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These calls are driving me nuts!!! 2-3 times a day I get a call from some tax service wanting to help me pay off what I owe. I owe nothing.
December 30, 2025 at
11:27 AM
Sure you can click on '5' to get off their list as they claim, but that does no good.
You can block that number on your phone but that does no good because they use different phone numbers each time so I'm not able to block them and I'm doomed to having them bother me 2-3 times a day for as long as I have this phone number and I'm not giving up my phone number.
Is there anything at all I can do? The Do Not Call List is useless. I again put myself on it anyhow but it doesn't do anything. I can't block or click '5; to get myself off their list.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Would calling the police do anything?
How are these scam companies getting my phone number? Anyone know if I can get my phone number completely off the internet. I didn't think cell phone numbers were listed.
You can block that number on your phone but that does no good because they use different phone numbers each time so I'm not able to block them and I'm doomed to having them bother me 2-3 times a day for as long as I have this phone number and I'm not giving up my phone number.
Is there anything at all I can do? The Do Not Call List is useless. I again put myself on it anyhow but it doesn't do anything. I can't block or click '5; to get myself off their list.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Would calling the police do anything?
How are these scam companies getting my phone number? Anyone know if I can get my phone number completely off the internet. I didn't think cell phone numbers were listed.
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These scammers could either be buying a list a numbers that includes yours or could be just calling thousands of sequential phone numbers.
Every time you give a company your contact info, whether it's your bank, a store loyalty program, a website where you bought something, or a random sweepstakes, more likely than not they're selling info about you to a data broker or advertising company. Who then bundles and combines it with more info about you and sells it to someone else. Then they get hacked and that data set gets bought by scammers and sleazier data brokers.
You can remove yourself from some people search / data broker sites, but it takes a fair amount of effort. There are services that claim to do it for you, some legit, some owned by the same sleazy data brokers. Ultimately, putting in some effort to delete yourself from these people search sites often does reduce the volume of these calls.
There are other services that change a monthly fee like Robokiller, Nomorobo, Jolly Roger Telepohne Co.
If this is a landline that supports simultaneous ring or call hunting, you can use the landline version of nomorobo for free. Which in my experience probably only blocks 50-60% of robocalls.
They'll say something like I'm trying to reach Kendra. Then you need to say: "This call is being recorded. Who am I speaking with? Who are you calling from and what is your mailing address? . There's nobody at this number named Kendra. In accordance with the FDCPA you are hearby notified to cease and desist from any and all further contact with this number. Any further contact will be reported to the FTC and FCC".
Whatever cell service you're on, make sure you've enabled any utilities they have to curtail robocalls, spam, etc.
Enroll in DoNotCall.gov if you want to.
End of the day, all you can really do is ignore it or get a new phone number. My opinion, more hassle than it's worth as even with a new number you'll still get unwanted calls sooner or later...
These scammers could either be buying a list a numbers that includes yours or could be just calling thousands of sequential phone numbers.
Every time you give a company your contact info, whether it's your bank, a store loyalty program, a website where you bought something, or a random sweepstakes, more likely than not they're selling info about you to a data broker or advertising company. Who then bundles and combines it with more info about you and sells it to someone else. Then they get hacked and that data set gets bought by scammers and sleazier data brokers.
You can remove yourself from some people search / data broker sites, but it takes a fair amount of effort. There are services that claim to do it for you, some legit, some owned by the same sleazy data brokers. Ultimately, putting in some effort to date yourself from these people search sites often does reduce the volume of these calls.
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