FIOS call blocking won't block

I am getting a call from a phone-spammer. The number displays, so I added it to my call blocking list. The number is still ringing through. I then tried doing a selective call forward, sending the calls back to the number. No good.
This spammer must have some magic to avoid call blocking. Any ideas how I can fix this? I wrote to Verizon support but never got a response.

RickC wrote:
I am getting a call from a phone-spammer. The number displays, so I added it to my call blocking list. The number is still ringing through. I then tried doing a selective call forward, sending the calls back to the number. No good.
This spammer must have some magic to avoid call blocking. Any ideas how I can fix this? I wrote to Verizon support but never got a response.
important tips
• Call Block is limited to either 6 or 12 numbers, depending on your region.
• This service cannot block cell phone numbers, some business numbers or calls from pay phones.
• Any calls made from outside your defined calling area or through the operator may not be blocked. This is for your protection in case of an emergency.
the only way I know of to 100% block without those limitations is with buying hardware at www.privacycorps.com it's called caller id manager I Don't know anyone that has purchased it, one user here did and he never came back to tell us it worked. so I can't 100% vouch for it, you may want to look up user reviews on it before making a purchase, but that is the only thing that I have seen that "says" it can do it

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Call Block does not work. As part of my payment to fios, I get to be constantly bombarded with ridiculous phone calls that I can't do anything about. Why is that? Verizon cannot do anything at all to solve this problem? And I do not wish to pay a monthly fee for blocking more than 10 calls when they get through anyway.
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I recommend The Digitone Call Blocker. I was skeptical about the product but bought it as a last resort after being hammered by "Out of Area" calls, spoofed numbers from telemarketers, and Collection Agency scams looking for other people. After I installed the call blocker, it was like night and day. I can't praise it highly enough. The house is silent and I can work in peace.
Look up the product's website on Google and be sure you get the right model for your equipment. I have Fios Digital Voice, and though "digital" is in the name, the correct model is the standard one (not the VOiP one.)

Anonymous Call block not working

I had the 'Anonymous call block' feature included with my bundle but I am still getting calls from anonymous callers, telemarketers of course, on a daily basis.
Help?

Hello mhicks,
In your original post you only said "Help?"
You received some things that should help. at the top of all the folders is a disclaimer "These Forums are a peer-to-peer support channel in which users help other users. If you need an answer from Verizon directly please Contact Us. ".
If you are here wanting someone at Verizon to answer "how my order was never filled correctly to begin with and that I am in fact paying for services not rendered." then you are unlikely to ever find an answer here.
People here are good at helping others solve problems and a few Verizon staffers chime in with solutions as well but the specific question you are looking for an answer to won't likely get answered.
Hope you get things working the way you want. I hate telemarketers as well. Fortunately the donotcall list has been working pretty well for me.

Call blocking doesn't work

      I keep getting phone calls from {edited for privacy} the caller ID says Washington. They claim to be a pharmacy trying to sell Viagra and pain medications. I get between 2 to 4 calls per day and told them on numerous times.
      I added the number to my digital call blocking account and the calls still come thru. I contacted Verizon support and their answer was that the call blocking feature doesn't block long distance calls!!!! What kind of B.S. answer is that???
      If Verizon is going to offer a service than it should work, regardless if the call is local or long distance. If it'll only work for local calls than these digital FIOS features are WORTHLESS,,

Did you place your number on the Federal Do Not Call list?   If so, file a case and make some money off them.    If not, what are you waiting for?    You did not state if the incoming number was actually a domestic phone number or from an area code / country code outside of the United States.
Additionally, next time they call, note the exact day and time, ask for the call back number, company name,the operator's name or identification number, and then very specifically state "I do not wish to receive these calls from your company. Place me immediately on your DO NOT CALL list and do not call again. Future calls will be referred to the appropriate authorities for legal action.   Do you understand and acknowledge receipt of this directive?"
After that, keep good records and file a complaint as appropriate.

ROBO call blocker is blocking my wake up calls

I've had wake up calls for 3 years using my FIOS landline voice mail. I also Implemented robocall blocker about a year ago.
Within the past week, the blocker is now stopping the wake up calls.
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dezyndiva wrote:
that's part of the problem. I don't recall now how I set it up. However, It's illogical that I would have to turn it off
just to get wake up calls. Why now is the blocker recognizing the wake up call as coming from a robodialer,
it never blocked it for the past year.
With FiOS digital voice, there is no native "ROBO call blocker" so you must be using something else. If you're using something like nomorobo then it uses the simulatenous ring feature which can be disabled if nomorobo (or some other service like it) is blocking the call. You check your simulataneous ring setup.

Using the "Apply Call Blocking Percentage" parameter

Hi Guys, what I need to do is to limit the number of calls going to a particular route pattern during heavy load. So I'd like to see an upper and lower threshold limit on a route pattern where it would start to deny traffic as a %age to a particular route point/route pattern if the upper limit is met over a certain time period. Is this possible? How does the "Apply Call Blocking Percentage" feature when to start blocking calls and is it all the time whatever the traffic load?
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I am looking for a good Call Blocking App for my iPhone 5...any suggestions??

I am in need of a good call blocking app for iPhone....please any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

As Randy Landry1 says, Google for "silent ringtone", download and install on you iPhone as a ringtone.
Now create a contact for the offending phone number. Assign the contact to the silent ringtone and set no vibrate.
When that number calls it will not ring, nor vibrate. It will light up the screen, but if you do not see that, it will not bother you. They could leave voice mail, but that is easily deleted.
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Why is Call Block not available?????

