Here's why you get so many robocalls
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With more than 47.8 billion robocalls made in the US in 2018, here's what's really going on with the fake number on your caller ID.
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This year I have got so many calls out of nowhere, it's very irritating
@JeevesReturns
5 жыл бұрын
I have more numbers blocked on my phone than in my cell’s contact list. It’s like a wack-a-mole game.
@Aries_Moon
5 жыл бұрын
robocalls.cash/ref/CuyaBaby/?campaign=Calls2Cash I purchased a kit that gets you cash for the unwanted calls. It does require a little effort but pays for itself .
im so lonely bots dont even call me
@mazlfYT
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@JeevesReturns
5 жыл бұрын
Look, if it’ll make you feel better I can call and try to sell you a fake 5 day all inclusive cruise to somewhere. 🛳
@antmaster208
5 жыл бұрын
Same
@nishitpatel6554
4 жыл бұрын
you are lucky, I get 3 scam daily be careful what you wish for
I got 4 calls from spoofers this morning alone. It's insane!!
It sucks when you use phone for business and you have to pick up every call. As if things weren’t difficult enough today.
@nigelwolfe6150
3 жыл бұрын
Even worse than that is people that serve us during the night and HAVE to both sleep in the day AND keep an ear on phone in case their children or whoever needs them in emergency etc. Being involved in ANY company even non profit that is making cold unsolicited robo calls really are the SCOURGE! Lowlife SCUM of the world! Heartless!
@joemann7971
2 жыл бұрын
@@nigelwolfe6150 if you have an android, you can set do no disturb but still allow calls on your contact list to come through. Another thing is download an app that automatically hangs up on known robocallers
These have given me anxiety to pick up the house phone, whenever it rings my heart sinks and I dare myself to answer it, I get at least 4 of these per day
The best method I've found is that if you don't recognize the number, deny the call immediately. If they are real, and if it's at least moderately important, they'll leave you a voicemail. The last thing you want is to get 25 calls a day from scammers.
@hundredfaye618
3 жыл бұрын
But then these fill my voicemail with silent or messages with “Press 2 now”
@pameladotson2503
2 жыл бұрын
Also you are talking to someone and your phone is beeping in the background because its a scam likely caller.You end up hanging up from a important call because of these annoying scammers.They need to pass stricter laws about there rights and hours to call ppl.Consumers need more rights also! No one out there should have to deal with these relentless ppl everyday! Do not call registry does not stop all calls.
@BreadFred3
5 ай бұрын
I get about 40-50 scamcalls a day and hate it.
@PeterDaGreat.
5 күн бұрын
Me too did u find a way to stop it @BreadFred3
I combat these scammers with robocalling them back on their 800 numbers and throwaway VoIP numbers..
I usually talk very softly to them so that they will need to turn up the volume quite a bit to hear me. When I'm sure that they can hear me I give them a blast from my boat horn. I'm sure that the caller has said many expletives and went deaf for several minutes afterwards. :-D Please wear hearing protection when you do this or your ears will suffer too.
I'm sending letters through birds now....honestly
@user-hq1fj3zo4d
4 жыл бұрын
*scammer mails you a convincing letter made with beautiful calligraphy*
I’ve always wondered what was in those calls
i got 5 in a row today.. I'm so sick of these damn people
@Krishnaang
3 жыл бұрын
Iam also facing this pbm
FINALLY!!!!! Useful news from CNN
@HeyYo8
3 жыл бұрын
Yep lol Usually it's all lies and bs from CNN
This *ish* is out of hand. I don’t bother answering the phone or listening to voicemail anymore
@Aries_Moon
5 жыл бұрын
Anna Seda robocalls.cash/ref/CuyaBaby/?campaign=Calls2Cash It's like getting free money for the annoying calls .
@DeRussellMasina
3 жыл бұрын
The voicemail part is where I get caught. Business calls, employers or family emergencies.
I'm applying for a job ofc waiting for some calls I just can't ignored it
1:13 This the worst bet if you are looking for a job or if you have a business.
