Comments for Block Spam Callers From Your Blackberry With Call Control

Block Spam Callers From Your Blackberry With Call Control

2009-11-12T03:14:29Z

You can always just not answer your phone, but if a telemarketer calling you on your Blackberry sends you into a rage, you might want to look at Call Control. The app relies on the telemarketer database at everycall.us to screen out known spammers. The free version screens out the top 100 telemarketers; an $8 version uses the entire database and includes updates.

Call Control for Blackberry [EveryCall]

Comment from lacubsfan on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:37:00Z

If you have a Blackberry, use NumberCop... it's 100% free and works GREAT.

Not only does it block telemarketers, it blocks non telemarketing companies such as DirecTV, or Tmobile, Time Warner who call NON STOP to remind you that you have a payment due. You can also customize it!

Comment from call_control on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:57Z

@Razor512: The app actually works quite well, and it is really offensive to read your completely uninformed comment. There are literally thousands of people that have installed this app already and we've received a ton of really positive feedback.

The Do Not Call list that you pointed out is not entirely effective either, for instance scammers and robo-callers don't follow the DNC laws and call millions of people per month repeatedly, and many of those complaints can be found on our website everycall.us

We've spent hundreds and hundreds of ours developing this app to help folks finally stop the calls and take back a shred of privacy. Your review is error ridden and I doubt you spent the time to even install and use the app.

Comment from call_control on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:57Z

@ecwis: Yep, Call Control blocks both unknown and private callers, so only callers with a valid caller id can get through.

Comment from parrotuya on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:56Z

Great options! Fortunately, I don't have a problem with unwanted calls. But if I ever do, I know where to go!

DOWn, baby, DOWn!

Comment from pot_roast on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:46Z

This is another thing that makes Google Voice a pretty cool thing. Call screening rocks.

Comment from pot_roast on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:46Z

@bohemian: A lot of it has been banned. So the marketers simply moved their operations to Canada or India and phonespam you over VoIP. :|

Comment from magnumbi on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:45Z

I recently got a Google Voice account that works great for screening out spammers/scammers. Whenever I get an anonymous call or a call from someone not in my address book it gives me the option to let the call go through or straight to voice mail. It also has the option to simply block the calls from going through in the first place.

Comment from brokebackwallet on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:45Z

@consumed:

"buck a month". Do not give those monstroties any ideas.

Some phones do allow blocking callers with blocked (excuse the pun, or lack of it) number. I've posted this before but my E71 sure does get the cake. Blocked number will get a busy signal 24/7.

Most smartphones can do that (blacklist/whitelist/only blocked), its just a matter of finding the software.

Comment from chucklebuck on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:45Z

If you have a Symbian S60 phone, Advanced Call Manager is a great app that does the same thing. Any anonymous call or number on one or more blacklists I set up gets nothing but a busy signal & my phone never rings - the call does show up in the call logs though if I'm curious to see how much they tried to reach me.

Comment from consumed on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:44Z

Back in the day the telco's had Caller ID With Name on landlines. They also had Anonymous Call Rejection so you could deny blocked/unknown callers from ever ringing your phone to begin with.

Part of me thinks the telco's are idiots for not giving us this feature on cell phones. They could easily charge people a buck a month to add the feature and make a buttload more money, at least for me that is worth paying a dollar a month for so I don't have to put up with caller ID blocking cowards

Comment from H3ion on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:44Z

@bohemian: I do the same thing. If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer. If it's legitimate, they'll leave a voice mail. Otherwise...

Comment from brainswarm on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:43Z

@christoj879: Well, that explains some of the weird addresses I see working for the Post Office.

Comment from My keyboard has a typo key on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:43Z

One program I use on my cell is called, Do Not Disturb. It is one of them pay apps on the Verizon app buy thing. I do believe it is also for Blackberry's App world.
[www.riffware.com]
I have it set up. To where if your not in my address book. You go straight to voice mail and I do not even hear a ring.

It actually works rather well. At first I was not going to pay the unlimited use fee of $16.95 or so. Then I started to get pounded with telemarketing calls. So I figured it was well worth it. 500 numbers in the blocked list later. I am a happy cell user again.. When a call does get caught up and sent to voice mail. I just add it to my address book and it lets the call through next time.

One of the interesting features of the application. Is I can set times when it sends all calls to voice mail.
Not many apps for my phone I bought and been happy with. This is one of them.

Comment from Razor512 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:43Z

@Razor512: i really wish they would allow us to edit comments

spelling correction: scammers

Comment from Razor512 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:42Z

it is useless, does not work. telemarkets that ignore the do not call list are acammers and they use spoofed numbers and hide info, example google this number

402 982 0771

the number is not in service but yet many people get calls from it advertising to lower debt. when I talked to them in hopes of getting their real number, they refused, their goal in calling me was to get my banking info in order to wipe the account clean

the number changes every few weeks and you cant block the number (I tried) because it is not a true valid number. and the caller ID does not give you the hash info of the call which generally cant be spoofed

instead of paying for a crap program like this, why not just sign up for the free do not call list and get the worlds largest database of blocking spammers.

whats even worst is that theres also 1 telemarketer that calls and spoofs another valid number to some random persons house, and theres another one that calls me every day at around 4-5AM with a pre recorded message, same message but it is a different number each time and when ever I press 1 to speak to some one, it is the same person each time but they hang up because they know my voice to I have to use voice modification to talk to them in hopes of getting their real number

Comment from bohemian on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:42Z

Without some way to block anon callers it is only half useful. Then again I don't answer if I don't know the number.

Can't we just ban ALL telemarketing?

Comment from yesteraeon on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:41Z

@ecwis: You took the words right out of my mouth.

Comment from ecwis on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:41Z

Does it block anonymous calls too? Every telemarketer that calls me on my cell phone is a scammer (since my number is on the Do Not Call List) so they obviously don't allow their caller ID info show up...

Comment from christoj879 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:36:40Z

You could always give them bogus info :)