Abusive telephone advertising.How to filter calls from DECT?

Bonjour,

I'm fed up with receiving abusive telephone advertising, usually from automatic call machines.
How to filter calls from my Gigaset C610?
I downloaded datasheet but I don't see how filter call.

Do you have any idea?

Maybe, it is possible an APK application. I don't know?

Regards,
Leloup

Registering your number with TPS and ICO should help to reduce nuisance calls.

Better than nothing but, in general it's pretty ineffective.

My phone lets me set different ring tones for numbers in my phone book and those that I don't recognise. Mostly I let the latter go to the answer machine. 99 times out of 100 there is no message left.

But I have to confess that, when bored, I sometimes enjoy winding up the scammers. It can take the "Microsoft" lot quite a while to work out that I am using a Mac (but faithfully trying to follow their instructions).

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

But I have to confess that, when bored, I sometimes enjoy winding up the scammers. It can take the "Microsoft" lot quite a while to work out that I am using a Mac (but faithfully trying to follow their instructions).

I typically answer (in a frantic sounding voice) "OH MY GOD! THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE AND HE'S NOT MOVING ANY MORE! WHAT SHALL I DO?" or another of an quite unexpected scenario. Sadly we don't get many of them.

Can you block the calls at a provider level? I know both my SIP provider & SIP gateway allow me to block & allow (on unknowns & wildcards - so if I have someone that calls me from 0345678910 but a shedload of scammers from 0345 generally I can allow the specific but block the rest)

After I switched to A&A VoIP, nuisance calls stopped completely. Not had one in over a year. Maybe it has so something to do with the announcement that the call is being recorded (I get an MP3 emailed to me for every inbound call.)
Previously I had used Talktalk's callsafe which asks callers to leave a message before it puts them through. That stops them in their tracks.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

But I have to confess that, when bored, I sometimes enjoy winding up the scammers. It can take the "Microsoft" lot quite a while to work out that I am using a Mac (but faithfully trying to follow their instructions).

If it's a real person rather than an automated message, I find that wasting their time is more effective than "F-OFF". I ask who they want to speak to, and it's frequently about the recent "accident", then I say OK I'll just get him for you. By the time I've finished my coffee they will always have rung off and they don't seem to relish trying again.

The BT phones with call guardian or whatever it is called today work really well but will require some setup.

It basically works how you would setup a network e.g. no access unless specifically permitted.
All allowed numbers can be set to pass/ring where all others are announced and can be left to leave a message.

Call screening works well but we encountered one snag. While we can contact our surgery easily enough, the doctors return calls on withheld numbers which are blocked by our system. My wife cut the doctor off three times thinking it was the scammers again.

If you are expecting such a call, don't block it! An option is call screening, incoming callers state their name which is passed to the owner who can accept them or not. Our doctors don't mind this.(Oh yes, we're lucky to have doctors available at all!)

In reply to a post by Malwaremike:

Call screening works well but we encountered one snag. While we can contact our surgery easily enough, the doctors return calls on withheld numbers which are blocked by our system. My wife cut the doctor off three times thinking it was the scammers again.

The government should stop the NHS from doing this. If the doctor calls from another number the CLI number should be the normal one for the local surgery.

I agree, but just to note a GP Surgery isn’t NHS but a private business owned by the GPs. They would have to be convinced of the value in updating the phone system.

Many schools and other government offices had the same problem, most now present the CLID of the switchboard which commercial companies did decades ago.

Yes, the surgery does display its number when calling or texting us re appointments such as mass Covid, flu vaccs etc. I think the doctors make pre-arranged individual calls to patients using number-withheld mobile to avoid being swamped with calls which should go through surgery triage. Genuine emergency calls are handled within minutes -- we can gratefully attest to that.

All they need to present is a number to be displayed which can then be whitelisted. It doesn't really matter whether that number is active in their system or can be called back but as mentioned, most companies use the main published number for this purpose.

To tell you frankly, changing the telephone number is the best solution!

I used to get lots of spam with my previous telephone line for years. When I switched to new ISP during my migration from Plusnet to TalkTalk 3 years ago I opted for new telephone number and never had spam calls since.

I then happily switched to BT 2 years later by preserving existing number since I was happy.

I had also tons of spam calls in my old 3 Network Pay as you Go phone. This all started after I had initially graduated Uni in 2012 when I started looking for jobs in Graphic Design, etc I publicly put my CV/Graphic Design Portfolio. Little did I know that this led to spam!

Instead of actually getting interested participants to ask me for job experience, I got life insurance surveys and accident help line phone calls. There was nothing I could do, block phone call and they come with another. I had 500 blocked phone calls in my phone and you know what? Even though the number may not show up, it did silently drain my battery life.

I abandoned 3 Network last year for the first time since having the same number from 2009. I switched to RWG and never had a spam call since. Now I don't publicly publish my CV/Portfolio online with the number. Keep all personal phone numbers and emails private!

This is a precaution. The same goes with my Hotmail, had spam there and till today I still get like 50 emails a day. I didn't delete it because I have Xbox/Games for Windows Live achievements as well as Skype.

I switched to a new primary emails like Yandex, Mailfence, GMX, etc and no single spam yet there since opening those in 2017! The best way to avoid spam is to prevent them from getting your number. I can assure you simply telling them to stop won't work! I have told many times to the spammers "stop calling me, I'm not interested"! "I've already done a survey with you". But they won't leave you at peace.

Somehow when your phone number or email gets spoofed, it's game over! You'll get spam forever and changing number and email is the only solution. But you need to make sure they don't get hold of those details again by having the numbers published.

There's also a setting in the ISP to check box for ex-directory "If a person or their phone number is ex-directory, the number is not listed in the telephone directory, and the phone company will not give it to people who ask for it."

Prevention is better than cure and this applies for phone and email spam as well, not just health!