Table of contents:
- Call from 917371720, who is it?
- How to block calls from 917371720 and other spam numbers
- List of spam numbers identified by Tuexperto.com
From the beginning of September until now, many users have been reporting calls from the number 917 371 720. The report in all cases is the same: several calls during the day, at night and even on weekends. The prefix 917 belongs to the Community of Madrid, but who is 917371720 really? We see it below.
Call from 917371720, who is it?
"They called me several times in the afternoon and I don't know who it is", "I picked up the call and a recording that says goodbye answered ", "I return the call and nobody answers"… These and many others are some of the testimonies of several of the people affected by the calls of 917 371 720. Who is hiding behind this?
The truth is that today it is unknown. Some users claim that the operator in question claims to be from Microsoft's technical service from the city of Washington, but the truth is that Microsoft does not make this type of calls to users whatever the problem.
On the other hand, some people claim that the operator poses as a Vodafone worker to offer personalized rates and offers, although the company has completely demarcated itself from this phone number.
We can therefore confirm that it is a fraudulent call whose intentions could go beyond creating annoyance to users. In any case, it is best to proceed to block the number through the methods that we will detail below.
How to block calls from 917371720 and other spam numbers
Blocking a call from 917371720 and other numbers is a process that depends on whether we have a mobile line or a fixed telephone line.
If you have a landline, the process is as simple as entering the Lista Robinson website and entering all your personal data. Once we have successfully registered, we will add all the phone numbers where we want to stop receiving calls for advertising purposes.
The website, led by the Spanish Association of Digital Economy, will oblige any company of Spanish origin to stop making calls for commercial purposes, at the risk of breaching the Data Protection Law.
If we have a mobile phone, the method in this case is based on installing applications whose purpose is to identify and block advertising calls. Applications like True Caller for Android and Mr. Number for iPhone are two examples of applications to block spam calls.
When we have installed the application on the mobile, we will add the number 917371720 to the black list and activate the antispam filter: all calls from the number in question will be automatically redirected.
List of spam numbers identified by Tuexperto.com
