# Bombarded with spam phone calls! Can anyone help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476 "2021-02-08T23:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/21 "2023-11-26T01:03:18Z")
have you started or are on Medicare or a Medicare health plan? from October to December is when you can rework your plan for the next year all though I still get calls about various things due to being on a state/federal health plan ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/22 "2023-11-26T01:11:48Z")
> [@susan](#): > > It doesn’t matter that he’s set, though. It matters that these are scam calls. not all of them… i get calls from United Healthcare Blue Cross etc Although you know those guys that used to call about your car warranty? they have a new one " your accident claim" I haven’t heard the whole spiel but they say Ive been in an accident x years ago and hang up when I tell them the state of California says I cant drive acar …and never have tried really ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/23 "2023-11-26T01:13:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > No matter how many of those lines I try, they’ll just keep telling me they’re calling about a warranty on my car I’ve gotten good results from starting off with “May I have your permission to record this call?” Instant hangup, every time. If somebody is willing to go on record with their pitch, perhaps it’s not a scam. FTR, I live in a one-party recording state so I don’t even have to inform them, nor have I bothered setting up to record. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/24 "2023-11-26T01:15:44Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > All of them that I was around for when he answered were related to medicare or some kind of death insurance. They _seemed_ to have a live human on the other end, but it could have been a very good robot. When I get a call that I suspect is a robot, I ask it, “What is two plus two?” or another simple question. The robots don’t seem programmed to answer math questions. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/25 "2023-11-26T02:24:59Z")
I’d say they are cold call sales calls. I’m sure some are scams. The point being they call over and over and over. You can’t block before the next call comes through. If you finally get a bunch blocked tomorrow they have new numbers. It should be criminal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/26 "2023-11-26T02:29:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’d say they are cold call sales calls. I’m sure some are scams. - If it’s a sales cold call, it’s a scam. Legit businesses know better than to violate the no-call list. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/27 "2023-11-26T02:33:24Z")
I don’t know about that. All I know is they do it. I’m not even the target customer. I don’t ever answer these calls. I push off or whatever stops the ring on my phone. And report and block. Every single time. Til I get pissed and just turn the phone off for a period of time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/28 "2023-11-26T02:38:17Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t know about that. All I know is they do it. - Cold call Medicare calls are _always_ scams. If they’re willing to violate the no call list, they’re somewhere _not_ in this country. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476/29 "2023-11-26T02:46:32Z")
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