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The trick is to pick up and immediately mute your phone. They will hang up and eventually flag the number as inactive or unscammable (like maybe it’s a machine
by jzig 4y ago
The trick is to pick up and immediately mute your phone. They will hang up and eventually flag the number as inactive or unscammable (like maybe it’s a machine picking up). If you don’t answer, they can call back later. If you pick up and say something, then they know there is a human behind the number and that it is actively used.
- snarfy 4y agoChange your voicemail prompt to "We're sorry, the number cannot be completed as dialed..."
- ungamedplayer 4y agoThey don't fall for this. Or at least using the local Australian no-number recording... Somehow they know.
- tzs 4y agoBack in the land line days I bought a nifty gadget that you plugged in between the phone and the line. It had a button that when pressed would inject the intercept special information tone [1] that the phone company used to tell calling equipment that the number was no longer in service. It seemed to work pretty well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_information_tone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_information_tone
- xupybd 4y agoI pretend to do as they ask but purposely stuff up the instructions until they get frustrated. It's amusing how many creative insults they have. Most are directed at my mother for some reason.