Do crank callers have double digits in their numbers?

fuzzybuddy

fuzzybuddy

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I just happened to notice that those annoying phone calls had double digits in their phone numbers. 570-464-6678, 570-931- 5065, 570-822-5850. Those are real nos. I was cleaning out the "missed caller list" in my phone. All the crank calls had double digits in the last four numbers. Yup, with only ten numbers, double digits are going to happen, but all the crank calls had 'em. ????? I have no idea if that signifies anything other than I have a lot of time on my hands,
 

My own cell phone, and all of my children's, plus the land line I got rid of, all have/had double digits.
 

I only get calls on my land line. If the caller ID doesn't show the NAME of someone that I want to talk to, then I don't answer. I call it "pest control". It does cut down on the trash calls.
 
If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer the phone or listen to the voicemail. Lately I've been getting a lot of unknown callers from many states, and I block their numbers.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I just happened to notice that those annoying phone calls had double digits in their phone numbers. 570-464-6678, 570-931- 5065, 570-822-5850. Those are real nos. I was cleaning out the "missed caller list" in my phone. All the crank calls had double digits in the last four numbers. Yup, with only ten numbers, double digits are going to happen, but all the crank calls had 'em. ????? I have no idea if that signifies anything other than I have a lot of time on my hands,
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I subscribe to Caller ID. If I don't recognize the caller I disconnect it or let it roll over to the answering machine.
 
Out of 142 phone calls, where the 'caller' hung up and did not leave a message, 142 had double digits in the last four numbers. It was 0012, 0120 1200, 1002, 1200, etc. I use a land line, so when the phone rings, if I see double digits, I don't even bother to answer it, or wait for a voice on the answering machine. This knowledge and $1 won't get you a cup of coffee @ Starbucks.
 
If you look at the whole phone number, including the area code, it has 10 digits. And there are 10 possible digits to choose from; that's how many we have. So it would be almost impossible NOT to have at least one of those digits repeating.

If you only look at the last four numbers, it becomes less probable, but I bet it would be a simple mathematical problem to figure out the probability of one of those numbers repeating. i suspect it's still pretty high.

I gave up my land line because the scam artists were driving me nuts. I don't miss it at all. One cell phone is more than enough, when there's only one person living in the house. And a nice thing about my cell phone is that when it rings, it tells me who is calling, including the warning: SCAM LIKELY.
 
I get calls like that. My guess it's VOIP or voice over internet protocol. The call wasn't from an old school landline dedicated to phone only this was done over the internet.

They can disguise the phone number but they are probably leaving a digital trail ie ip address using the internet.
 
One I've been receiving always says something like 'Hi, this is Kelly, I got your voicemail,' etc.
Although I signed up for Do Not Call, it'd be useless to report anything because these calls come from all different numbers and said to be from different states.
 
For a long time I'd answer scam calls and mess with them. I'd keep them on the phone for as long as I could. I figured as long as this scammer was on the phone with me, he wasn't scamming someone else. A drop in the bucket, but could have saved some poor schmuck hundreds of dollars.

It was entertaining. Sometimes I'd hand the phone to 2yr-old Paxton. Nobody on the planet could understand what he said, but he loved those calls. Or I'd pretend to be senile and go on and on about my dogs (which I didn't have) and about my hemorrhoids and my BMs and liver spots - just whatever, just to keep them on the line. And they'd suffer through it, man, and even be momentarily sympathetic...until they realized they weren't gonna get a dime out of me. Then they'd disconnect the call, right after telling me to go do a sexx act with my mother.

But lately, they're mostly robo-calls. At least for the first few minutes; long enough to "verify" my name, date of birth, and address before putting me through to a live scammer agent. So now, Daddy Don't Play Dat. But man, it was sure a blast while it lasted.
 

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