• FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is one step more than I do: If someone calls me there is a 99% chance it’s spam so I never answer. If they do not leave a voicemail, I am 100% not calling them back.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    One time I got 3 calls over the course of two days from a number my phone identified as “Scam Likely” and then a text from my friend saying “I put you down as a reference for a job at the Department of Defense can you call them back?”

  • Jim@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If I don’t get a text or voice-mail right after the missed call, that’s how I know it was a scammer. If someone really wants to contact me they’ll try option B

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My experience with scam callers has been that if you pick it up, they will keep calling because they flag your line as live. At one point, back when I’d answer and threaten to report them, it would be at least one call an hour, every single day. Since I stopped picking up, I rarely get calls anymore unless there’s a data leak with a company I use. Then I’ll see a little ramp up for a month or two before it dies down again.

    • Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      If you pick up but mute instantly and wait for them to hang up, they will flag it as a data line and never call again.

  • ItsGatorSeason@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I googled one once after it left an obvious scam voicemail which led me to the virtual phone number providers site. I looked at reporting it on the FCCs website, but reporting there is a PIA. You have to fill out a big form to create a report. The virtual number providers site had it’s own report page which took 2 seconds to fill out. Later that day I got an email saying they take it seriously, it’s a Google voice number or something and they’re opening an investigation. The next day I get an email saying they concluded their investigation and the number was disconnected and the account terminated. It was kinda satisfying, though I doubt it impacted the scammer much.

  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s because scammers have basically ruined an entire method of communication, and the FCC is just OK with it.

  • TGTX@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Is there any legit phone number look up sites? Pretty much all Google and Bing results are just spam.

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    1 year ago

    It’s probably my phone number, I get endless people phoning and saying they have a missed call. I presume it’s scammers faking my number