One thing I've noticed is that the majority of the spam calls I have received historically have had the same originating area code as my phone number. Perhaps t

One thing I've noticed is that the majority of the spam calls I have received historically have had the same originating area code as my phone number. Perhaps this was number spoofing, or perhaps it was using local VoIP numbers to make spam calls. In either case, it was a great flag for "this call goes to voicemail" because I hadn't lived there in over ten years, I didn't grow up there, and anybody who needs to contact me without a "Hey this is _____" text/voicemail is already in my address book. It also means that if I pick up calls from numbers originating in <current locale area codes>, it usually IS somebody I need to speak with. No hassle filter to help answer the right calls and ignore the spam.