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[mrshckynut]

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@CoffeeNut wrote:

I only answer a call if it comes up on my Contact list.  All other calls go to voicemail.  

@CoffeeNut   we also have a contact list(directory) but our spam calls do not go to voicemail,   they do not ring because we have auto block for numbers not in our contact(directory) list

mrshckynut

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[wagirl]

@spumoni99 --thanks--and I don't really care what was said by that poster--just glad their 95 year old dad is so savvy!!!

[katie1859]

WHY WHY WHY did you answer????

You just opened yourself up to a bag of worms

you are going to get hit with so many. 

Block through your phone and send them to silence or if it's a landline get caller id

If you don't know whose calling DO NOT ANSWER

If it's important they will leave a voicemail

Just because your phone rin gs people doesn't mean you have to answer lolol

[VanSleepy]

I never understood why people say that if you answer, you are confirming that it is a "real" number. If it goes to your voice mail,  doesn't that indicate the same thing?

[RescueLover]

That’s why you use the phones DEFAULT voice mail message and not your own personal message.


They don’t know who they called. 😜

[Etoile308]

Why admonished the OP who admittedly acknowledged she knows she shouldn't have answered the phone. Haven't we all at some point made a mistake in judgement over something? Sometimes you are anticipating a call and don't pay close attention. Mistakes happen. Lesson learned to pay closer attention. She knew not to open any links. 

[SilleeMee]

I have answered calls where I don't recognize the number and for a good reason. I've missed some important calls that don't go to my voicemail b/c my voip service is using some kind of spam-filtering technology that blocks the 'spam callers' from leaving messages in my voicemail. 

Many of the callers are spammers, yes. They want me to refinance my mortgage, sell me a new roof, homeowners insurance or buy my house...the calls are homeowner related. So I tell them that I don't own a home and that they've called the wrong number. The number of calls I'm getting now have gone down to nearly none so I'm happy about that. 

[shoekitty]

I think best advice ever, is don't answer...let it go to voice mail.  Believe me, if it important or so,done you know they will leave a message.  Many, call the home number, and if they knkw me will try my cell.   Most of the calls I get that go to voicemail are telemarketers.  They hang up. Or if they the current robo spammer, they leave message telling mt it is the IRS, Social Security, or my bank account has been breeches.   All of those If I was worried or Leary I can call from numbers on the back of my bank card, credit card or I call my local SS.    I usually never even have to do that cause the call is so spammy