What is EveryCall.us? EveryCall.us is a free service to help consumers identify unknown callers and stop unwanted telephone calls. Most American's receive some form of unwanted telephone call on a regular basis, from old fashioned telemarketing to reminder calls, telephone fraud to debt collectors, we provide a forum for users to find out who's calling them and to help put a stop to those calls.
How do I use EveryCall.us? It's really easy. Just type in the telephone number that showed up on your caller ID in the search box and information about who possibly could be calling from that number will be displayed, including a list of user comments displayed which contain information about the person or company calling from that number. You can leave your comment if you have unique information to add and make available to others.
Where does your caller identification information come from?
We receive data from a number of sources including Information contributions and submissions from users, telephone directories, public data sources and Governement information.
Are all telephone numbers contained within EveryCall.us associated with telemarketers, scams, etc?
Not necessarily. Many telephone numbers are from legitimate businesses with legitimate reasons for calling you. Our goal is to help you determine who's calling you if the caller ID information is missing or if the caller didn't leave a message; so we try to provide the most complete listing of numbers including business listings and pay phones which aren't associated with telemarketing.
What information should I include in my call comment? At a minimum, you should include the telephone number from your caller ID, the call type (telemarketing, prank, etc.), and as much information you can collect about the caller as possible. When you are talking to the telemarketer, make sure to get the company name, address, website, and any other details that you can share with the EveryCall community. Just make sure that you're honest with what you post online.
I searched for a telephone number and there are no comments yet. What should I do? If a number isn't in our database yet, you can be the first to add your comments. Leave as much information as you can about the caller, or simply leave a comment asking for others to help. You'd be surprised how quickly people will respond once your request is posted.
How can I see all of the call comments on a Google Map? Each call comment is mapped on a Google Map so that you can see what parts of the world are receiving telephone calls from a particular telephone number. There is a "Show Map" link on every call comment page which you can click to display the map.
What is comment voting? Why should I vote? Comment voting is an essential function to EveryCall.us. By clicking on the thumbs up or thumbs down buttons located on each comment, you can help control which comment is the best appears at the top of the page so that others can find the best information quickly. Alternatively, if you find a comment to be not helpful, you can vote thumbs down and that comment will be higlighted in red so that users know to avoid that comment.
What are the rules for EveryCall.us? We're glad you asked! Pleas refrain from using profanity, making threats or harrassing other users, posting personal information about an individual, and spamming or using EveryCall.us to promote your business or product. Please be respectful of others and report any postings that violate our rules. Thanks!
Why create an account on EveryCall.us? Well because it takes only 5 seconds! Seriously though, creating an account saves you time, automatically fills in several fields when leaving a call comment or report, allows you to respond to comments, you can receive updates on calls you've received by email and you'll get your own profile page (with a link to your blog or website).
Will my account information be kept private?
Absolutely. EveryCall.us will not share this information to anyone. The only piece of personal information we require is an email address to create an account. Information about your location and website is provided optionally and will be displayed on your public profile page.
I see that there are Advertisements on EveryCall.us, are you guys evil profiteers? The proceeds from advertising will be put towards development of new features for the website, and we have a long list of features we want to add. Please support EveryCall.us by supporting our advertisers!
What is the EveryCall search widget? We've created a widget for you to include in any of your websites or blogs which will allow your users or readers the ability to search the EveryCall website directly from your site. We think it will be a handy tool for your users. To install the widget, simply click on the GET HTML link and copy and paste the HTML into the appropriate section of your website.
Call Control Pre-purchase Questions
Will Call Control work on my Blackberry device?
Call Control was designed to work on any modern Blackberry device, including the Storm, Bold, Curve, Pearl and others.
RIM Blackberry OS version 4.5 and above is required for this application. To check the version of your OS, simply click Shift+Alt+H and read the application version. To update your OS to 4.5 or higher, visit na.blackberry.com/eng/services/devices/#tab_tab_update or connect your blackberry to your desktop PC via the provided USB cable.
The easiest thing to do is to download the free trial of Call Control to see it in action.
