Incessant calls from Belgium: how to block them
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Hello, for the past 2 weeks I've been receiving calls 3 to 4 times a day from the number 03 02 01, all coming from Belgium. After a week, I decided to answer, and it was someone talking to me about free offers... I would like to know how to stop them from calling me from different numbers every time, even if I block them, more different numbers keep calling.
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Hello,
I have exactly the same problem as you with calls 2 to 3 times a day from a +322...
So you need to block the prefix because the number changes with each call...
It's still strange that so many people are affected by this spamming and that it continues...
I have exactly the same problem as you with calls 2 to 3 times a day from a +322...
So you need to block the prefix because the number changes with each call...
It's still strange that so many people are affected by this spamming and that it continues...
Hello
Bouygues does not offer any call filtering.
The simplest solution is to install an application that will do the job. There are several available. You should be able to find one that suits you.
For example: Calls Blacklist
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vladlee.easyblacklist&hl=fr
Among the features, you have the option to block all numbers coming from Belgium (or starting with ...)
Bouygues does not offer any call filtering.
The simplest solution is to install an application that will do the job. There are several available. You should be able to find one that suits you.
For example: Calls Blacklist
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vladlee.easyblacklist&hl=fr
Among the features, you have the option to block all numbers coming from Belgium (or starting with ...)
Sorry: I didn't remember that you have an iPhone.
I don't know if there are equivalent apps for Apple.
Here is a list: https://famisafe.wondershare.com/fr/blocker/best-call-blocker-apps.html
I think the most interesting one is TrueCaller, which detects spam in calls: https://www.igen.fr/app-store/2017/01/truecaller-filtre-le-spam-parmi-vos-appels-98540
I don't know if there are equivalent apps for Apple.
Here is a list: https://famisafe.wondershare.com/fr/blocker/best-call-blocker-apps.html
I think the most interesting one is TrueCaller, which detects spam in calls: https://www.igen.fr/app-store/2017/01/truecaller-filtre-le-spam-parmi-vos-appels-98540
Hello,
I have the same problem and I saw on another forum that you can block calls from Belgium by doing: +32*
I’ll give it a try and keep you posted.
I have the same problem and I saw on another forum that you can block calls from Belgium by doing: +32*
I’ll give it a try and keep you posted.
Like all of you, I receive 3 calls a day from numbers starting with +32 2 on my mobile, and it hangs up every time.
This morning, for once, I waited and was able to speak to the caller. I made sure to seem interested to find out who they were.
It is a Belgian company named Smart Capital Avenue Houba de Strooper 616, 1020 Brussels, Belgium https://www.smart-capital.net/en-be
They are trying to sell you financial training. I asked them how they got my number and the response was very, very vague. I wonder if it has something to do with eToro, which I signed up for when these calls started.
This morning, for once, I waited and was able to speak to the caller. I made sure to seem interested to find out who they were.
It is a Belgian company named Smart Capital Avenue Houba de Strooper 616, 1020 Brussels, Belgium https://www.smart-capital.net/en-be
They are trying to sell you financial training. I asked them how they got my number and the response was very, very vague. I wonder if it has something to do with eToro, which I signed up for when these calls started.
Hello,
For your information, when you subscribe to an internet offer, the operator adds your number to the universal directory (due to the law), so as a result, all salespeople go to this directory to be able to harass you by phone.
Therefore, it is up to you to have it removed; see "Modify my listing" here:
https://www.assistance.bouyguestelecom.fr/offre-factures/modifier-informations-personnelles/parution-annuaire-universel
https://assistance.orange.fr/assistance-commerciale/la-gestion-des-informations-personnelles/gerer-votre-inscription-dans-l-annuaire/annuaire-universel-informations_39901-40468
The enemy is stupid: he thinks we are the enemy when it is him!
Pierre Desproges
(Windows 10 Configuration).
For your information, when you subscribe to an internet offer, the operator adds your number to the universal directory (due to the law), so as a result, all salespeople go to this directory to be able to harass you by phone.
Therefore, it is up to you to have it removed; see "Modify my listing" here:
https://www.assistance.bouyguestelecom.fr/offre-factures/modifier-informations-personnelles/parution-annuaire-universel
https://assistance.orange.fr/assistance-commerciale/la-gestion-des-informations-personnelles/gerer-votre-inscription-dans-l-annuaire/annuaire-universel-informations_39901-40468
The enemy is stupid: he thinks we are the enemy when it is him!
Pierre Desproges
(Windows 10 Configuration).
Hello,
If a number starts with 03, the call comes from the northeast of France, not from Belgium.
Give an example of a complete number.
If a number starts with 03, the call comes from the northeast of France, not from Belgium.
Give an example of a complete number.
Hello,
I too receive those spam calls from Belgium, and as someone working in telecommunications, I can tell you that operators do very little, if anything at all, as long as it doesn't cost them money, and at worst, if it brings them profit, they just let it happen... Either you block the prefixes or you keep reporting... At the same time, lol, but what is the police doing? There’s money to be seized, isn't there? I'm joking of course, it’s funny... Ironic. Welcome to the modern world...
