On 07/22/2018 08:12 PM, Nil wrote:

[snip]

I mentioned before that I keep a log of all junk calls, going back to
2012 (you could legitimately say that I have too much time on my hands,
but whatever...) I sometime call back the (ostensive) caller number -
here if you precede the call with *69 your own Caller ID will be hidden
- and I almost always find that the number is invalid, that is, faked.

Or the number could belong to someone who has nothing to do with the
junk caller, so YOU are annoying someone (same thing that can happen
when you respond to spam email).

Also, I get a lot of calls that claim to be from a city, state (like
"NEW YORK, NY". I was surprised last week when I got one with such an ID
that was legitimate (robocall but still legitimate, announcement of a
burn ban).

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"If God dropped acid, would he see people?" [Steven Wright]