User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hi, can Apple allow the features to block any incoming call from other countries, user only receive incoming call from their origin country, this can avoid scammer call. The features really helps. Thanks.
Posted on Oct 21, 2026 8:58 PM
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 22, 2026 1:49 AM in response to iloveChengLei
There is an important distinction: a call's country code does not necessarily reveal where the caller is physically located. Scammers can spoof caller ID numbers, use local numbers, or route calls through other countries. Therefore, country-based blocking could reduce some unwanted calls, but it would not eliminate scam calls entirely.
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 22, 2026 1:51 AM in response to iloveChengLei
iloveChengLei wrote:
The features really helps. Thanks.
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User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)Oct 22, 2026 1:36 AM in response to iloveChengLei
Apple does not have a native, built-in feature to automatically block all incoming international calls based on country code.
User level: Level 9 (62,211 points)Oct 27, 2026 9:49 AM in response to iloveChengLei
> The features really helps
In what way?
I receive many, many scam calls every single day. Looking through my call log for the last 2,000 calls or so, I can see exactly three international callers, and two of them I recall as being actual calls.
The vast majority of calls are not only from (or at least identify themselves as from) the US, but specifically my home area code.
That's despite I know for a fact that the scammers are predominantly from India or Pakistan (I once had a 25 minute conversation with some scammer in Pakistan about why he does this, and whether he could find a better use for his life, but I digress...).
The point is that it's so easy to fake Caller ID that the number you see means little to nothing - in fact, for me, an unrecognized call from my home area code is more likely to be a scam than one from an international number, and blocking international numbers would make no practical difference.
I'm not sure why the scammers that target you are showing as an international number since it's so easy for them to present any number they like. It may be something in your profile or your phone that makes them think that country code is relevant for you.
Either way... gotta run... my phone is ringing as I type... probably about the new Medicare enrollment, or maybe about final expense insurance...
/edit... nope, it was the accident claims department calling about that 'accident I had in the past two years that is showing as unclaimed' <sigh>
User level: Level 10 (201,695 points)Oct 27, 2026 10:35 AM in response to Camelot
Camelot wrote:
The point is that it's so easy to fake Caller ID that the number you see means little to nothing - in fact, for me, an unrecognized call from my home area code is more likely to be a scam than one from an international number, and blocking international numbers would make no practical difference.
For about a month, I was getting spam calls offering to help me with my IRS issues. A surprising number of them were allegedly from Canada. I was getting one or two a day for that month. Then they just stopped. They did make a nice change from the ones offering to help me pay off my student loans (I graduated in 1984!).
User level: Level 10 (107,674 points)Oct 27, 2026 9:52 AM in response to iloveChengLei
Did you mean it would help? I doubt it.
Try call screening in Settings, Apps, Phone.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380638