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do you think you gave your numbers out numerous times which is in some but-for sense an ultimate source of your calls (if you had never given your number out yo
by logicallee 9y ago
do you think you gave your numbers out numerous times which is in some but-for sense an ultimate source of your calls (if you had never given your number out you would ultimately not be receiving these calls?) Or do you think everyone gets that many calls per day regardless of whether they've ever given their number out?
- gnicholas 9y agoThey just call every number. They spoof the area code and prefix to make it seem like it's a neighbor or local business calling. This tactic may work for landlines, where prefixes are similar in particular neighborhoods (at least in the US). But for cell phones, it's actually a dead giveaway for many people. This is because prefixes are less correlated to location. For example, I have only ever known one person who had the same prefix as my cell phone. So whenever I see a matching prefix on the caller ID, I know it's a spoofed robocall. But it's possible that these robocallers actually don't mind that people like me get wise to them in this way, because they'd rather only reach less tech-savvy targets, who don't know about caller ID spoofing. This is like how spammers are rumored to use well-known tropes in their messages because then the only people dumb enough to respond are "qualified leads" that are more likely to fall for scams.
- Baeocystin 9y agoNo. Our landline is not my business line, and only family has it. My fax line is something I've given to a lot of businesses, but the # number of calls is roughly the same. My cell is also my business line, and thus freely given out, but thankfully the number of calls is less than either of our landlines.