Why You're Getting So Many Spam Calls

Spam calls and texts are not only a nuisance, but they can also be dangerous. Here's what you can do to curb them and protect yourself.

0:00 - Getting More Spam Calls
1:26 - Danger of Spam Calls
1:47 - How Scammers Get Your Number
2:37 - Regulation to Block Spam
3:06 - Spam Call Filters and Apps
4:37 - How to Handle Robocalls
5:36 - Reporting Scammers
7:11 - Will the Problem Ever Go Away?

[NORCAL]

Spammers deserve the capital punishment

[bostonguy]

It’s ridiculous!! I get about 10-25 calls everyday . It’s so annoying! Cell phone Carriers should do something about it .

[jlee]

The DNC registry is worthless. I've been on the list since 2007 and it's done absolutely zilch in terms of reducing spam calls.

[charlesgeorge]

The government needs to crack down on those who harvest and sell numbers and emails, fine them $1000 for each email or number they harvested and also $10, 000 for EACH copy they sell! this would put a end to spamming in a few days!

[CarlosMunoz]

You can literally track any IP address. So all those Indian call centers could easily be tracked.

[VirtualVisitor]

Prosecute spamming companies CEOs and Directors if they call more than once, after being asked to cease.

[SocietyNeedsImprovement]

All of the tools mentioned in this video are bandaids. None of them deal with the source. The real question we need to ask ourselves is, what factors lead to the creation of a spammer. Only then can we go down the path of making spam a thing of the past.

[NoGattsuNoGlory]

These scammers are using ghost calls. It's harder to trace...

[safepethaven]

Many years ago I rarely received any unwanted/unidentified/spammy calls, later emails. Once registered with the DoNotCall lists I ummediately started getting dozens of junk calls a day and nothing stops them. National registry seems to be in cahoots with the junk tech industry.

[RoolSkool]

I don't answer unknown calls. The only exception is if I order delivery. I block all unknown numbers

[dread]

It's gotten to a point where i want to change my number

[sandralee]

My cell phone provider is straight talk. I've called them about the spam calls but you can't talk to a live person . I receive 12 spam calls a day. I block them but they just change their numbers. It's a never ending cycle. Now I'm getting restricted calls and there is no way to block them. This is a real problem.

[High_Key]

My boss just ran up to me asking me for help about this. He got into the office at 9:30 and has gotten nonstop calls since...we're talking about at least 50 calls that have been occurring right after each other. No one answers, the phone just hangs up after. What's happening? Getting random calls from PA, IL, CO, and other countries.

[genghis_connie]

Scam calls have replaced spam calls. The amount of numbers they have to dial from are limitless.

[_chan.burn._]

This is one of the main reasons I love my Google Pixel, and I don't understand why no other smartphone OEM has tried to copy this feature.

Call Screening has been absolutely amazing at stopping scam callers in their tracks, and I pretty much never get them anymore because either it's filtered out in the background or they just keep hanging up when I put Google Assistant on the line instead of myself.

[PK-]

The majority of Spam calls are basically the modern form of the Con Artist. They want to con you out of your money. If you've seen the Paul Newman/Robert Redford movie "The Sting" that was set around 100 years ago now and Con Artists were in abundance then, its just the modern day ones use technology like everybody else.

[elitecol]

haha the do not call registry dosnt work at all

[ALROD]

I live in Brazil and the situation is identical. We even have a service where you can register your number so you don't get called, but there's always that call that goes through. I had to go extreme: if a number is not in my contacts, my phone doesn't ring. So whoever says they'll call me, I gotta add them to my contacts and then delete it later once I don't need it. It's annoying, but yeah.

[mclru]

Majority of spam calls I get are from Google voice numbers. What is Google doing about this?

[djphlange]

I hope someone at CNET or in the tech world can see this...
...we have made progress with the blocking spam on new phones, but it would be great if there were a way to block them from ever leaving a message on voicemail.

I hate having to call, enter password, then wait for message to then delete this Chinese spam call. It's all a waste of time