I just answered this on another thread. If your MIL uses a cellphone exclusively, she can get the Doro model from Consumer Cellular. You can program the phone to accept calls only from people on her contact list, and there is no additional cost for the blocking.
If she's on a landline, I can't help you there. I haven't had a landline in years.
I have my cell set at Do Not Disturb. I can allow only my contacts to come thru. The scammers go to VM. But like said, they usually hang up as soon as VM is activated.
My dad’s landline is Comcast Xfinity and Nomorobo is offered free by them. When we activated it a few years ago, it cut down on the robo calls dramatically. There might be even better options now.
If you can convince her not to pick up the phone until the answering machine picks it up first, 99.9% of scammers will have hung up by then.
As far as stopping them completely, good luck with that. The National Do Not Call List is only for companies that subscrbe to it, but of course, scammers aren't legitimate companies and would never subscribe.
I use NoMoRobo which does a great job, but calls still get through. It only works on VOIP lines (and it's free), but last I heard they were putting together a cell version you have to pay for. In order to get the best service, too, you have to text them the numbers that get through as well to add to their list of scam numbers.
If she's on a landline, I can't help you there. I haven't had a landline in years.
Good luck!
My dad’s landline is Comcast Xfinity and Nomorobo is offered free by them. When we activated it a few years ago, it cut down on the robo calls dramatically. There might be even better options now.
Good luck!
As far as stopping them completely, good luck with that. The National Do Not Call List is only for companies that subscrbe to it, but of course, scammers aren't legitimate companies and would never subscribe.
I use NoMoRobo which does a great job, but calls still get through. It only works on VOIP lines (and it's free), but last I heard they were putting together a cell version you have to pay for. In order to get the best service, too, you have to text them the numbers that get through as well to add to their list of scam numbers.