Continuous Scam Calls Today

Do you even read the posts you respond to?

The OP specifically said these were scam CALLS to a LANDLINE.

What's that got to do with texts you got? And that everyone seems to be receiving these days, if the amount of threads on here is anything to go by.....

My mother is also plagued by these calls - not sure what network she's with, but she's been known to turn the house phone off sometimes because she's sick of answering it to rubbish calls. Thankfully she can still recognise them for what they are.

I've got 2 this week, had a few weeks of none. Nothing you can do, only pleasure I get is if time allows I will string them along for as long as I can to waste their time.

I get scam calls every once and a while but never continuously in one day. That's very strange.

I think once they get your number, you're on their list, and they will continue to call in case you are an easy mark.

If they've called and your parents have answered at any stage, they'll most likely have marked the number as belonging to older people (which are the best "customers" for them) which means they might be extra persistent.

Also these numbers get sold to several scam call centres at a time, which might explain the volume of calls you're getting.

One tack you might want to try, is to string them along for 10-20 minutes agreeing with whatever they say, and then fire a load of insults at them.

If you do that, there is a fair likelihood they will just cut their losses and remove you from their list. (Noting you on their list as a non-runner to be scammed)

I know it's your parent's house, but it's probably easier than blocking all the phone numbers individually (assuming they are calling from different numbers).

Best of luck with it, the aim is to make them think they'll lose valuable time calling you, so make sure to waste as much time as you can, and then lay into them. (i'm sure you're annoyed enough by now to muster that up!)

We are getting them as well usually amazon my mother is sick of them,phone companies should be doing more to stop them.I think when eir moved their call centre to india alot of this started.