I changed my number a few months back and I’ve been receiving all types of spam text messages and phone calls...multiple times a day. I use to get them every blue moon, but now it’s to the point where it’s becoming annoying. I got a call from Iran yesterday and India the day before. My block list is so long! I’m not sure if it’s my number or my phone. I called my phone company and they weren’t helpful.
Donnie Porko
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It’s your number. Phone numbers get recycled. Your number might have been a throw away number where people uses it to sign up for offers.
Try installing software like hiya and nomorobo that blocks numbers.
Don’t answer the call if you don’t recognize the number. If you answer it’ll just lead to more calls. If you answer it tells the spammer that it’s a live number so they’ll sell your number to other spammers.
BlkBear
Donnie has hit the nail on the head here.
Cell and land line phone numbers, use to be recycled after about 6 months (often much longer). With published landline reporting for 3 months, what the new number was, if in the same area, or that the number was no longer in service or had been disconnected.
So other than paying for a custom vanity phone number, you are going be dealing with spamming, debt collection and telemarketing calls, many recycled numbers bring with them.
Or subscribe to a call blocking/screening service, that gives you a number, that you give out INSTEAD of your cell or landline number. Calls then can be screened with the services know Blacklists, and you can screen calls before answering or set it up so only calls you want, get through to your cell phone.
YouMail does this as does Google Voice.