if it was important they'd leave a vm, ya'know?
If they don't leave a VM, I assume they really want to sell me something.
I havent had my voicemail set up in 10 years
Is VM a thing yet? I have never get any VM in my life, oh, but spam calls, for sure, props to Yet Another Call Blocker.
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.
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
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?"
Bro why would they not leave a voicemail?
Surely this person "Scam Likely" has some very important info for me
Never, ever answer a call to your cell phone that you don't expect. If it's legitimate they will leave a message.
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.
It's because scammers have basically ruined an entire method of communication, and the FCC is just OK with it.
Just like physical mail
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.
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.
Is there any legit phone number look up sites? Pretty much all Google and Bing results are just spam.
I book marked this site from a suggestion elsewhere on the fediverse, https://free-lookup.net/
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
