(Picture alt text: a screenshot of my phone’s call log, with numbers redacted (just in case). The phone numbers (except for one) are all spam calls)

I’m not sure if this is the correct place for this, but I am at my limit with these.

Constantly throughout the day I get spam call after spam call. I constantly report them to Google (I’ve got a Pixel 5, if it matters), yet nothing changes. This has been happening for months.

These calls will also leave the exact same, completely silent, 4-second voicemails. I will block and report spam, but you know how it is. There’s no way to turn voice mail notifications off, and I wouldn’t necessarily want to, because I know I’d miss something genuine or important.

What do I do? Is there anything I can do, beyond changing numbers? Even then, I’m sure a new number would exist in some database somewhere and be victim to more spam calls. This is heinous.

Thanks for reading. I’m just so frustrated.

Edit: this got a lot more attention than I anticipated. I appreciate the suggestions for different spam blockers and settings! It’s also nice knowing I’m not alone. Hopefully, at least in the US, we’ll get some real legislation eventually that will kill these spam calls once and for all.

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    141·
    8 months ago

    Save all known callers to your address book. Set “block calls from unknown numbers” in the android caller settings. Done.

    • Shelbyeileen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      This is hard if you have to see doctors. They like to call from different variations of their numbers.

    • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      On Android you don’t have to save the number, you can just block it. I’m not sure if this is true for all Android phones.

      • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        I know you can block numbers without adding them, but I mean to do the exact opposite. Save all of your actual contacts and block unknown ones straight away, or send them to mailbox where you leave a recording to email you instead.

        • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          Yeah I misunderstood what you said. Thanks for clarifying.

          In my country hospitals and the like tend to call with hidden numbers, so it wouldn’t work here.

      • Randelung@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        you misunderstood. you save the ones you expect calls from and block all others by default.