What's the craic with all the silent spam calls lately?

One More Toy

I'm plagued with them the last week. What's the objective?

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058200549/whats-the-craic-with-all-the-silent-spam-calls-lately

It's probably to get you to call a number disguised as an Irish one, and then you're charged for it.

drogon.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655473#Comment_117655473

This time they seem to be spoofing Irish Mobile numbers, have called them back twice via a VOIP service and it sounds like the number doesn't exists and just gets disconnected without being charged.

Leg End Reject

That's weird so. At least the Revenue and Garda ones seem to have stopped.

fun loving criminal

The last call I received, a few weeks ago, I answered, didn't say anything and just straight away put them on hold. They hung up and never rang me again.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058200549/whats-the-craic-with-all-the-silent-spam-calls-lately

So was I. An 086 number which my android said was Chechnya.

EmmetSpiceland

I, personally, have managed to avoid all this “nonsense” by never answering calls from private numbers or ones I don’t recognise.

I’ve no time for “time burglars” of any sort be they on the phone or to my door. My time is far too important to me to be wasted engaging with charlatans and others of their “ilk”.

Mav11

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655549#Comment_117655549

I think it was the case that when you spoke it triggered an automatic recording.

jrmb

I got a new SIM a few months ago. I only use it for data so nobody has the number, but I'm plagued with calls from numbers with the same prefix and same first 3 digits.

bnt

The ones I got, all the calls were from numbers in the 089 427 3xxx range, so easy to spot as spoofed. They're robo-dialing random numbers, they don't know in advance if the number is even valid, never mind who's behind it.

smillingsam

I got a few calls the other day but I never answered them and they seem to have stopped now thankfully

Ash.J.Williams

Companies are holding our data on unsafe infrastructure eg fastway couriers / hse etc

McGinniesta

I had three messages left on my phone from a robotic voice looking for my PPS number and telling me they were going to seize my non existent assets.

florryfox

They seem to have eased off a bit in the last fortnight, well for me at least.

Mister Vain

I just got one call from a disgruntled farmer looking for his tractor.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656470#Comment_117656470

Me too , but I've blocked a good few numbers

Ultimate Gowlbag

I never answer an unknown number,if it's actually important they have the voicemail to let me know!

Flinty997

I got them for about two weeks, but used an app to block them.

Seem to have stopped now. Might be related to some internet DNS outage recently that took them off line.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655555#Comment_117655555

Unfortunately there are often valid reason to need to take calls from unknown or private numbers.

These robo calls though are dumb. There's usually a pattern to the number you can block thankfully.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656681#Comment_117656681

I had reason to answer calls , and as I noticed with WFH many genuine people are calling from their personal number while their office is closed. I noticed0

JupiterKid

Yep, got a few of these calls the past two weeks - from a UK number every time.

I just ignore the calls and they don't leave a message.

Shlippery

Good telltale sign that its a scammer is that the first 4/5 numbers will match your own number which is usually a good indicator to ignore the call.

Pain in the hole though.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117662361#Comment_117662361

Now you mention it the calls I got were 086 123xxx , same as mine !

jmreire

Got a call from 049 Nr just now,hung up just as I answered, anyone else getting calls from this Nr?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656582#Comment_117656582

It's actually utterly pointless blocking them or publishing them online. They basically just send fake numbers, as the telephone networks just allow them to pass anything as Caller ID information. It's not verified in any way.

They just set their phone number to 087 234 XXXX and that could be someone's genuine number. That ends up being reported to spam lists or published on websites and then it just creates two victims - one gets the spam call, the other is the victim of having their number mimicked.

I've already had calls from people claiming they've been called from my phone number.

If you get them, just hang up and if it's a malformed number e.g. I got calls from 088 XXX XXXX which hasn't been a number range since the 1990s, just don't answer at all.

I'm actually considering changing back to Android again from iOS because of this. I'm finding Apple's call filtering options, even with 3rd party plug ins is vastly inferior to Android.

martingriff

I have gotten a few I am also getting one in relation to investing

Bombaby1974

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715124#Comment_117715124

Yeah, Message claims to be from Amazon Prime.

Didn't realise they were based in Belturbet!!

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117715160#Comment_117715160

No, neither did I, and not only am I not expecting anything from Amazon, I'm not even registered for Amazon Prime...and I've never been in Belturbet either, so know no one there who might want to contact me.....🙄