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How are people getting so many spam calls? I've gotten maybe 2 in the last 5 years. Not that I want spam calls but people consistently reporting getting several a week, or even day, makes me concerned I've done something wrong. Like some government system I'm supposed to be signed up to but I've somehow missed
I get them because I was jobless for six months. Now that a lot of job sites sell your data and some jobs are straight up fake to collect data, it is so hard to stay off a list.
I was talking about this with my partner. The meta now is to use a dedicated email and phone number when applying for jobs.
If you start at a new job and get a phone number that happens to have been owned by someone that signed up to a lot of stuff then you will get them... I sometimes also get random phonecall from old ppl that goes "oh shit wrong person" or text messages wishing me a happy birthday, I feel bad for those ppl. In the beginning did I answer them but it was annoying after x amount.
Apparently did I get a old mans phone number who was very loved but very bad at communicating that he changed his phone number and also signed up for many things. So I only answer if it is with in my work hours otherwise do I just ignore the phone call completely.
I got a lot of spam calls when I started signing up for "rewards programs" and eventually stopped signing up for them. I get 1-2 a week now.
Some mobile networks have spam protection that's enabled automatically.
You could also have a "clean" number, especially if you don't use your phone number anywhere online, haven't answered a spam call before, and nobody used it before you (or the previous user was a long time ago).
Spam callers can't robodial literally every number, so they rely on lists of phone numbers that are known to be good/active, for example if they've answered a spam call before, if the number has been in a data leak, etc.
I don't know if this is still accurate, but I have a friend who used to answer calls from unknown numbers with "hello, this is First name Lastname."
I don't even answer calls from unknown numbers. His approach boggled my mind, in part because of what you just said.
Older people do this a lot. Either their full name, or "Lastname residence"
The scary thing these days is that someone needs just a few samples of your voice to be able to clone it using AI. I suspect that scammers will do that, if they're not already doing it, then use it to scam family members. We're going to get to a point where we can't trust people are who they say they are.
You and I do not sign up to shit that requires our phone numbers. Presumably because we do not enjoy getting fucking owned.
I don't know how or why, but it's 5-6 a day some days. Most get autofiltered so it doesn't even ring but they still get to leave voicemails for some dumb reason. So I end up with an inbox full of clearly AI voice generated messages. Many of them are the exact same handful of recordings. It's honestly frustrating as hell.
I can't use voicemail anymore. My message says "You can leave a message if you want, but I'll never listen to it. If you want to reach me, send a text at this number, or email me at XXX." That gets rid of most of the bullshit, and I only have to deal with people who were motivated to go the extra step to reach me.