I don't want to block, I want their skies to darken with fireballs of legal 
consequences. 

> On Mar 18, 2026, at 12:21 PM, Calvin E. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Shameless plug: for mobile devices, consider YouMail. If the ANI are already 
> known, the free version should do a decent job of blocking them. For 
> spoofed/one-and-done campaigns, the better option is the paid version with 
> the captcha for non-contacts.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:19 AM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 18, 2026, at 11:37 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I wish my upstream (Twilio) had a big "Flag as Spam" button or API call that 
>> would send all the relevant info to whomever needs to know.
>> 
>> E-mail sorta has spam reporting handled, but Voice/SMS doesn't appear to 
>> have that sorted out yet.
> 
> I have been receiving the "tax resolution center" / "loan determination" / 
> "debt consolidation" scam calls, many of them from TFNs, for close to a year 
> at this point. They often overwhelm my phone, sometimes several come in at 
> the same time from different DIDs, and they often interrupt other tasks or 
> calls. 
> 
> I don't know what to do about it other than change my number (TMO), which I'm 
> unwilling to do with how much 2FA and business stuff is tied to it. Turning 
> on the iOS "ignore calls from unfamiliar numbers" is also totally not an 
> option because I get lots of legitimate calls from unfamiliar numbers. It's 
> really, really, really bad. I seem to have been singled out for an 
> exceptional volume of these. 
> 
> I have on occasion pressed '2' on their IVR to speak to an "agent". The 
> transfers are instant with no hold time. 100% of "agents" have been Indian.
> 
> -- Alex
> 
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> Alex Balashov
> Principal Consultant
> Evariste Systems LLC
> Web: https://evaristesys.com, https://www.csrpswitch.com
> Tel: +1-706-510-6800
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