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Also, if you were rung on a landline, ring back on your mobile. I'm not sure if it's always the case, but I believe that a call to a landline only terminates w

Also, if you were rung on a landline, ring back on your mobile. I'm not sure if it's always the case, but I believe that a call to a landline only terminates when the caller hangs up. This certainly used to be the case. This allows scammers to ask you to hang up and call them back on the number on your card (for example), but they just mimic the dial-tone and ring, then they have another scammer answer the phone. This is not an issue on a mobile.

throwawayboise 5y ago
Or if you can't use a different line or mobile phone, intentionally dial a different number, if it rings through to "the bank" then you know they have hijacked your line.
hungryforcodes 5y ago
I haven't seen a landline in ages...
- jonsen 5y ago
  They are buried.
  - zeruch 5y ago
    Ah, puns. I dig it.
alx__ 5y ago
Ah yeah I remember that trick. If you didn't hang up after talking to a friend, you'd could "haunt the line". Works best if someone is waiting to use the only phone in the house. Which is a phrase you don't hear that often :D
- xwdv 5y ago
  Ah, a ghost in the wire.
bluGill 5y ago
That depends on where you live. Some areas never had it. Some had it but got rid of it, some still have it. Check with your local phone company is the only way to know what currently applies - though they can change the rules anytime as this is just a setting in their switches (they may or may not also have legal oversight here, again depending on where you live). Or of course as you said, always call back from mobile.