@Singersmom07 yep…definitely Hilton. They leave messages, and know bout my Hilton Rewards.
The phone numbers are legit numbers…I know this because I actually returned the call once and got “Hilton Rewards” folks on the other end.
I’m not the only one who I know who has stayed at a Hilton Hotel and gotten these spam phone calls.
It’s probably Hilton Grand Vacations - they are now a different entity than regular Hilton, although they used to be part of the same corporation. They offer you a deal for a stay in return for listening to their sales pitch (kind of like a time share thing).
I actually took them up on their offer last year, because one of their locations happened to be exactly where we wanted to go. We listened to the sales pitch, but even the sales person agreed that the deal didn’t make any sense for us personally.
Interestingly, they have since stopped calling me!
Nomoribo works pretty well for me. Only a couple of calls make it through a week. But the phone rings once (nomorobo cuts off the spam calls after one ring) an awful lot!
Our best this week had an ID that said “Not Your Mom” …
I have a Google Pixel 2 phone and I can tell the phone to deliver a message when I get a call – it reads a script and tells the caller to state their business. 95% of those calls are spammers – when they get the message, they all hang up. I hardly ever answer my landline any more. Just dropped long distance service on it and cut my bill in half.
I’m also dealing with contractors and medical folks – I just hope they leave me messages because I don’t know all their phone numbers.
I think we’ll consider porting our landline # to Google. Thanks for that info, @calmom!
Just so you know, @CountingDown - there’s a little bit of a trick to porting a landline. It’s easy to port a mobile number, but to port a landline it has to first be converted to a mobile number-- and then port to Google. Here’s an article that explains how to do that: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-port-your-landline-number-to-google-voice/
Here is what I did: My landline was with AT&T. I ported it to a cheap pre-pay carrier called Ting (ting.com) – which cost $6 per line. I had to also pay about $14 for the SIM card. Anyway, ordered the SIM card, ported the landline. Then as soon as all that was done, I turned around and ported the number to Google, and paid a closing invoice from Ting that covered the few days the number had actually been activated on their system. The cost of that was less than what I was being billed monthly for the landline anyway.
One thing I like about Google voice is that it emails or texts me when someone records a message – along with a transcript – so I don’t have to think about checking for messages. And it doesn’t bug me about callers who don’t leave messages, though I can check by logging in to the app or web site if I am curious.
I got my first social security scammer who actually left a message on Google voice the other day. Usually they don’t bother, but this one wanted me to actually call back.
A little side note about emails.
Ditto your phone. Answer that spam call, and you confirmed that you are a sucker.
Looked at the nomorobo link. Only lists Ooma premier, not the cheaper version we have. Like having a house phone- whoever is home can answer. Do not call lists do not cover political calls and some others, scammers covered ignore the law.
We are in round two of local elections. Just hung up on yet another robocall survey- this one didn’t wait for any noise from me like many do. I figure if a real person calls and gets no response they will try to confirm someone answered. Got that windows scam phone call the other day. Just answered phone- silence so I hung up.
Regarding the newspaper. Tampa Bay has decent annual rates, just started charging noncustomers for online print version. Guess the numbers of old/retired folks gives them a base. There used to be two papers- the St Pete/liberal one bought out the conservative Tampa one a few years ago. Good for us because we like the winner but live in Tampa. They regularily use Washington Post and other news sources. Nice to get a handle on where we live.
Did anyone mention that ATT has free telemarketer spam block for cell phones.
^How do you get it? Call AT&T?
I heard on radio today that they are developing encryption(?) to shut down spam calls. They will be checking if a number is legit before connecting.
I’ll check. I got a text message from ATT on my phone about it. Works pretty well.
ATT Call Protect. An app. Free to download. Has in-app purchases but I haven’t done any.
Thanks. Installed.
So which App is best? And what is cost? Reading some reviews, and one person complained of MORE unwanted calls with it. Now I’m leery.
I downloaded AT&T Call Protect for free per @gouf78. I will let you know tomorrow if it stops.
After I downloaded Call Protect I had to get some authorization from AT&T. Its possibly because I have a business account, but not sure if that was the reason.
@jym626 - did it reduce the number of spam or was it just a fig leaf kind of protection? We also have ATT, so curious about it.
I dont get many spam calls on my cellphone, fortunately, ain’t did stop—- AT&T marketing spam!
Well, I installed Call Protect. So far so good. Not a single ringing. They usually start around 9 in the morning.
I tried a free week of Nomorobo and still got a ton of calls. Sunday evening I installed and paid for a year of RoboKiller ($40). I have not had one call get through. My favorite part is it “answers” the calls and records the response of the telemarketer. Earlier today, Spectrum called and RoboKiller answered with a story about calling to say what a good driver the truck in front of him was and did a whole thing about lines getting crossed. The guy from Spectrum was so confused and kept the conversation going for a few minutes. I don’t hear the phone ring but get a notification when the caller leaves a message. Love it so far.