Haunted by my phone number's last owner
Last year, I was forced to switch to a new phone number (long and unrelated story), and I immediately saw a huge uptick in scam calls and texts compared to my previous number. I'm used to the occasional spam, but lately I've been regularly getting through days with 10+ spam calls. I get spam texts asking me about a piece of property I do not own. Phony and inflammatory "political alerts" that, without getting into it, do not align with any of my own politics. Apparently I've even got a free Margaritaville cruise waiting for me. I'm completely over it and feel like I'm being driven insane.
Is there anything I can do to exorcise the former owner of my number? If it's of any use, I believe I've been able to piece together his identity from the invasive messages (some of which have contained his full home address!). Obviously won't be sharing any of that, but I will say that he passed away in 2019 (if I did my detective work right) and seemed very prone to giving out his phone number to some very disreputable people.
Will a service like Incogni be of any help? Does it take a one-time scrub, or will it be an ongoing fight? Will anything help at all? I'm at a loss and don't know where to even begin. Not even looking to stop all spam, just desperate to reduce it even a little bit!!