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 > > -- > Alex Balashov > Principal Consultant > Evariste Systems LLC > Web: https://evaristesys.com, https://www.csrpswitch.com > Tel: +1-706-510-6800 > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list -- [email protected] > https://lists.voiceops.org/postorius/lists/voiceops.voiceops.org/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Alex Balashov Principal Consultant Evariste Systems LLC Web: https://evaristesys.com, https://www.csrpswitch.com Tel: +1-706-510-6800 _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list -- [email protected] https://lists.voiceops.org/postorius/lists/voiceops.voiceops.org/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
