How to block unwanted (harassing) mobile phonecalls?

Ibram Gaunt SG

Hi,

Does anyone here have any ideas on how to block unwanted phone calls?
Is there any kinda service, handphone type or software (hopefully free) that will enable a person to blacklist harassment calls?

It would be most useful.....

NT2 SG

just reply

" hello singapore casket....may i help?"

Twisted Evil

dork3d SG

You can answer and greet those unwanted callers like:

"Hello! This is Finally Wait Till You Come (zhong2 you3 yi4 tian1 deng3 dao4 ni3) casket service! May I help you?"

missqi SG

i played one night in beijing to this irritating caller.
he/she stopped after tt.
Mr. Green

Ponders SG

i actually asked my friend to program a Java program to detect strings of numbers and make it into a Symbian program...

he said "tomorrow, tomorrow" until we ORD and lost touch...

ditzy SG

If you're using a symbian 60 phone (not OS9.1), look for blackballer app. Laughing

digicharat SG

just cancel their calls or just tell them to stop calling you lor.
go through so much trouble for what? humji ar?

de_middle SG

free incoming call, so i just answer lor & put on loudspeaker until the caller tired to trying. Laughing

XciteZ SG

ur model is wat? if can assign ringtone hor, just assign his number with a slient ring tone lor. I always do that to people who I hated to receive their calls. they call million times, i also cant hear anything.

but if private number then no choice but to call singtel for assistance to track down the number.

aiya. warn that person u will call police. this will freak most sickos out.

FireIce SG

harassers are very smart to have caller non-id

Ito_^ SG

symbian olready got such programs liao. years ago.

its those normal non-pda phones dat sometimes dun even sarport java dats the problem.

browniebaobao SG

track the timings of calls.

call up ur service provider.

u can either choose to block all incoming calls..

or make a police report, bar that particular number and that harasser will be given a warning.

for me, i juz off my phone.

Ponders SG

the threadstarter should elaborate what type of calls he has been getting...

then from there we can help him out. haha.

if it is those Bank and Insurance type ppl... you can just be firm and tell them off nicely. if they insist, you remind them once again that professionalism is a requirement of their job and that you will not hesitate to bring the matter up.

No need to be nasty to them.

if it is those "free sex" type of call.. either take the offer or ignore them.

ditzy SG

The call divert function is the most wonderful tool a mobile phone can offer. If you know how to use it properly, it can be used to your advantage, I use it to play pranks. Laughing

redness SG

I just pick up the call leave my phone on.
waste their phone call. Laughing

Ibram Gaunt SG

Actually my situation is like this….sometime ago, my phone rang and I picked it up….some strange guy over at the other end kept haranguing me in an unknown non-English language (accent sounds like an Indian but could also easily be just a Chinese guy sprouting nonsense….but I’m not sure). I kept telling him to stop calling me, but the calls kept coming (and the caller ID didn’t pick up anything….)....freaking irritating, I think I may just change my phone number….but if there’s another way, I will try it out first before wasting money on buying a new number.

martin_lim85 SG

Laughing i bet it will put into good use

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Diverting function in mobile phones are not there for fun... Laughing

If not, just say "Hello, this is the police station. How do I help you?"

I've got enough prank calls so I ended up using this line a lot, its effects are superb. Mr. Green

life2121 SG

hey i hav tis prob... tis S will call me from a private number n not mumble a word... placed a trace on him once n told him if he calls again i'll refer e case 2 e police... he stopped... recently started again... tink i will put a trace tis time... but my qns is... wat if he using public phone?

ditzy SG

Sekali they trace the public phone to bukit brown cemetery. Shocked