Phone Spam Filter: The Phone Call Spam Buster
[Source: BigMouthMedia.com]
We hear a lot about email spams, junk mails, spam this and spam that… is has been a norm for us. But how many of us had heard about phone spamming or in specific phone call spamming? I bet, not many of us maybe because this kind of spamming is still “under control”, but not for long!
We frequently exchange or distribute name cards, business cards with friends and business partners. So, we are distributing and letting people know about out contact details, particularly our phone number. Not just that, most of the online registration form for membership or services require us to fill up our phone number. Again our phone number is “exposed” to 3rd parties.
Some way, some how our phone number will leak out to illegal parties… the same goes to our email. Weird phone calls will start to flood our phone and that is really annoying. I personally had a few of these calls, one of them is from China.
So, who does all these spammings? Telemarketers of course (those illegal ones).
Now, to the rescue there is a service called Phone Spam Filter where you can add the spammer’s phone number to their “blacklist” database. When you get a call from these illegal telemarketers, note down their number and submit a complaint by adding the number to Phone Spam Filter database.
[Recent phone call spam complaints]
As of 10 September 2008, they have about 100,000 phone numbers in their database. You search for any potential spammer’s phone number using the provided search function. If the number is in the database you will see a list of complaints submitted buy others previously. From there, you can track the owner of the phone number.
Here is an example of a blacklisted phone number (17 complaints): 703-921-2201
Phone Spam Filter also provides a Windows software that helps you block telemarketers automatically – it automatically detects and hang up on blacklisted telemarketers. It’s available free.
This Phone Spam Filter service also available in other countries:
This is a great service to filter out phone call spams. If you happened to be spammed, Phone Spam Filter is the perfect solution for you.
Say NO to SPAM!
