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Even if the originator phone number was indeed one minus yours?
by Rygian 3y ago
Even if the originator phone number was indeed one minus yours?
- lotsofpulp 3y agoYes, I’m especially wary of unknown callers if they share the first 6 digits of my phone number. I don’t think I have ever received a legitimate phone call from one. The whole one digit away thing could easily be a tactic a scammer uses.
- 20after4 3y agoSeems like a bad strategy if people are conditioned to distrust it. In rural areas of the US, ALL of the phone numbers (at least until somewhat recently ) would share the same first 6 digits. Even now there are very few possible exchange prefixes in my area, though a lot of people's mobile phones are tied to another exchange prefix (phones not purchased locally/owner moved to the area and kept their old number)
- rahimnathwani 3y ago> Seems like a bad strategy if people are conditioned to distrust it. Most people live where they grew up. Those people aren't conditioned to distrust it. They're also probably underrepresented on HN.
- bigbillheck 3y agoI get the occasional call or message from numbers with the same area code and exchange as my number, and they're universally spam. If I saw one that was one number off mine I wouldn't think "oh, somebody's having fun, I'll answer / text back", I'd think "huh they're bothering to fake more digits now."