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bucolic_frolic

(47,578 posts) Sun May 5, 2024, 07:41 PM May 2024

Phone calls that can't seem to be disconnected easily

I've had 3 landline calls today from some person jibbering in some unrecognizable foreign language. Sounds Asian to me. Caller doesn't understand "wrong number!"

But the third one wouldn't hang up. I kept hanging up and the call was still there. Clicking the hangup button didn't work. This went on for almost a minute. I finally kept punching in random numbers. I think they hung up, rather than me.

I don't have caller ID, don't know where the call originated. I wondered if they were trying to program my router, or grab data in some way I've not heard about. Could that reach into my router and computer?

I'll probably leave the phone off the hook for a week. And I would have no idea who to report this to. Verizon will send out a tech in about 10 days at $187.50.

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Phone calls that can't seem to be disconnected easily (Original Post) bucolic_frolic May 2024 OP

If you have a cell phone, unplug. Probably they will give up in a few days and focus on new numbers to harass. OAITW r.2.0 May 2024 #1

You answer landline calls if you don't recognize the name or number? MiniMe May 2024 #2

agree, disconect. this is nonsense. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #3

You have a landline with Verizon? Get Ooma service. For a few bucks you get better service & free caller ID & a lot more Wonder Why May 2024 #4

Seriously? You don't have caller ID? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2024 #5

OAITW r.2.0

(28,656 posts)

1. If you have a cell phone, unplug. Probably they will give up in a few days and focus on new numbers to harass.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 08:08 PM

May 2024

MiniMe

(21,831 posts)

2. You answer landline calls if you don't recognize the name or number?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 08:11 PM

May 2024

I stopped doing that years ago

AllaN01Bear

(23,318 posts)

3. agree, disconect. this is nonsense.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 08:12 PM

May 2024

Wonder Why

(4,718 posts)

4. You have a landline with Verizon? Get Ooma service. For a few bucks you get better service & free caller ID & a lot more

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 08:31 PM

May 2024

So much cheaper and better than Verizon & ATT and almost all others.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,842 posts)

5. Seriously? You don't have caller ID?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2024, 01:47 AM

May 2024

Are you in 1965, somehow communicating with us in 2024?

I'm under the impression that Caller ID is pretty much automatic in any and all phone services. You need to talk to someone with your server and get caller ID.

It's the best thing ever. I can answer calls from people I actually want to talk to, can ignore everyone else.

And someone who called you and spoke in some foreign language has zero ability to try to program your router or grab any data from your computer. That's not how such things work. Seriously. Learn a bit more about these things.

Hanging up on a call made to your phone is going to need somewhat more than a quick hit of the off button. Hang up the phone and leave it alone for thirty seconds. If the call is still there, hang up again for five minutes. Trust me, they won't still be there.

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