Are robo dialers capable of pressing keys to advance through IVR menus, and if so, do they tend to follow any specific strategy (e.g., spamming #)? Here are two pages I found on the subject:http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28715445-How-I-stop-telespammers-dead-with-voip-ms-IVRhttps://robocall.devpost.com/submissions/11020-hi-it-s-me-ivrI tried to set something up like this, but I am running into two problems:My main number does not allow routing to my IVR menu, only to the auto-receptionist. My second and third number can be routed to my IVR menu.My business partners and I take shifts answering the phone. It would be a pain to go into the IVR menu settings every time I need to change the extension over to someone else. Is there a way I can funnel the IVR into somewhere where the destination extension can be changed very quickly?Thanks.

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"Press 1 to be connected" option in IVR a viable way to filter out robo callers?

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Are robo dialers capable of pressing keys to advance through IVR menus, and if so, do they tend to follow any specific strategy (e.g., spamming #)? Here are two pages I found on the subject:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28715445-How-I-stop-telespammers-dead-with-voip-ms-IVR

https://robocall.devpost.com/submissions/11020-hi-it-s-me-ivr

I tried to set something up like this, but I am running into two problems:

My main number does not allow routing to my IVR menu, only to the auto-receptionist. My second and third number can be routed to my IVR menu.
My business partners and I take shifts answering the phone. It would be a pain to go into the IVR menu settings every time I need to change the extension over to someone else. Is there a way I can funnel the IVR into somewhere where the destination extension can be changed very quickly?

Thanks.

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saadet.swift

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Hey CHANTRY,

Do you have a Single or Multi-Level IVR?

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bjsvec

The First Step

Yes, some robo dialers may use DTMF tones to navigate an IVR, but I think in most cases they would do that to stay in the IVR and use up toll free minutes for a traffic pumping scam. See here for more about that particular scam: http://www.awardconsulting.net/traffic-pumping-case-of-the-phantom-caller/

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john-ream

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Brandon - that's exactly what is happening to us. These robocalls are not selecting an extension and are disconnected at the end of our greeting, however, they are using up 1:44 of our RingCentral credits every time they call. Because of this, RingCentral is charging us ever few days for additional call credits. I'm becoming suspicious that these robocalls are simply a revenue generator for RingCentral.

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american-asset-protection

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This is very frustrating that there is no real solution available. This is additional costs and loss of revenue when real clients are trying to reach you. I'm tired of blocking calls we have over 900 of these calls within the last 2 days. Exploring other service providers if RingCentral does not immediately address this issue.

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