Imagine an alternate universe where instead of spam callers wasting your time, you waste theirs. A world where spam callers, arrogant debt collectors, and annoying robocallers spend countless hours talking to pre-recorded messages, instead of talking to you. Picture their embarrassment when they realize they’ve mistakenly been talking to a robot for five minutes, missing…

The Do Not Call Registry Along With a Spam Blocking App Can Stop Telemarketers and RoboCalls Forever The National Do Not Call Registry is a do not call list that legitimate companies are required to honor. If you add your phone numbers to the list you will stop legitimate telemarketers from calling your submitted numbers….

If you have ever received a call from a debt collector, you understand just how unpleasant the experience can be. Debt collectors don’t care about you or your situation. They don’t care if the debt is in error, or if you fell on hard times; they want you to pay either way (after all that…

Receiving unwanted robocalls from “cardholder services”, “sweepstakes winners”, or even the “IRS”? You’re not alone. Robocalls effect roughly 13 million consumers per day nationwide. That’s a lot of wasted hours, interrupted dinners, and potential dollars lost to fraud. As a consumer and a likely recipient of robocalls, there is plenty of legislation designed to help…

Waiting by your phone for an important call – we’ve all been there. Whether you’re anxiously awaiting a job offer, curious if your date from last weekend will call you back, or need to know if the offer on your dream home was accepted, receiving phone calls are a necessary form of communication in daily…

You might have recently caught this article about how rock star Ed Sheeran got rid of his phone, mostly because he was getting annoying calls that weren’t adding any value to his life. While it might be nice for Ed Sheeran to ditch his phone, unless you’re a rock star and have a bunch of…

Although it may sound like a thing of the past, phone scams are still a major problem. The US Treasury inspector general still receives an average of between 9,000-12,000 complaints per week. With the increase of smartphone accessibility in the United States, the amount of phone numbers available has expanded drastically. This growth is optimal…

If you have a phone you probably already know and despise calls from robocallers, telemarketers, scammers and spammers. Unwanted calls distract us from our families and friends, interrupt our work, and in the worst cases try to steal our money and our peace of mind. Worst of all, it’s hard to fully understand how to stop unwanted…

Telemarketers and scammers don’t call to annoy you. Don’t get me wrong, they annoy the heck out of you, but that is not why they call. They call because it makes them money (actually, it makes them a whole lot of money). By understanding how economics can stop spam calls, you will learn why this is only…

You should absolutely take steps to prevent unwanted calls; just don't expect fewer spam calls because you signed up for the Do Not Call Registry. So why should you sign up for it? Because it will reduce the number of legal calls from telemarketers. I know you are mad the FCC and the government don’t just...