"Do spam callers really think I'm expecting a call from the same area code, same exchange as my own number? Do most people have friends that have phone numbers

"Do spam callers really think I'm expecting a call from the same area code, same exchange as my own number? Do most people have friends that have phone numbers with the same first six digits in common with their own?" All of the weirdness and strange patterns and methods you see in practice by these actors make perfect sense when you realize their targets are seniors. In fact, even the ability to keep someone on the phone past the first 2 seconds of recorded intro greeting makes sense if that's the only interaction with a human you get all day/week. The lives of inactive, retired seniors in the United States - especially in small or rural towns - is tremendously bleak. And yes, they've spent their entire life with technology wherein everyone they talked to had the same NPA+PREFIX.