I keep receiving calls from phone numbers starting with "V" the numbers are usually about 15 digits long. These seem to mostly prank calls and scammers. Anyone know what is going on?
@Nanlie wrote:I get these long numbers that start with a V and they are always some kind of a scam call. I am now being told they are calling me because I'm hearing impaired. Another call said I've been referred to them because I need a safety device for my falls. Just now I had a call because I'm a diabetic. I am none of these but somehow these people have access to tests or information about my blood work. It is too familiar to me that for different purposes I have searched for my mother and also a dear friend for hearing devices. I have recently had a high glucose reading that was because of a new medication regime for other causes. and since I've had hospital visits for vertigo that were actually not caused by specific vertigo, Someone is guilty of invading my privacy or hacking my computer searches. Putting my number on the no-call list is useless. I have called several times to put it on the list thinking maybe it drops off in a year or two, but that is not the case. I am on the list and I get sometimes close to 100 calls a week from these healthcare calls, my warranty on my car is ready to expire which is actually funny because my car is 18 years of age, still running but with new tires and well out of warranty and I don't plan on buying a policy for repairs with maybe 10,000 miles before I am no longer eligible. They never get my last name correct and that's the first clue they do not know me and these are robocalls until I finally answer. I am not well but with different things than these pests are calling about. I am upset and frustrated with these continuous calls that disturb and agitate me. There is no way to stop them and I usually don't answer but sometimes out of that frustration, I tell them to stop scamming me, they are guilty of invading my privacy and violating HEPA laws along with the fact that trying to call the number back shows it is an invalid number. I also tell them I do record the call number and the time and date and when I get a list of six or more calls I report the calls to the FBI. If they don't stop, I will issue a complaint to our governor's office and the useless Biden administration FBI. We are under siege by a feckless, dictatorship that that just doesn't give a hoot about our Constitutional rights starting with these scams and hacks. What about the pipeline in the east. These fools paid the ransom. They surely don't care about our privacy or annoying scams.
@Nanlie well, that sounds annoying.
Spam calls will happen.
Are they coming from the same phone numbers? IF so, block them on your calling app.
If they are coming from all sorts of phone numbers, they could be spoofing phone numbers.
Is this a number new Public Mobile phone number to you? If so, it may be worth changing your phone number through your Self Serve account.
You can change it 4 times every 30 days, if you wish, but hopefully you will not need to do this.
I know this is a real pain, but I block each and every spam call I get. I also read the following suggestion on a forum, so I tried it and it seemed to work for me:
I was getting a lot of spam calls from certain area codes, so I created a "Spam" contact. In that "Spam" contact, I added in phone numbers that had only the area codes that were constantly calling. See screen shot. Then I went into my phone settings and blocked this contact.
I was pretty skeptical of this solution, but honeslty, the number of spam callers from these numbers is now nill, whereas previously I was getting several per hour. Maybe you could try creating a spam contact with "V" as one of the phone numbers, then block that contact?
