How to block calls from a specific country

[davehorne]

Hi, thanks for reading this in English. 

I've been receiving phone calls from country code 222.  The scam, they hope I call back and then I'm charged exorbitant fees.  They typically hang up after one ring. 

Is it possible to use 'wild card characters', like we used to do with MS DOS, when entering numbers in the Blocked Calls list? 

I can easily block each number after they come in but it would be great to block all calls from +222.

Thanks, Dave Horne. Galaxy Note 10+, up to date as of 20 Oct. 2019

[BruceH]

@davehorne,

Unfortunately there isn't an option to block international dialing codes on the S8+. Perhaps you could check the Play Store for a third party app which allows this option.

[davehorne · Accepted solution]

I must have posted in the wrong section as I have a Note 10+.

I did a modest amount of research into blocking an entire country and it appears it is possible.

The calls I received all started with +222.  I simply entered +222 as a blocked number and apparently there was no further need for me to use wild card characters.  (In MS DOS I recall we would either use ? or * as a wild card.  It was a long time ago.    )

At any rate, I believe I have a solution as I haven't received any calls since I added +222 to Blocked Calls.

All the best, Dave Horne - Vught

[BruceH]

Ah, that's great. I found this solution on another Community, but couldn't test this myself. Glad to read it works out for you and thanks for sharing.