Don’t answer/reject the call
That's what I do.
Most junk calls seem to come from RNC Hq. Give them a buck and they are your best friend forever..
Don’t answer/reject the call
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Hold your (anonymous) calls please and close the thread. That is THE only way to deal with anonymous calls.
If a call comes in and they immediately hang up when the voicemail activates I Know It’s Just Junk.. if they leave a message I will listen and if it’s something important or that I need to return a call I will. That’s my filter.
I get 4 or 5 spam calls per day.
I read not too long ago that if you pick up it tells their computer that somebody is at that number and you will continue to get phone calls but I have also hardly ever answered those phone calls and I still get those phone calls so I don’t know what to tell you.
Just to expand on this:
Often times your number is generated randomly, or sequentially. It is fed into a predictive dialer. It will dial your number in order to present the call to the next available telemarketer,
The second you answer your phone the number in the file is listed as “live”. This means it goes to a telephone that is answered by a human. It’s like sending up a flare to a telemarketing company.
Now, that number (your number) will be stored in a file of live numbers. It means it will get recycled over and over; fed into the next list of calls. Knowing the numbers are live makes the subsequent calls much more efficient. The company KNOWS there are living people home and they can skip all of those “dead” numbers. This means you will get called more.
Now that the company has a big list of “live” numbers they will sell those lists to other companies. This means MORE calls coming to your phone.
If you don’t recognize the number don’t answer. After a few attempts, the computer system at the telemarketer will either put your number in a low efficiency list or they will simply delete the number.
Obviously, you want to be able to see the caller id and be aware of who “should” be calling you. I know many of us were programmed over years to respond to a ringing bell, but you actually don’t have to answer strange numbers. If they want you, they will leave a message, send a text, or call back. Most businesses will have the proper caller ID.