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Any way to stop wrong number Calls?

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Nov 11, 2004
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Any way to stop wrong number Calls?

I'm quite disturbed with all these wrong-number calls happening , in my phone book there are currently 20+ numbers I've put with a silent ringtone & "always to voicemail" option. But without rooting, my Android phone always get the first ring or buzz before the filtering kicks in. Enough to wake me up 4 in the morning. I tried telling those people nicely and not so nicely that they got a wrong number and stop calling. Apparently they don't speak english so they just hang up and calls again.

Since I have these numbers in my contacts, those people are now harassing me on WhatsApp asking if I am this one particular person.

Most of these people are from Kenya Africa, but some are from Paris, Ethiopia, Texas, you name it.

I'm with Wind mobile :facepalm: and I've switched numbers with them for 4 times now. They kept lying to me each time saying the numbers were "new and never used", but turns out they were just garbage recycled numbers...At one point I got a collector's call within 30 minutes of activating a "new" number.

I tried calling Wind for my situation and they couldn't do anything for me.

Now that my resume and freelance clients has my current number, I can't afford another number change again.

Are there any additional remedy to this?

Thanks!
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Nov 14, 2008
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Hi,

use Llama to set time/location based events, eg silent after 9pm
use YouMail to control your voicemail, let unknown callers get a different message
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Nov 11, 2004
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lostintransit wrote: Hi,

use Llama to set time/location based events, eg silent after 9pm
use YouMail to control your voicemail, let unknown callers get a different message
Thanks for the suggestions, do you know if Llama supports phone number filtering conditions? I can't silent / autoVM all my calls as I may have client or other important calls even at odd hours. If I can just filter a specific country code.. that would be sufficient.
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Nov 14, 2008
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no sorry. i dont think youmail even supports specific country codes
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lostintransit wrote: no sorry. i dont think youmail even supports specific country codes
OK np, thanks for the suggestions anyway.
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Apr 21, 2004
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someone nice enough on RFD suggested afirewall in Google Play. I block all calls and sms messages.

i would love to know if there is a way to block sms messages from coming in though since even when blocked, I still incur $0.20 each time. Not that I have a lot coming in.
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I use Extreme Call Blocker on Google Play and works like a charm. It has a few options to play with but I set numbers to pick up the call and hang up right away. Don't have a missed call nor do I leave the caller a chance to flood my voicemail either. It does block SMS messages but I believe it just doesn't end up in your SMS app. To block SMS messages from your carrier, I doubt any app will do that.
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Mr number call block works like a charm !!!

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