Landline calls often boil down to excessive canvassing. Which has even spread to our cellphones … Here are our tips for blocking unwanted calls.
You are looking for a job, the phone rings and you think you have been accepted for the job … but you are in fact being exposed to the advantages of a revolutionary new offer for your insurance contract. Who has never experienced this kind of situation? Although you are ready to receive a few canvassing calls from time to time, the number of prospecting has become far too important on landlines, but also on cellphones. Why this harassment and what are the 4 tips to block these unwanted phone calls?
Why did you approach by phone?
You involuntarily agree to share your personal data, including your daily phone number. By agreeing to participate in contests, when shopping on the Web or registering on certain sites and social networks, you do not necessarily take the time to analyze all the conditions and you easily authorize the sharing of your data. . Then your personal information is put on lists and the lists are sold to commercial companies, usually legally. However, telephone canvassing can be abusive and tends to become embarrassing on a daily basis.
Tip 1: block unwanted phone numbers
Beyond not answering or rejecting calls from people you don’t know, there is a much more effective option. As easy as blocking your ex’s number on your smartphone, you can apply blocking for numbers from spam or unwanted canvassing. It is a classic solution, but a first step to limit the discomfort on a daily basis. Each smartphone has an option to block a number, whether for Android or iPhone versions. If by mistake, you block a bad number, you will always have the possibility of unblocking it.
Tip 2: install the Orange Telephone application
Available for customers of all operators, Orange Phone offers you a free application to tell you on your screen that a number is suspicious when it calls you. Like a spam filter, the application operates on a list of direct telephone numbers or dishonest calls, declared unwanted by the community on the application.
Little more of the application, you can access the service of identification of unknown numbers thanks to the reverse directory. You will then be notified and will be able to call back the number in complete safety, once it has been verified. You will easily find the Orange Telephone application on the Android and iOS download platforms.
Tip 3: Bloctel, a vigil for your phone
Bloctel is an application that allows you to register for free on a list aimed at no longer being contacted by companies whose goal is to conduct telephone prospecting. Established since 2016 by the government, you can register your landline and mobile phone numbers on the site bloctel.gouv.fr. Be sure to repeat this process every 3 years.
To solve the problem of canvassing and fraudulent calls, laws exist and the most recent is that of July 24, 2020. In addition to the obligation of the company to inform the.the consumer.trice of his right to s’ Registering for free on Bloctel, this law intensifies the supervision of telephone prospecting and fights illegal calls more with higher fines than before. If you are registered on an official Bloctel list and you have been approached by a natural person, they risk up to 75,000 euros in fines, which for a legal person can go up to 375,000 euros. .
Remember: the law of July 24 prohibits telephone solicitations in the energy renovation sector except within the framework of a contract in progress. For other sectors, all you need to do is register on Bloctel, and you can also be contacted.
Tip 4: report spam to 33 700
“Congratulations, you won a check for 2000 euros! To collect your reward, please call 08 99… “. Do these calls or SMS asking you to call back a premium rate number under any pretext weigh on you? To remedy this, a number must absolutely be added to your favorites: 33 700. Very easy to use, you just need to send an SMS to 33 700 indicating the suspect number. To signal calls, you must again send an SMS, entering “spamvocal” followed by the spamic number. You can also report fraudulent numbers on the platform 33,700.
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According to platform figures 33,700, in 2016, 1,613,334 spam reports were made and this figure continues to increase. Dedicated to the fight against voice spam and SMS, this service was launched in 2008, to give you the possibility to report all fraudulent numbers by SMS. This service is not surcharged and even free for certain mobile plans such as Bouygues Telecom, SFR, NRJ Mobile, Orange, etc. On your marks, get set, block!
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