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Stopping telemarketing calls

I looked up both "Hiya" and "Mr. Number" on the Android Play Store. They are both from the same "Hiya" developer and look pretty similar. They use the same support email address (support [at] hiya.com). Screen illustrations are similar and even show the same group of sample callers.

Differences seem to be that Mr. Number has an SMS text blocking provision as well as in-app purchases neither of which is listed for Hiya.

The Hiya site says they have partnered with several carriers and smartphone makers, claiming to have partnered with my phone manufacturer for my phone model (Samsung S7) with something called "Samsung Smart Call" which is supposed to be installed with my phone. I don't have it, and it is not listed as a Samsung app on the Google Play Store. Maybe my carrier (Verizon) doesn't support it so it doesn't show for me on my phone (??).

In reading their Terms of Service, I find that to use the service I have to open an account in which I give them my personal information, and that in doing so I give them an irrevocable license to use this information. Being uncomfortable with the "irrevocable" part, I uninstalled Hiya before registering an account. It's probably okay, but I'm a bit overcautious about stuff like this.
 
The Makai Gal was being plagued with many-times-repeated "lower your credit card interest rate" calls which caller ID only identified as coming from "LAC_1150". We were frustrated that without an associated number we could not block these calls, so I searched for an app that could block calls by name as well as number; I only came up with "Calls Blacklist" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vladlee.easyblacklist&hl=en

It is ad supported but there is an ad-free version for $1.99.

It only blocks numbers/names you specify; it does not classify calls from unknown-to-you sources like Hiya or Mr. Number. But it does block the calls you tell it to completely - no single ring like I've seen mentioned with some other software.

Unfortunately, those LAC_1150 calls stopped coming before I could get the app installed, so I still don't know if it really blocks calls by name.
 
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What is HIYA? I had a telemarketer call twice yesterday so I call the number back and told them I don't want them calling my house every two hours. The Rep. boldly told me I doubt that! I did not want argue, So I again told her we are not interested and stop calling.
I expect a call today.
Silentg
 
I'm trying one called Should I Answer which I may have learned about here. When your phone rings, it pops up with what it knows about the number, if anything, and a choice to answer or not.

My Samsung Avant (T-mobile) has a "reject list" but calls from these numbers go right to voicemail without ringing. Many leave one-second empty messages. I wish I had a way for the reject list to send them straight to oblivion.
 
We registered our home number on the Do Not Call list and we still get a ton of calls, same people/company, all day, every day. This is the purpose for our land line it seems. I/we barely get any on our cell phones. I think if we ever decide to get rid of our land line, we will start getting them on our cell phones. They are so annoying. Do people actually talk to these telemarketers, etc.?
 
I've also been getting a lot of unknown calls (presumably telemarketers) so I'm going to try some of these apps that identify the callers
 
nomorobo is probably your best solution for the landline. And turning off the ringer.

I'm not surprised by "national" or general telemarketers who call. But over a year ago we listed our house for sale. It didn't sell. We STILL get calls from real estate agents who want to try to sell it. When I tell them that theirs is an unsolicited commercial call and illegal, most of them are genuinely shocked! They think the law applies to people who harass THEM, and not to themselves!
 
In the telemarketers (and all sales-weasels) handbook, it says that the phrase "I'm not interested" shall be interpreted as meaning, "In fact, I want to buy the worst package you have for an insanely high price."
 
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