On 10/10/2018 05:33 PM, 123456789 wrote:
On 10/10/2018 2:18 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-10-10, 123456789 wrote:

I've found that most of the spam callers are spoofing their phone
number to be not only from the same area code but the same exchange as
ours.

I've read that some spoof your own number just to get you to pick up

I haven't yet gotten one of those, of that spoofed any number I was
expecting a call from.

So if we get a call from the local exchange and it's a number that we
do not otherwise recognize we just let the answering machine pick it
up.

If you can stand those several spam rings before the answering machine
picks up that's good. It bugs the hell out of me...

IIRC, my phone does have a button to silence the ringer. That makes the
wait (to see if they leave a message) less annoying.

(Unless I have time to have a little fun with the scammers.)

I've never thought it wise to **** off any anonymous caller who knows my
phone number and possibly my name and address. Paybacks (swatting, false
deliveries, etc.) are relatively easy to do from most anywhere.

I could never do that with a scanner, although sometimes it's
interesting to listen to those on the internet.

BTW two more one ringers today since my last report...

I do sometimes get those. Since such a call doesn't have caller ID I
don't answer it.

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