They the only people that checks on me
@nihil7647
3 жыл бұрын
fr :(
ok so today I’ve gotten like 15 spam calls and like 8 spam texts.. I’m kinda scared. Should I be worried or just keep blocking and deleting them? I just got an unusual amount of spam call today. can someone please answer my question. thanks :)
@Mike4475
3 жыл бұрын
Are you still getting a lot of calls? I’ve been dealing with a similar amount of calls daily. Super irritating
@redheadlvvr
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mike4475 Yes, I get maybe about 4 spam calls a day and some messages every now and then. It’s really annoying and has been going on since I made this comment
@lilbilly5624
3 жыл бұрын
U still get them?
Back in June 2022 at school during my exam test I had robocalls I turned on flight mode so it doesn’t call but when I came back home I had robocalls again then the next day later the robocalls are stopped calling me.
it was so annoying i thinking of cancel the service from my cell phone carrier
One time I received a spam phone call from a British phone number claiming to be the American Social Security Administration.
I set up an account with Direct TV. I backed out of the deal and went with Dish. I got scammed (attempted) right away. So how did my number get in the hands of scammers so quick? Indian call centers.
They can put people in space and send things to Mars... but they’re just now getting around to cracking down on this?
@f.b.i.2600
3 жыл бұрын
Because going to mars is harder but simplier (you build a rocket and you are done) but with the calls the solution is more complicated
@joemann7971
2 жыл бұрын
@@f.b.i.2600 honestly, its not that difficult, but it would require a lot of extra things. For example,.whenever you receive a call, instead of answering, it hangs up and calls back the number that called. Right away, this will make spoofing useless. So, if the spoof a government number, it will just call back that government number. Call centers will just need to upgrade their systems for when particular number hangs up, it automatically reroutes that call to the original caller. You can even add an extra "captcha" type thing that requires the caller to enter a 4 digit pin that's somewhat scrambled to make it difficult for machines to recognize but easy for humans before going through all that. Unless they can fix the phone system to prevent spoofing, I don't see an easier solution.
Damn it's like real life is imitating the annoying GTA Online calls
at least i can understand the english viet chinese and japanese ones
Robocallers are actually the cops pinging those devices for most recent locations traveled to.
*_*Plays RoboCop theme song*_*
Before I knew what they were robocalls freaked me out.
I don’t appreciate the calls nor emails.
I actually rarely get these IDK how people get so many even tho I give it my personal lines to up to ten people a day
Sign an agreement?
I’ve gotten one in January 7th and well it was a number from Africa which scared me a lot so I called my mother and told her about it and she told me it was a spam call most likely
Because you're using an iPhone, google screen call takes care of spam calls.
Omg one of the red dot is were my parents were born XD 1:46
Hell I answered
i got a bunch of calls from a female robot, all different numbers but it wasnt a,,, full number. there wasnt the last four digits, instead there were three last digits. it stopped calling me just yesterday. the message it kept saying was "goodbye" then hanging up after.
my dumbass used to think that voice mail (which had my number and picture) was a scam robocall since i heard of. and that is how i literally never picked up voice mail
I don't even get any calls on my phone
Do not pick up when the nr. is not familiar; if it is important they will leave a message. Keep track of the numbers, then block them.
Am I the only one getting the IRS message about a social security thing
@Slash0mega
4 жыл бұрын
nope, its probably a scam.
I get robo calls on my phone everyday when I’m at school :| and my phone is always at home
This why i never answer even if its somone i know and i dont trust them i hangup i therw my phone yay promblem sovled just dont answer
Boy i get them in australia lmao your not the only ones
If the phone number is not on my phone book I don't even ancer it
I accepted and was told the number didn't exist. Is it bad that I answered?
It actually work
This happened on ps4 when I was going to make a KZread account and it told you to put your phone number I put my sisters and I checked her phone in was robocaller
This is scary my mom got a random number and they knew her name-
If no one answers, how do they make money? Still what is the premise behind these unending calls when no one answers?
@Slash0mega
4 жыл бұрын
its a zero effort way to look for victims, let a computer call a LOT of number, and then when you find a "mark" that actually presses 1 to speak to a real person, that's when any human work actually happens, and they can talk the mark into giving them money.
