{"id":63077,"date":"2021-03-09T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=63077"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:02:04","slug":"help-reduce-unknown-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/help-reduce-unknown-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Reduce Unknown Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Can Silence Unknown Calls <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you get a slew of calls from numbers you don&#8217;t recognize? Not only are unrecognized numbers spamming our phones, they can lead to scammers getting in touch with us. It&#8217;s frustrating. It can feel intimidating. Mostly, though, it&#8217;s an increasing nuisance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what can you do? There are several options out there for silencing unknown calls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you an iPhone user? There&#8217;s a toggle in your settings that allows you to silence any number not already stored in your contacts. You can go to Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers and switch that to &#8220;on.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Android user? Well, because there are a few different platforms, you&#8217;ll have to do an internet search for your exact OS. There&#8217;s always an instructional post out there for anything you can imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside of this is you may miss calls from a delivery person, doctor&#8217;s office, or service you&#8217;re waiting to hear back from. Recently I ran into this problem so I simply toggled the option to &#8220;off&#8221; while I was waiting for my call. It&#8217;s not a perfect solution, but there never is a &#8220;perfect&#8221; solution to robocalls, is there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3rd Party Options<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some 3rd party options for unwanted calls. Various apps can help keep those annoying calls at bay. As with everything, there are both free and paid options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, the software on 3rd party apps may be imperfect, but they do help greatly reduce the number of calls you&#8217;re getting daily. I can receive upwards of 8 spam calls a day, so a service that may only let 1 through is a definite improvement. They&#8217;re worth a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember when it comes to free apps, if they aren&#8217;t charging a fee, then your information may be for sale. Part of why we&#8217;re in this mess is the sale of our information. It&#8217;s counterintuitive to use a service that adds to the problem. Do your research. If you&#8217;re in the market for a 3rd party app, you get what you pay for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do Not Disturb <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A nifty feature most phones have is the Do Not Disturb (DND) feature. You may be familiar with this when your bluetooth syncs to your car and sends a message to whoever texts you that you&#8217;re driving. But the DND settings can be customized for the day as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have family and friends across the world and in many different time zones, so my phone is never off. This can be a problem when spammers decide to call before 7am (especially on the weekend.) Even my silenced phone makes a noise when a call has it vibrating against the nightstand. The solution? Do Not Disturb settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An internet search for your personal operating system will quickly tell you how to modify these. Again, it&#8217;s not a perfect solution, but it&#8217;s another weapon in your arsenal against spam calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working Together<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With the filters put in place by our carriers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/robocalls\/best-ways-to-block-robocalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check yours here<\/a>) and the extra measures listed above, we can significantly reduce spam calls. The system may not be perfect, but it&#8217;s a step forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are you doing to reduce spam calls? Let us know on our socials or in the comments. 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