Can I download Call Control for free to try it out?
Yes. From your Blackberry, visit http://www.everycall.us/store to download Call Control Lite for free.
Does Call Control work on text (SMS) messages too?
Not at this time, but we plan to add this feature in the future.
Call Control General Questions
What is Call Control?
Have you ever wished that a telemarketer or robo-caller would ‘just stop calling’? Enter Call Control, the first ever intelligent Call Blocking application that ‘knows’ which calls to block, stopping spam callers dead in their tracks. Think of it as a spam filter for telephone calls. Call Control is continually updated with a “Community Blacklist” of spam callers (containing over 250,000 callers) to ensure that unwanted callers are not allowed to call your Blackberry.
What makes Call Control better than the other call blocking apps out there?
Call Control blocks calls before they ring, while other call blocking applications block calls only after they ring. Other apps require the user to manually add each telephone number they want to block to the black list, which requires that a.) you know what number to enter and b.) manual data entry.
Call Control contains a huge Community Blacklist of spam callers and blocks them automatically before they ring. We think the point is to stop these calls without them ever ringing and require no involvement from the user, which other applications simply can’t do.
What is the Community Blacklist?
The Community Blacklist by EveryCall.us is an enormous database containing telephone numbers of spam callers. The Community Blacklist is comprised of user reports and comments, Government Do-Not-Call complaints and reports from other Call Control users. The Community Blacklist is continually updated with new spam callers keeping users protected against new spam callers.
But I’m on the Do-Not-Call list, why do I need Call Control?
The Do-Not-Call list does a decent job of reducing some spam calls, but it doesn’t eliminate all of them. A Harris poll reports that 73% of American’s registered on the Do-Not-Call list still receive telemarketing calls. Plus political calls and some other forms of telemarketing are allowed even to telephone numbers registered on the Do-Not-Call list. And obviously telephone scammers and robo-dialers aren’t going to play by the rules.
Call Control does what the Do-Not-Call list can’t by stopping unwanted calls completely, including calls from scammers, phishing schemes, political surveys, debt collectors and other callers which have been identified as spam callers.
How can I download and install Call Control?
To download Call Control, visit http://www.everycall.us/store/ from your computer or Blackberry internet browser to download Call Control Lite free or to buy Call Control Pro. Either way Call Control can be downloaded and installed Over-the-Air (OTA) directly from your Blackberry.
Can I report calls to EveryCall.us from my Blackberry?
Yes. We’ve made it easy for Call Control users to report spam calls directly from their Blackberry. By reporting spam callers, you not only expose the callers but you also increase the quality and breadth of the Community Blacklist.
Does Call Control have a Blacklist and Whitelist?
Yes. Call Control features a local, private Blacklist and Whitelist that is not shared.
When I install Call Control, the Blacklist is empy, is this thing working right?
Yes! The Blacklist option from the main menu is for numbers that you've added only. Spam callers from the Community Blacklist are not listed in this menu.
Does Call Control block Unknown or Private callers?
Yes. Callers with Private/Blocked/Unknown caller ID are blocked. This setting can be enabled or disabled easily from the settings menu.
How can Call Control save my minutes?
Spam calls are not only annoying but they also waste minutes. Call Control blocks spam callers and reduces the number of minutes that are wasted answering these unwanted calls.
What happens when calls are blocked?
Largely blocked calls are sent to voicemail, however this behavior varies by carrier. Call Control disconnects the call before it rings.
Does Call Control make my phone ring once like ‘other’ call blocking apps?
Nope. We’ve made sure that the phone DOES NOT ring at all when calls are blocked!
What if a safe number gets blocked?
If a call you were expecting was blocked, either by your personal blacklist or the Community Blacklist you can simply add the number to your white list to solve this problem. You can see which calls have been blocked by accessing the “Blocked Call Log” from the main menu. Select the number, click the application button and select “Add to white list”.
How do you select callers for the Community Blacklist?
Callers are included in the Community Blacklist which have met certain criteria based upon reports from Call Control users, EveryCall.us users and government Do-Not-Call complaint information.
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