It may be against the law but we get so many here at our home “landline” number that we no longer answer that phone unless caller ID shows a name we know.
Same here and why I clicked on this story. We have two small businesses and orders/appointments do come via phone, so I always check to see if they left a message. Even robos leave messages, sometimes.
Googlebots spoof local area codes AND leave messages.
Can’t understand why cold calls are even a business model. So irritating, it’s negative branding.
We get those too. One guy yesterday (obviously from South Asia) kept calling me back after I told him to take me off his call list as I had been “rude” to him. When I get around to it I’ll sue him for the standard $1,400. I always win.