Grok Bot can take your number off. Here's how to leave the spam lists

What's trending: On October 15, Arash, founder of ScentWedge, posted from @MinimalDuck: "I got tired of all the spam calls I was getting so I had @bot find my number listed on sites and file the removals. I made it a free skill so you can do the same." In a reply he said the last straw was a call "claiming to be my bank." The free bot is called Spam-Call Scrubber. By that evening it was all over X, with people asking how to add it, and one early user posting that his bot was already finding his number on broker sites and filing removals. The same week, an X user named Wes posted that an email from [email protected] passed SPF, DKIM, and DMARC and even had the blue check, but something felt off, so he asked his bot for a security review. It found a hidden phishing link and explained why every check had passed.

How it works: Spam-Call Scrubber is a shared Bot template on x.ai from Arash (@MinimalDuck). Its page says it "finds your phone number on people-search sites and data brokers, submits the opt-outs, finishes the email confirmations, and re-checks on the schedule you choose," and that it asks only for the minimum details it needs. Think of data brokers as a phone book that sells itself to anyone with a dialer. This bot goes page by page asking them to tear yours out. You add it with Add to Grok Bot, which makes your own copy on your account. SpaceXSI's docs note that shared Bots are made by other users, not by SpaceXSI, and adding one means accepting the third-party bot terms.

The play: Numbers end up on old listings and people-search sites, and dialers buy those lists. The FTC says the National Do Not Call Registry is for personal numbers, "business phone numbers and fax lines are not covered," and it won't stop scammers making illegal calls anyway. So cleaning the lists the dialers buy from is one of the few moves you actually control. The same steps also work for a small business number.

How to run it: First, open the Spam-Call Scrubber page on x.ai, choose Add to Grok Bot, and read what it asks for before you start. Second, list the numbers you want off the lists: your cell and your home line. Third, give it the minimum it asks for and nothing more. If any site wants more than that, have the bot stop and ask you. Fourth, for the first run, tell it to show you the sites it found before it files anything, and press Take over when a CAPTCHA or code pops up. Fifth, decide which inbox it may use for the confirmation emails and tell it to touch nothing else there. Sixth, pick a recheck schedule, say monthly, and ask for a short report each time: sites found, opt-outs filed, still pending. Seventh, when a call, text, or email claims to be your bank, your carrier, or a vendor, send it to the bot for a check before you click, pay, or call back.

Watch out for: this is a third-party bot, not a SpaceXSI product, and its page says it may act on your behalf, so set your approval boundary before the first run. All of your bots share one cloud computer, so delete the list of names and numbers when the job is done. Fewer listings means fewer dialers that can find you, not zero calls. The FTC also points people to call-blocking and call-labeling services, so turn on your carrier's blocking too. Register your personal cell at DoNotCall.gov for free while you're at it. And if you do pick up a robocall, the FTC says hang up and don't press buttons to get off the list, which can lead to more calls.