I have just had 3 recorded robocalls in the last half hour or so. One of them starts with “Please don’t hang up” ...
It's out...of...control! All of those robo calls now get my robo response. My pixel 3 has a screen call function which is awesome. 98% hang up before the call screening statement is even finished. Then I block the number.
I watched a news show about those calls. One machine can literally make thousands of calls using random numbers in a very short time, like a minute or less IIRC. I block them as well, but according to the reporter, it does little good.
I have had the usual scams warning me the IRS is after me or that my credit card was compromised but I got a new one yesterday left a message stating the company ( unnamed of course) has been ordered to go out of business and order to pay refunds so if I will just call them they will process my refund. Oh let me rush to the phone gotta admire the creativity.
When they ask me with whom they have the pleasure of speaking, I tell them Rudy Hess, Address? One Spandau Plaza, Berlin
One day I decided I was gonna mess with one of the robocallers. I pressed 1 to speak with a live representative. I ignored him on speaker and just let the radio play. He told me to go f*** myself. That was rude.