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(Picture alt text: a screenshot of my phone's call log, with numbers redacted (just in case). The phone numbers (except for one) are all spam calls)

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this, but I am at my limit with these.

Constantly throughout the day I get spam call after spam call. I constantly report them to Google (I've got a Pixel 5, if it matters), yet nothing changes. This has been happening for months.

These calls will also leave the exact same, completely silent, 4-second voicemails. I will block and report spam, but you know how it is. There's no way to turn voice mail notifications off, and I wouldn't necessarily want to, because I know I'd miss something genuine or important.

What do I do? Is there anything I can do, beyond changing numbers? Even then, I'm sure a new number would exist in some database somewhere and be victim to more spam calls. This is heinous.

Thanks for reading. I'm just so frustrated.

Edit: this got a lot more attention than I anticipated. I appreciate the suggestions for different spam blockers and settings! It's also nice knowing I'm not alone. Hopefully, at least in the US, we'll get some real legislation eventually that will kill these spam calls once and for all.

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Huh, that sucks, this is not what I have been experiencing when using the Google dialer though.

I remember everyone was shitting on the Google dialer over the MIUI dialer because the latter was able to record calls, I couldn't care less about a call recording feature, but to me the Google dialer is very superior due to having a proper spam blocking feature.

I also tried several spam blocker apps, but still Google's gave me the best experience.

[–] woodgen@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Just disable the phone function on your pocket computer. It's just for boomers.

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

I used to get these all the time, dont think ive had any yonks. Wonder if they changed something down here.

[–] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee -3 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Totally unrelated, but I just want to let you know: the last security update for Pixel 5 was a few months ago. You should stop using that phone as soon as possible.

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