That's why YouMail works with the ITG and others :) The problem with the Google Business Listing spam is proving that criminal harm has actually happened to a real person. Our sensor network sees these calls all day, but without proof of someone getting scammed there's little interest in spending the resources. Someone would need to bait them with a traceable financial transaction to make any headway, or prove the calls alone are inflicting actual harm to a business or person. You could make the case that the calls are costing your business, but that's just it, *you* have to establish this before any LEA will act.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:23 AM Alex Balashov <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
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