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Unwanted calls and Tracfone...
May. 1st, 2019 02:38 pmOne bad thing about getting this cheapo phone (LG328BG) to use with Tracfone, rather than splurging for one of their smartphone models, is that this phone apparently cannot block incoming calls. Tracfone customer service chat told me, in no uncertain terms, that they do not and will not block calls on their end.
For the past week or so, several times per day, I have been getting calls from 910-593-7818. The area code is for southern North Carolina, but the likelihood that it is a spoofed number is probably somewhere around 99.999%, so they could be calling from Nigeria or somewhere, for all I know. I never answer it, which is my policy for all calls from numbers that I do not recognize. I have been manually rejecting the calls if I happen to see them show up on my phone, and for the calls that slip through, they never leave a voicemail message. The one time I, perhaps unwisely, cracked and tried calling the number back, the call dropped immediately with an "Unassigned number" error (which still ate 1.00 minutes from my Tracfone, even so).
It's annoying, but apparently there is nothing I can do about it, outside of ditching this phone and "upgrading" to a Tracfone smartphone model that has the ability to block calls. *weary sigh*
Oh, and when I chatted with the customer service people, the first agent suggested that I text BLOCK to 611611, which I did, but all that got me was about three or four texts worth (0.30 minutes each) of instructions on how to block calls on a fucking smartphone, which was irrelevant to me.
(EDIT) They just called again. I actually answered it this time. They didn't say a word (though, to be fair, neither did I). No automated spiel, nothing. Just silence for 10 seconds or so, then the call disconnected. And while typing this edit, they called again and I rejected that one. (/EDIT)
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Comment May 2, 2019, 12:52pm EDT
This is basically making my cellphone unusable, except for outgoing calls. I have to keep the phone on silent mode 24/7, as otherwise the constant ringing would drive me apeshit. These stupid motherfuckers (same 910 number as above) have already called five times today alone, between 11:00am and 12:30pm (EST).
As a last ditch effort, I am going to turn my cellphone off entirely and just leave it off for at least the next two or three days or so and see if that has made any difference when I turn it back on.
For the past week or so, several times per day, I have been getting calls from 910-593-7818. The area code is for southern North Carolina, but the likelihood that it is a spoofed number is probably somewhere around 99.999%, so they could be calling from Nigeria or somewhere, for all I know. I never answer it, which is my policy for all calls from numbers that I do not recognize. I have been manually rejecting the calls if I happen to see them show up on my phone, and for the calls that slip through, they never leave a voicemail message. The one time I, perhaps unwisely, cracked and tried calling the number back, the call dropped immediately with an "Unassigned number" error (which still ate 1.00 minutes from my Tracfone, even so).
It's annoying, but apparently there is nothing I can do about it, outside of ditching this phone and "upgrading" to a Tracfone smartphone model that has the ability to block calls. *weary sigh*
Oh, and when I chatted with the customer service people, the first agent suggested that I text BLOCK to 611611, which I did, but all that got me was about three or four texts worth (0.30 minutes each) of instructions on how to block calls on a fucking smartphone, which was irrelevant to me.
(EDIT) They just called again. I actually answered it this time. They didn't say a word (though, to be fair, neither did I). No automated spiel, nothing. Just silence for 10 seconds or so, then the call disconnected. And while typing this edit, they called again and I rejected that one. (/EDIT)
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Comment May 2, 2019, 12:52pm EDT
This is basically making my cellphone unusable, except for outgoing calls. I have to keep the phone on silent mode 24/7, as otherwise the constant ringing would drive me apeshit. These stupid motherfuckers (same 910 number as above) have already called five times today alone, between 11:00am and 12:30pm (EST).
As a last ditch effort, I am going to turn my cellphone off entirely and just leave it off for at least the next two or three days or so and see if that has made any difference when I turn it back on.
