Australia has mostly solved spam phone calls with a 'Do Not Call' register:
https://www.donotcall.gov.au/consumers/register-your-numbers....
I can see the USA has the same thing: https://www.donotcall.gov/
Does it not work?
https://www.donotcall.gov.au/consumers/register-your-numbers....
I can see the USA has the same thing: https://www.donotcall.gov/
Does it not work?
A popular form of spam pretends to call from a phone number very similar to yours (they use the same leading 6 digits) to make it look like a neighbor is calling.
Hopefully the STIR/SHAKEN implementation will widen and this will be put to bed.
The major issue we are not addressing is ‘legal scams’. Charities harassing old people, tradesmen faking issues to the uneducated - that kind of thing.
It's ineffective against true spam calls, as it only binds law-abiding callers with a presence in the US.
Pick it up, and it's "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty"
Miss it and call back later, because it's a local area code? You get some very confused, usually elderly, person who wants to know why you called them.