have the phone ask the caller for more information before allowing the phone to ring audibly, or simply send all calls from unknown numbers directly to voicemail. For people who call me regularly (even if I never call them), I add them to my contacts list so they can get through. This could be a game-changer. Alice On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM Ruth Ann Hendrickson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The problem is that so many doctors offices will call you from Numbers with no name attached. So if you block all those numbers you don’t know you’ll miss all your doctors calls. Ruth Ann (She, her, hers) On Oct 6, 2025, at 10:28 AM, Judith Kelly <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I bought this for my 87 yr mother's home to put on her standard ‘land line' as she was getting upwards of 45 calls per day! On this device you can create a white list that allows only those calls thru. Shows a green light for known white list callers and flashes red if it is not on the list, hit the big red button to add to blocked list. Works great! [http://F2DA44F6-CFC7-43A6-B95C-9C4690396207] Panasonic Call Blocker for Landline Phones | Home Phone Auto Call Block KX-TGA710B<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V6MZCLR?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1> amazon.com<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V6MZCLR?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1> <01UwfHrld+L._TSa|size:1910,1000|format:(A,f,b,d,pi,pl,o)|b-src:31h7weyvA8L.png|b-pos:0,0,1910,1000|pi-src:51iRD+gAfNL.jpg|pi-pos:1000,100,840,840.json> Best, Judy On Oct 6, 2025, at 10:21 AM, Ursula Nowak <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: And you can silence calls from numbers that are not in your contacts. Ursula On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM Linda McMillan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: That's my strategy as well. If it doesn't have a name attached to it, I don't answer it. On Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 8:12 AM Leslie Turek <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Could try Nomorobo. It's not perfect, but I think it does lower the amount. https://www.nomorobo.com<https://www.nomorobo.com/> Also, there are a lot of suggestions on the FTC website: https://consumer.ftc.gov/node/77558 I just don't answer my phone anymore unless I know the caller. Leslie Turek On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM Terri via Lincoln <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello LT, Hope everyone enjoyed this lovely weekend! I would greatly appreciate some advice re: HOW to stop continuous robo cell phone calls ( claiming to be a US loan service) They are simply relentless! I have tried everything.. blocked the number which does not work since they switch numbers daily. I've reported this multiple times.... nothing seems to work. Thanks in advance :) Terri Kafina -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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