(Wangiri)Lately, there has been an increase in suspicious calls from other regions
Consider deactivating your IDD 001 default IDD service
There have numerous reports of unknown callers from other regions recently. Citizens may be targeted and called many times by different unknown numbers, prompting you to call back. Some operators believe that the fraudsters may benefit from the IDD fees which you may be charged if you call back
HKJunkCall has enhanced the blocking for these numbers, while also untilizing Caller Identification database powered by Whoscall which will warn you as they are calling. If you need more powerful and realtime blocking, please enable the "Realtime Database"
Advice for citizens:
Don't call back or pick up these phone calls, and please report the number in app. Your report improves the database, helping us identify and block fraudulent or telemarketing numbers as soon as possible.
You may consider to add "+*" in the "Blacklist" of Call Defender to block all calls with "+" sign if no one will call you from other regions.
If you don't need IDD service, and think about the mobile service of the elderly and kids in your family. Avoid bill shock, please consider your own needs. You may ask your operator to deactivate your IDD 001 default IDD service. You may also consider deactivating all IDD service as well. Or even deactivating the voice and data roaming service if you don’t need it. It is not hard to activate again by calling the service hotline of your operator.
Care about your family, friends, elderly and kids, install Call Defender for them.