(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.

  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

    This crap is the only reason I need AI. Unknown call? Take it, AI call screener with infinite patience. Why doesn’t this exist?

    • CRT 📺@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      It does, my Pixel has call screening built-in and it works great. I think you can install Google Dialer on some other Android phones and use it

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        I don’t just want it to screen the calls away. I want it to take the call, listen to them, then use an elderly senile voice to waste their time for hours. And even on Pixel I still have text spam coming through.

        • ScrolloneEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          But then you won’t be able to receive phone calls from other numbers while the phone engages in the fake conversation

          • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            The phone could just forward suspected spam calls to a separate number. I wouldn’t expect the AI to run on your phone. Send it to a centralized server just for handling this stuff. If it turns out to be legit, you could still take it back, kinda like voicemail. Besides, who are these people getting multiple calls at once?

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      This is actually a feature on the Pixel 8. It can even hold for you.

      Edit: Well, it can screen the call by listening to the audio for a moment. Making it waste their time might be possible… I can get it talk like a cowboy by just prompting it to do so… Maybe I can prompt it to waste telemarketer and scammers time too 🤔

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, that’s not what I want it to do. I want it to deliberately and maliciously waste spammers’ time. Take the call. Talk to them. Act senile. Keep them talking to an AI as long as possible. Destroy their industry.