I too receive those spam calls from Belgium, and as someone working in telecommunications, I can tell you that operators do very little, if anything at all, as long as it doesn't cost them money, and at worst, if it brings them profit, they just let it happen... Either you block the prefixes or you keep reporting... At the same time, lol, but what is the police doing? There’s money to be seized, isn't there? I'm joking of course, it’s funny... Ironic. Welcome to the modern world...
hello
I had the same problem as you on my mobile with numbers coming from abroad, so I changed my app to Tel.. and I installed the "Telephone" app from Orange, which replaced the native one. In the blocking settings, I blocked all countries except mine, and since then, I'm good!
I had the same problem as you on my mobile with numbers coming from abroad, so I changed my app to Tel.. and I installed the "Telephone" app from Orange, which replaced the native one. In the blocking settings, I blocked all countries except mine, and since then, I'm good!
Hello,
That's interesting. It would be nice if other operators provided an equivalent app.
At Free, you have to go through the account management interface to block by prefixes. It's longer, but it has the merit of existing.
That's interesting. It would be nice if other operators provided an equivalent app.
At Free, you have to go through the account management interface to block by prefixes. It's longer, but it has the merit of existing.
Hello Pierr 10
I totally agree with you, indeed my wife's is with Free and every time I have to add the miscreants, I've even caught some arthritis in my fingers (lol)
I totally agree with you, indeed my wife's is with Free and every time I have to add the miscreants, I've even caught some arthritis in my fingers (lol)
Good evening
The problem is mitigated by the app "calls blacklist" which automatically blocks any call listed on the blacklist, but the phenomenon continues, usually after a "network outage" from my operator.
The problem is mitigated by the app "calls blacklist" which automatically blocks any call listed on the blacklist, but the phenomenon continues, usually after a "network outage" from my operator.
The problem with my wife's phone is that it's an antique, plus she has a €2 plan. I cut her data; I thought about installing the Orange app for her, but it's complicated with her. "What a woman wants, God wants," says the old adage.
I too have been receiving calls for over a month from Belgium, and more specifically from the Brussels area (+32 2 .....), but never the same number.
I never answer and block the numbers, and of course, my operator can't do anything (I even suspect they might be behind the problem, as since I called them twice about this issue, the calls have increased).
What can I do to make this stop?
I never answer and block the numbers, and of course, my operator can't do anything (I even suspect they might be behind the problem, as since I called them twice about this issue, the calls have increased).
What can I do to make this stop?
Hello
I'm experiencing the same thing: unsolicited calls from numbers coming from Belgium (the latest one this morning at 10:00 AM: +32 2 523 60 27). This has been happening for at least 2 weeks.
Each time, it's a new number.
Isn't this borderline harassment?
For your information, I answered once without speaking... and it hung up immediately.
The phenomenon seems to be intensifying (frequency per day).
I'm experiencing the same thing: unsolicited calls from numbers coming from Belgium (the latest one this morning at 10:00 AM: +32 2 523 60 27). This has been happening for at least 2 weeks.
Each time, it's a new number.
Isn't this borderline harassment?
For your information, I answered once without speaking... and it hung up immediately.
The phenomenon seems to be intensifying (frequency per day).
Hello,
I also received a call this morning around 10:32, but from a different number than yours.
However, I discovered this morning, by typing my mobile number into a search engine, that it is assigned to another person in Henin Beaumont. I think my provider is going to have some explanations to give me.
I also received a call this morning around 10:32, but from a different number than yours.
However, I discovered this morning, by typing my mobile number into a search engine, that it is assigned to another person in Henin Beaumont. I think my provider is going to have some explanations to give me.
Same for me. It’s been almost a month that this is ongoing.
All the numbers come from Belgium, it seems to be from the Brussels area (+32 2 ....).
Never the same number, and calls from 3 to 10 times a day...
It's really starting to be bothersome...
PS: I answered twice, once it hung up immediately, the other time it was a telemarketer...
All the numbers come from Belgium, it seems to be from the Brussels area (+32 2 ....).
Never the same number, and calls from 3 to 10 times a day...
It's really starting to be bothersome...
PS: I answered twice, once it hung up immediately, the other time it was a telemarketer...
Hello everyone,
I have the same problem, regular calls +32 2 ... (for example today +32 2 445 48 14, +32 2 819 46 46) from different numbers, which my phone identifies as coming from Brussels.
It started in October or November, it calmed down a bit in December and it's starting again.
I had to block about fifteen numbers but since they are different numbers each time, I think it doesn't help at all.
I have the same problem, regular calls +32 2 ... (for example today +32 2 445 48 14, +32 2 819 46 46) from different numbers, which my phone identifies as coming from Brussels.
It started in October or November, it calmed down a bit in December and it's starting again.
I had to block about fifteen numbers but since they are different numbers each time, I think it doesn't help at all.
The only effective solution, this phone: Panasonic KX-TGH722GS, but strangely very little acclaimed...look for the mistake!
It's 99.9% foreign call centers that can use a Belgian number or others, EVERYTHING can be bought!
If there's no European solution, nothing will change, and since Europe is only remembered to explain a bad decision made by its government...