Unwanted Calls

[KannikaP]

I keep getting calls on my phone and now Whats App from a certain financial/insurance broker in Bangkok whos name is similar to a Beatles album.

When I start asking for my number to be removed from their data base, they hang up. 

What can I do to prevent this please?

Edited March 10, 2023 by metisdead
ALL CAPS removed from topic title.

[Kwasaki]

Just block all their numbers on your phone.

[samtam]

Can you not block them? My Dtac & Samsung S21 blocks all spam calls as spam. Not sure how that identification works. WhatsApp you can block, if they use the same number each time.

[Tayida]

Had in the past similar issue: block them.

[KannikaP]

I shall not block yet, so that next time they call I can let them go through all their spiel, and then tell them to 4.ck off.   555

[FritsSikkink]

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I shall not block yet, so that next time they call I can let them go through all their spiel, and then tell them to 4.ck off.   555

If you have time this is a good idea. Trow some "uh's" in every other sentence to let them repeat themselves a lot.

[ezzra]

 

35 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

whos name is similar to a Beatles album.

I always knew them Beatles will give us problems one day.

[markclover]

Don't take calls from unknown numbers maybe.

[KannikaP]

3 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

I always knew them Beatles will give us problems one day.

I agree, but how stupid to call a finance company Yellow Submarine!   555

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, markclover said:

Don't take calls from unknown numbers maybe.

But you never know if it IS an important call until you DO answer it.

[MJCM]

1 minute ago, markclover said:

Don't take calls from unknown numbers maybe.

But then how do you deal with for example Immigration calls you (again example) and you don't answer or for example in my Case the Insurance Desk of the Hospital called but not via the normal Hospital number (which I have stored in my phone) but a total different number.

 

 

[brianthainess]

9 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

I always knew them Beatles will give us problems one day.

One day? not 'Yesterday?'  or now your 64?  or 'money can't buy you love'? but i don't think they toured Thailand 

[AndyFoxy]

I give the phone to my kid.

[blackcab]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

...whos name is similar to a Beatles album.

 

Let It Be... Naked

 

(That really is a Beatles album, released in 2003).

 

[Crossy]

I've had calls from German, US and UK numbers recently, I don't answer, just decline and block.

 

Anyone who needs to contact me has at least one alternative to phoning.

 

[PoorSucker]

I use who's call app to block spam calls and sms

[KannikaP]

45 minutes ago, blackcab said:

 

Let It Be... Naked

 

(That really is a Beatles album, released in 2003).

 

And better than the Phil Spector abomination. Sorry, we are getting off topic.

[jimn]

If I was you I would Let it be.

[OneMoreFarang]

Tell them right away you are not interested and hang up.

Don't waste any time with them.

The problem will eventually go away.

[Joe Farang]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

But you never know if it IS an important call until you DO answer it.

When was the last time you got an important call from an unknown number ?

[KannikaP]

3 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

When was the last time you got an important call from an unknown number ?

So what if it was my hospital or dentist or whatever, using a different phone.

As I said, you do not know if it important or not until you answer it.

Edited March 10, 2023 by KannikaP

[Freddy42OZ]

What are "phone calls"? 

Every single person I know sends text based messages through whatsapp, line, fb messenger, telegram, signal or discord. 

I don't know anyone who uses voice.

[treetops]

10 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said:

What are "phone calls"? 

Every single person I know sends text based messages through whatsapp, line, fb messenger, telegram, signal or discord. 

I don't know anyone who uses voice.

Their teacher probably doesn't allow voice calls in class time.

[Chongalulu]

Do the 'silent answer'. Eventually they speak which usually gives the game away and you hang up.

[Moonlover]

21 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Tell them right away you are not interested and hang up.

Don't waste any time with them.

The problem will eventually go away.

I don't even answer. I have a fairly short list of 'legitimate' callers. Any number that is not on that list gets 'ignored' and 'blocked' using my facility phones for that.

 

Wasting ones time shouting at them is just that, a complete waste of time. Call centre operatives are used to that and just shrug it off and move on the the next number.

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

I don't even answer. I have a fairly short list of 'legitimate' callers. Any number that is not on that list gets 'ignored' and 'blocked' using my facility phones for that.

 

Wasting ones time shouting at them is just that, a complete waste of time. Call centre operatives are used to that and just shrug it off and move on the the next number.

Why shout? And why for a whole minute.

Thanks, I am not interested. Hang up. Maybe 5 seconds.

 

I receive lots of deliveries and the delivery drivers call me. Ignoring all unknown calls doesn't make sense for me.

 

[steven100]

let them run through their spiel .....   then say '    sorry I didn't quite catch that could you repeat that ....  it's a bad connection,   then say it again '   sorry I'm having trouble catching what your saying '  ....

 

haha ......  they'll soon stop calling you.

[mark5335]

40 minutes ago, steven100 said:

let them run through their spiel .....   then say '    sorry I didn't quite catch that could you repeat that ....  it's a bad connection,   then say it again '   sorry I'm having trouble catching what your saying '  ....

 

haha ......  they'll soon stop calling you.

I took a similar approach to this and it worked, and have not had any unsolicited investment calls for a few years since.

 

Although I told him I was recently financially bankrupt, feeling suicidal, family had left and then I asked him for a loan. No call since.

[BananaStrong]

first RECORD yourself saying, "I'm sorry, can you repeat that please, I couldn't hear you."

 

Play that back 10000000000000000000000000000000x times

[Liverpool Lou]

On 3/10/2023 at 10:23 AM, KannikaP said:

I keep getting calls on my phone and now Whats App from a certain financial/insurance broker in Bangkok whos name is similar to a Beatles album.

When I start asking for my number to be removed from their data base, they hang up. 

What can I do to prevent this please?

Hit the red "reject call" and you'll never have to speak to them.  Answering their calls is what they want, even if you just want to tell them to remove your name.   They won't do that because they more than likely paid for the list that your name is on.