# The robocallers have become sentient **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852 "2019-09-07T19:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852/22 "2019-10-01T20:56:54Z")
I recently made the mistake of responding to an online poll from the administration of the Orange Terror. At the end of course it did try to shake me down for money, but I did repond to the slanted questions, in exactly the opposite fashion of what they wanted. I call this a mistake, because then I got an email thanking me for “joining the team!” even though I said the Orange Terror was the worst excuse for a POTUS we had ever had. The program only detected that I responded. And in the last 72 hours I’ve had three other Republican campaigns send me emails. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852/23 "2019-10-01T21:28:04Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > This is scary stuff. This is the same party that [sent out robocalls telling non-conservative voters that their polling station had been moved](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/key-facts-in-canada-s-robocalls-controversy-1.2736659) back in 2011. Heck, the Conservatives did a [pilot project on Robocall scams in 2008](https://thetyee.ca/News/2015/12/10/Duffy-Allegation-Election-2008/)when Gary Lunn’s campaign won, thanks to vote splitting with a non-existent NDP candidate. Some say that Doug Finley’s black ops group created the fraudulent robocalls. Trouble is, this fraud was never fully investigated, as the RCMP were not interested. So this basically told the Conservative back-room lads that it was open season on Robocall fraud. Fast forward to the 2011 election… ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852/24 "2019-10-07T21:38:29Z")
Off the topic, but may be helpful. I have recently been inundated with robo calls. I did some searching and found a wonderful, free service that has stooped almost all such calls. I love the name. You can find it at [nomorobo.com](http://nomorobo.com). Fill out a form and you won’t be able to have fun stringing along the live ones or the computerized ones, but you will have peace and quiet. Works for landlines, IOS and Android. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852/25 "2019-10-07T22:21:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I recently made the mistake of responding to an online poll from the administration of the Orange Terror. At the end of course it did try to shake me down for money,… Be aware that most “surveys” are not truly surveys in the strictest sense. Some pretend to be surveys just to get you to not hang up, and you will eventually get a sales pitch, typically for a fraudulent product (fake back brace, car warranty, etc.). Other “surveys” are highly-biased, leadingly-worded, political questionnaires. They may even be masquerading as surveys so they can claim you now have a “business relationship” with them, enabling them to call you, to deliver ads, legally. If they claim to be political, they are legally exempt from following the DNC list. All political parties take advantage of that exemption, and some charlatans piggy-back on the legal ones. > [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > Off the topic, but may be helpful. I have recently been inundated with robo calls. I did some searching and found a wonderful, free service that has stooped almost all such calls. > > I love the name. You can find it at [nomorobo.com](http://nomorobo.com). Fill out a form and you won’t be able to have fun stringing along the live ones or the computerized ones, but you will have peace and quiet. Works for landlines, IOS and Android. Nomorobo is a great idea. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. It relies upon the caller ID (CID), and if that is spoofed, the nomorobo lookup is useless. At least half of the calls I get now are spoofed (four today!), so you will be disappointed if you rely upon this as a solution. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852/26 "2019-10-20T21:58:08Z")
A late reply, but it is definitely working for me. I still maybe one or two calls at the most a day now whereas I was getting them all day long before. Nomorobo works for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-robocallers-have-become-sentient/839852.md?page=1)