Ranamar: I've seen it reported before that pollsters are actually more likely than actual scam calls to show up on caller ID as scams, because the polling companies don't do shady stuff to make them hard to return their calls, so marking it spam actually sticks.

I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

I maintain that anyone who is able to put together a political coalition that can actually solve this problem will be treated as a deity "yes, I murdered a puppy, but I also fixed spam calls" "let us re-elect you with 95% of the vote"

The problem with that is politicians are one of the biggest sources of spam calls every election seasons.

I've seen it reported before that pollsters are actually more likely than actual scam calls to show up on caller ID as scams, because the polling companies don't do shady stuff to make them hard to return their calls, so marking it spam actually sticks.

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