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One trick I’ve found to screen robocalls is to answer and be silent. They seem to use an automated system that dials pools of numbers and checks to see if a hum
by r3trohack3r 3y ago
One trick I’ve found to screen robocalls is to answer and be silent. They seem to use an automated system that dials pools of numbers and checks to see if a human is on the other side before connecting you to an agent. If it gets silence it hangs up.
Real humans wait a few seconds and say “Hello?”
- superbiome 3y agoHalf of the ones I get use those apps that go straight to your voicemail to leave a message so you can’t even answer if you wanted to.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoMy voicemail message is silence. I only get audible responses from live person spam. They seem to just go ahead after a few seconds regardless, probably because of a mandatory script. Then they just say "hello" a few times.
- kar5pt 3y agoI tried this and it didn't work.