BEWARE...Caller-ID spoofing calls

Note, don't ever let such spammers get ahold of one's phone Contact list. If so, they could use those personal numbers to spoof calls with, and one would be answering calls from supposed known personal lines but end up with a spammer calling instead. Eventually, I'll speculate, spammers may use AI to search databases to find business phone numbers people use to make this especially annoying.
 
Pepper said:
David, I'm telling you the truth: I get these calls, sometimes over thirty a day, even more. The ringing, constant ringing, of my phone is unbearable. I don't have caller ID on my landline, so I just don't pick up and of course they never leave messages. Others in my area have told me the same: over thirty, sometimes forty, times a day phones are ringing..........I'm tipping over the edge from these constant rings.
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Pepper, our landline is our main number for contact & business.

One thing we did to stop the unwanted BS calls on the landline was to hook up the answering machine which is set to answer on the 2nd ring. It surprised us that the number of unwanted calls went down dramatically. I think it has something to do with the machine answering another machine/robo calls instead of a human voice answering.

I don't hand out my cell number to very many businesses & only get unwanted calls once in a while. My husband gives out his number all the time to do business & his cell some days rings off the hook.

I don't like to automatically block unfamiliar numbers. A few times the caller was someone that I wanted or needed to talk to. Point in case, the number came up as unknown & it turned out to be my SIL apartment manager callling telling me she was enroute to the hospital. If it turns out to be an unwanted call, I'll block it then.
 

@Lilac
My answering machine picks up after 4th ring to give me time to answer it if it is a call I need, then I need time after a second ring to answer it without falling all over myself.

I relate to your explanation, thank you for taking the time.
 
Lilac said:
I don't like to automatically block unfamiliar numbers. A few times the caller was someone that I wanted or needed to talk to. Point in case, the number came up as unknown & it turned out to be my SIL apartment manager calling telling me she was enroute to the hospital. If it turns out to be an unwanted call, I'll block it then.
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Yes, I've missed some calls I wish I hadn't. If I call a business for an estimate, they will have someone call me back, but that call will usually come from a different number, and I won't know what number. On those days, I have to answer every call.
 
I had a call one day showing they were using my phone number. I didn't answer but I did block my own phone number and then laughed at them!
 
More up to date info on this type of spoofing here:

Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

Starting in mid-2017, the FCC pushed forward Caller ID certification implemented using a framework known as STIR/SHAKEN. SHAKEN/STIR are acronyms for Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN) and the Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) standards. The FCC has mandated that telecom providers implement STIR/SHAKEN-based caller ID attestation in the IP portions of their networks beginning no later than June 30, 2021.

On August 1, 2019, the FCC voted to extend the Truth in Caller ID Act to international calls and text messaging. Congress passed the TRACED Act in 2019 which makes Caller ID authentication mandatory.

STIR/SHAKEN - Wikipedia

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