Not sure if our number was bought by some dark web company but we are getting way more than usual. Need one NOT for mobile phone.
I connected NOMOROBO to my number as a simultaneous ring. So on the first ring it checks the incoming call against a database and hangs up if it is found. On my end I hear just 1 ring and no more. That tells me “gotcha!”. If NOMOROBO doesn’t recognize the number it silently exits and I answer the call or it goes to voicemail.
Pretty effective.
Most people use an IVR. It presents a caller w/ a voice menu. They have to make a selection to ring your phone. SPAM calls can’t do that. It works great for voice. Examples here:
However, SMS/MMS SPAM is a different issue. VoIP.ms has no SMS/MMS number blocking ability. I added SMS/MMS number blocking to MMSGate2. But it’s a bit of work to setup just for SMS/MMS blocking.
@stillrivereditions, if you go the IVR route Jeremy describes, an AI assistant can also set it up for you, so you don’t have to click through the portal. Here’s a short demo of Claude doing it from one chat. It finds the telemarketer in the call records, blocks it, lets your phonebook contacts skip the menu, and sends everyone else to a “press 1” menu:
It runs on an unofficial VoIP.ms MCP server I helped build (https://voipms-mcp.ecliptical.io), which has a free tier. It won’t help with text spam, since VoIP.ms has no SMS blocking to configure.
But isn’t NOMOROBO just for a smart phone?
I really do not need something so invasive, was just trying to find an easy way to block SPAM calls and texts.
They just re-introduced Nomorobo for landline/voip as a pay service. Interesting that coopster’s first post is to advocate for a new pay service.
I agree that MMSGate2 would be a lot of work and invasive if all you want is SMS/MMS number blocking. However, an IVR is easy to setup and will take care of SPAM calls.
I just recently discovered VoIP.ms as I was looking to ditch my Verizon land line, and just completed the process of getting set up with VoIP.ms, porting my verizon number over and making sure I didn’t lose my other Verizon services (internet). So I’m a newbie here. I had NOMOROBO monitoring my verizon land line for years for free until they stopped when they couldn’t see any revenue coming from providers or government. So I got the email from them offering a paid subscription for landline coverage (if it supports simultaneous ring), even while most of their new business is mobile phones.
I weighed the cost of NOMOROBO with what I had been paying and decided it was worth it for me.
I saw this post and thought I could offer what I did - no other interest here.
Nomorobo’s landline/VoIP tier depends on simultaneous ring, so verify that before paying; it also won’t help with texts. If your provider can forward SMS to email, you could run those through your existing email spam filter—otherwise there may be no lightweight native text-blocking option. An IVR is still the least invasive fix for voice spam.