I just got one
Them: You’re student loan debt has gone into default. Me: I went to community college and my parents cash flowed my schooling. Them: hangs up
That happens to my moms phone it's so annoying 😫😫😫😩😩
I like Robo callers. Once I tricked them come to meet me, then I actually bashed the guy up.
😵 ☎️ Hello... I'm taking a S...T. Can't talk now !
So why do we het so many robocalls?
Me who just blocks the robocalls: so how is this a problem
I get about 5 to 8 on a daily basis and I’m sick of it. Somebody name Adam calls me and somebody looking for Jeff. I’m so sick of it. If you call back the phone number doesn’t work.
Best hang up on them and use block..they might get another new number keep hang up .they well give up on your number
I only answer them because I troll them
Check your phone apps permissions...they can make calls using your number...I denied All permissions on phone app & couldn't use phone..Totally Ridiculous...they got More control than You concerning your phone
Almost 50 billion calls! "A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit,.." ~ Baha'i Faith
@TheGravygun
4 жыл бұрын
thank you for that nonsense
I hate Robocalls! They always pester me at school! Private Numbers are even worse!
Answer those robo calls and try to figure out the company name and address. This was you can write a letter to that company saying, "Hey you broke the law, now you have to pay ME the $1,500 fine for calling me without consent. " Often times they will settle with you so you don't sue them
Why are only Americans getting them? I am from somewhere in Europe and I never have gotten a scam call or RoboCall.
@romeoof
2 жыл бұрын
Every one target America beacuse they think itz Rich as old days..its not now they go to few wars the country falling
I got zero in my life, because they're illegal where I live
@Michael-te6tb
5 жыл бұрын
Where you live?
@richardday2893
3 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-te6tb prison
I don't know how they find people to do those robo calls all day, maybe they tell them they can make big money, there is always a big turn over, but they find new stupid people to do this, endless.
@i05fr3d
3 жыл бұрын
Well I don’t think finding the people to make these ROBOcalls is the issue.
@guidodemaio7632
3 жыл бұрын
@@i05fr3d Then what is the issue?
@i05fr3d
3 жыл бұрын
@@guidodemaio7632 They aren’t using people they are using computers. You had stated ‘I don’t know how they find PEOPLE to do these ROBO calls all day.’ They don’t need to find people. Because the calls are automated.
@guidodemaio7632
3 жыл бұрын
@@i05fr3d I know the calls are automated, but once you answer they need people to talk to you. Answer that one.
@guidodemaio7632
3 жыл бұрын
@@i05fr3d You can hear many people in the back ground talking to people on the phone
They didnt even answer the question. How stupid. CLICKBAITTTTTTT 🙄
Voicemail…leave me a message…lol…
The chinese ones are the best. My favorite things to do is get to an operator and just fuck around with them by telling them my name is shalonda or something
Don't make a video explaining robo-calls ! They should be completley outlawed and drastic penaties put on any entiy that makes them. Beyond that companies that make computer programs that make VOIP need to be shut down and their programs outlawed ! I'm older, and they waste the time I have left !
I actively try to get through to a person. Once they start speaking i play really loud porn and see how long theyll listen to it. Might as well make it worth my time picking up 😁
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@StevenTorrey
5 жыл бұрын
Focus--this is about robocalls!
@ThermonuclearThighs
4 жыл бұрын
The fuck
why would they call me when i dont mind if i dont get robo calls ?
1:55. $120 million fine is NOTHING!!!
I get those calls everyday! But every time I answer and speak to a real person, I said: *HI SCAMMER!* Then they hang up on me before I have a chance to speak further. 🤣
@frankchen4229
Жыл бұрын
then they use your voice as training data for AI voice generators and now they're gonna use your voice linked to your number for fraud. genius!
But you didn't answer the question lol Typical CNN clickbait
@f.b.i.2600
3 жыл бұрын
The answer is because you answered the first one and they will keep going
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Why are any of them legal? It's disgusting! If I broke down someone'd door to force them to listen to a sales pitch, I'd be arrested on the spot. Robocalls do a similar thing