Yes, it probably adds you to their lists. Somehow, after doing this for years, I'm probably only getting one spam call each day, maybe because my carrier did so

Yes, it probably adds you to their lists. Somehow, after doing this for years, I'm probably only getting one spam call each day, maybe because my carrier did something to cut down on them. The Craigslist trick worked because of a unique situation. They were using real numbers because their scam relied on being called back. He did call manually to make sure.