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I’ve been very fortunate. My phone number is for an area code 2000 miles away, so I only answer the phone if a local number is calling. Everything else I just
by Overtonwindow 5y ago
I’ve been very fortunate. My phone number is for an area code 2000 miles away, so I only answer the phone if a local number is calling. Everything else I just ignore.
- bliteben 5y agoI have kept my old area code for just this reason.
- bombcar 5y agoThis has been working well for me but I notice the spam calls are starting to come from random area codes instead of always being from "my" area code. Eventually they'll hit on the correct one I suppose.
- jabroni_salad 5y agoThis used to work for me, but lately I have been getting spam from my current area and other areas that I previously lived. not sure what list they are using now, but it's a good one.
- saalweachter 5y agoIt's worth remembering that being despicable spammers doesn't make people bad developers. Someone, somewhere, is having a scrum right now on how they can tie physical location to phone numbers to spoof caller numbers more effectively. It's completely plausible to use eg social network leaks to spoof phone numbers you are likely to recognize. If they aren't doing it now, it's probably more that they don't need the extra spam-power at the moment rather than that they're too bumbling to think of arbitrarily clever ideas for ways to combine all of the public and leaked information about us.