I was sitting here reading this and got two of these calls. One had no one there, and the other one got to “How are you today?”. I answered, like I always do, “Just peachy keen!” and they promptly hung up. I have found that 80% to 90% of them will hang up. I’m not real sure why. I did have one guy in very broken English ask me, “What does that mean?”. I explained it to him and he still didn’t get it.
I do try to have fun with them, especially the computer scammers. I’ve kept some on the line for 45 minutes. I figure if they’re trying to scam me, they aren’t going after someone else who might be more susceptible.
I answer a company phone where I can't ignore a call no matter how suspicious it looks and I've noticed a huge increase in these 1 or 2 ring calls and hang ups. I can only hope the scammers are being blocked or they are paranoid as hell.
I think there are some out there who just sell lists of verified numbers to scammers.
If you answer the phone they put you on the list.