I recently got a new phone and transferred my number from my old phone to my new phone. Suddenly the number of spam calls I receive went way down. Why would this happen? I’m still using the same number. I’m concerned that anyone I did not put on my contact list may now be gettng blocked. Its just weird to me.
I’ve long suspected these spammers have more information than just your number. I use to get annoying calls from the same number all the time and my blocking attempts always failed. I changed that number to a silent ring tone and at least that worked.
Call a few of your contacts and ask them to call you, as a test. Good reason to say hello to folks with whom you have not talked in a while, too.
A response to you and comments for the OP:
New phones often have a setting to “Silence unknown callers”. If this is the case for your new phone, if someone who is not on your contact list calls, it will go directly to voicemail.
If it’s your friends/family, or doctor, etc. they will leave a message. If they don’t leave a message, it was most likely spam.
To the OP: Do not respond. If it is not someone you personally know or do business with, they don’t deserve the time of day. Delete the text.
To anyone else who might see/read this: Your phone has a “silence unknown callers” setting for a reason. Use it. Occasionally, something might get through. I know that my phone occasionally comes up with a call or voice mail saying “SPAM RISK” as the caller. Mighty nice of them.
For other occasions, I’ve created a special contact called “SPAM”, and which has the ringtone silenced. If any spam callers make it through, I simply add them to that contact, and know that I will never hear them again.
Protect yourself. Don’t be a sucker.