I've started getting these harrasing political phone calls from the same number. In the past,
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I subscribe to Freedom Essentials, so I have Caler ID, Forwarding, and Voice mail. I never noticed
that they don't mention Call Block now.

There's always the Do Not Call List but unfortunately politicians are exempt. Like how they write the laws to suit their needs????
You could check with your states public utilities commission or verizon to see why it is no longer being offered.

Call Blocking does not. Is this just a scam too?

Verizon call blocking is a useless 'service', dozens of calls come through with no phone number at all on the caller ID, something Verizon specifically states it will NOT DO. Any ideas?
Verizon call blocking does not address scammers and money-seekers who have caller ID of "Not-Available' -- honestly my dog could figure out how to block these but Verizon cannot. Besides paying more money to someone else, is there any hope for the people who expected the Verizon service would work?

Scam no. A service that needs to be update to the 21th Century, yes. Still based on early callerid tecnhnology which is easily bypassed by all those so called "telemarketers" . You should have now trouble with ligitimate callers, but lots of illegal calls come in.

Using *77 to set 'anonymous' or 'unknown' call blocking is not working

Per instructions from Verizon, I used *77 to turn on anonymous call blocking last night. I dialed *77, and got a voice telling me that I have enabled anonymous call blocking.
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Unavavailable/unknown calls and anonymous/private calls are two different things. Anonymous calls are calls from someone who has chosen to block their telephone number from being displayed on your caller ID screen. This means the caller has dialed *67 before dialing your phone number (or they have what is called line blocking where all their outgoing caller id info is automatically blocked without them having to dial *67 before every call). *77 is used to block anonymous/private calls and force the caller to allow their caller id info to come through to your phone in order for the call to complete.
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HT204266 where can i get a call blocker app from?

Hi
I have been looking for an app which blocks calls . there are a few in the market but these are like really crap and they dont work. i dont want to have to resort to changing my number. my service provider is not able to block a number, the only way to do that is by going to the police. which i dont want to do , or change my number which i dnt want to do either.
please help! in desperate need of a good working call blocker!
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Check out this link: http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A
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I've blocked a contact with ios7 using call blocking feature but it still manage to call through ... anyone has this similar problem?

yeah, i've set a number to be blocked using the ios7's call block feature 2 days ago. today, the phone rang and displayed the number which i've blocked ... anyone encountered this problem?

Same thing just happened to me. I've created a "Spam Call" contact and have been adding numbers to it as they come in. Today is the first time that the phone rang that was named Spam Call. Very disappointing.

ARE YOU USING DIGITONE CALL BLOCKER ?

Have Verizon Freedom Essentials
Verizon Call Assist works great on my Desktop
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Great !
I've looked into it and it sure sounds terrific.
Please let me know what VZ phone service you have and what "equipment" it will be working with.
Thanks for your prompt response.
Happy Easter.
Tom
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Call Blocking -- Why can't we do it?

The simple question is, "Why can't we have an app or option to block unwanted calls, without jailbreaking the device?"
Some of you are going to say, "You can through your carrier." This is only partially true.
Verizon allows you to block 5 (just 5) calls via their website. But why have to go to their website to do this? What if you have a company-paid line and don't have login access to their site? Why do you have to renew your blocked numbers every 90 days?
My Blackberry Storm had an app that simply intercepted the call and dropped it or directed it to VM, if I had put the number on my block list. Blocking the contact was a simple as selecting the number from the incoming call list and choosing, "Block this contact" from the menu.
This seems to be related to the lack of flexibility in how calls are received by each contact. There are no separate controls for volume and vibrate that can be set per contact. If there were you could turn off vibrate and silence the ringtone for contacts you didn't want to be disturbed by, at the very least.
Had I known this simple functionality was not available I would not have bought this phone.

Thanks for the replies.
roaminggnome: I know it's not a feature. I am lamenting that very fact. And, yes, it was a great feature of the Blackberry (and others). Why does Apple not allow it? There has to be some business reason because it should be easy enough to accomplish if apps could intercept a call before it alerted you.
I also know that true call blocking is a carrier-level function. Wouldn't it be great if you could block the number on your iPhone and the option was saved on Verizon's server? Why not? Aren't smart phones supposed to be smart? I can easily block calls on my home phone through AT&T's U-Verse service.
Instead you have to jump through hoops to create a silent ringtone (or buy one). You have limited SMS tones to choose from and people talk about jailbreaking their phone just to add more. This was all easy and free on the Blackberry.
The Google Voice idea would be great if my true cell number weren't already out there. I really don't want to have to change numbers and have to redistribute it to all who should have it.
I really thought the iPhone would be like the Mac, with lots of cool options and functionality. I've had Macs since 1984. I may have been mistaken.

Why Apple does not provide for call block / blacklist function on iphone?

If Apple frowns upon jailbreaking the iPhone, why not AT THE LEAST endorse and make available third-party application that can provide a decent call block / blacklist function (like the Call Blocker for BlackBerry)?
Can an Apple representative provide feedback pls?
[Most telcos do not provide call-screening as a value-add service. Even if they do, a more cost-effective method is still the better option.]

Have you asked your service provider if they offer any call blocking service? I know here in the USA, AT&T does, although they do charge $4.99/month for the service (it is part of a parental control package that allows control of both numbers that can be blocked from calling you, and numbers that your iPhone can call to).
On-phone black list apps typically work by using caller id info and looking it up against the apps own database of numbers you've entered. So your phone still rings at least once, as the phone needs to allow a brief connection for the app to get the caller id info before disconnecting a number flagged for blocking. There really is no way to truly block calls from the phone itself, you need your service provider to be on board with the idea, so they can dis-allow the call at the switch and truly block it from ever reaching your phone.

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