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Originally Posted by KenHorse
Running my own business, we receive these BS scam calls all the time (especially "This is John from Medicare Services").
If I have time, I'll lead them on and play for a while (I figure more time with me, less time for them to scam the gullible).
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The more you answer, the more lists your phone number goes on. The scammers sell each other lists of numbers where people answer the phone. I used to do the same thing, and at one point, was up to about 20 scam calls a day. Thankfully, I had mostly transitioned away from that line for business calls.
I tried not answering at all, even went so far as to have the line disconnected for a month, but still. they kept calling. I bought a phone set that requires callers who haven't been pre-approved to announce their name, then press pound, in order to make the phone ring. That pretty much put a stop to scammers getting through, but even now, almost a year after I quit talking to them, the calls persist.
The calls still show up on the caller ID, so I know the volume of scam calls.
Saturday: 4
Friday: 4
Thursday: 7
Wednesday: 12
Tuesday: 10
I am almost to the point of just dropping that phone number and starting fresh, but I'm stubborn, and I won't let the terrorists win. I can only recall a couple of times a scammer actually pressed pound, and the phone rang, but I knew anyone not giving their name to be recorded and played on the caller ID announcement was a scam.