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Just looking at my incoming call list on my phone for yesterday: "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam", "Potential Fraud", "Suspected Spam", "Sus

Just looking at my incoming call list on my phone for yesterday: "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam", "Potential Fraud", "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam", a real call, "Suspected Spam", "Suspected Spam"... Phone is set to only notify me for numbers for known contacts - does mean that I occasionally miss calls from other people, but I can live with that.

nephihaha 4mo ago
I often get calls from people I don't know for legitimate purposes. Spam calls happen but I'm not interested in social credit ratings for callers.
- petre 4mo ago
  If some unknown numbers calls me and they're not a courier or the bank (which rarely calls) I immediately assume it's a scammer.
  - nephihaha 4mo ago
    I don't because I run groups and get calls for legit business reasons. What I normally do is answer the phone but let them speak first.
  - anitil 4mo ago
    Same, except I have family that work in healthcare and so _very occasionally_ they'll call me from a private number, and it'll be important. I still don't answer them, but I get to enjoy a tiny bit of stress every time I see a private number
- arethuza 4mo ago
  Yes, was just relating my experience - it's just go the the point where I personally opt to play safe. Like everyone I do get calls from people who aren't in my contact list but it was getting silly so I've defaulted to ignoring them and it works for me. Anyone serious is going to be happy leaving a message - which suits me anyway as I spend a large part of my work day in Teams calls.
- magicalhippo 4mo ago
  I too, but I never take them before I've looked up the number. If it's important they'll take my call or call back.
- ithkuil 4mo ago
  I guess the signal-to-noise ratio matters. In the last 3 months I received 700 spam/scam calls to my phone, my wife received about 400. We can't turn off ringing for unknown callers and we're getting mad. A few days ago I vented to one of those call-center people trying to sell me a cheaper power utility for the Nth time, and told her to find another job or something like that; she actually called me back yelling at me that "any job is worth", and yelled at her that I cannot fucking receive sometimes up to 20 calls in a day, sometimes at quite annoying times of the day! It's getting ridiculous. EDIT: I know not everybody is having the same experience in my country. Some people are only getting a few calls per week; I registered our phones in https://registrodelleopposizioni.it/ https://registrodelleopposizioni.it/ and also I'm using android's spam filter which filters out additional hundreds of calls automatically. EDIT 2: I sometimes wonder if we're being harassed by somebody ; I cannot tell. The voices are often quite similar, but it might be the albanian accent that makes them sound similar. EDIT 3: caller id numbers are always different
  - hellojesus 4mo ago
    > I vented to one of those call-center people trying to sell me a cheaper power utility for the Nth time, and told her to find another job or something like that I threaten to kill and rape them all the time, but that usually doesn't do much. I've found that politely asking them to kill themselves elicits much more engagement, and I hope it at least implants some lasting memory.
    - ithkuil 4mo ago
      I assumed they are used to people being exhausted by those calls, so I was frankly surprised when she actually called again to complain

nephihaha 4mo ago

I often get calls from people I don't know for legitimate purposes. Spam calls happen but I'm not interested in social credit ratings for callers.

petre 4mo ago
If some unknown numbers calls me and they're not a courier or the bank (which rarely calls) I immediately assume it's a scammer.
- nephihaha 4mo ago
  I don't because I run groups and get calls for legit business reasons. What I normally do is answer the phone but let them speak first.
- anitil 4mo ago
  Same, except I have family that work in healthcare and so _very occasionally_ they'll call me from a private number, and it'll be important. I still don't answer them, but I get to enjoy a tiny bit of stress every time I see a private number
arethuza 4mo ago
Yes, was just relating my experience - it's just go the the point where I personally opt to play safe. Like everyone I do get calls from people who aren't in my contact list but it was getting silly so I've defaulted to ignoring them and it works for me. Anyone serious is going to be happy leaving a message - which suits me anyway as I spend a large part of my work day in Teams calls.
magicalhippo 4mo ago
I too, but I never take them before I've looked up the number. If it's important they'll take my call or call back.
ithkuil 4mo ago
I guess the signal-to-noise ratio matters. In the last 3 months I received 700 spam/scam calls to my phone, my wife received about 400. We can't turn off ringing for unknown callers and we're getting mad. A few days ago I vented to one of those call-center people trying to sell me a cheaper power utility for the Nth time, and told her to find another job or something like that; she actually called me back yelling at me that "any job is worth", and yelled at her that I cannot fucking receive sometimes up to 20 calls in a day, sometimes at quite annoying times of the day! It's getting ridiculous. EDIT: I know not everybody is having the same experience in my country. Some people are only getting a few calls per week; I registered our phones in https://registrodelleopposizioni.it/ https://registrodelleopposizioni.it/ and also I'm using android's spam filter which filters out additional hundreds of calls automatically. EDIT 2: I sometimes wonder if we're being harassed by somebody ; I cannot tell. The voices are often quite similar, but it might be the albanian accent that makes them sound similar. EDIT 3: caller id numbers are always different
- hellojesus 4mo ago
  > I vented to one of those call-center people trying to sell me a cheaper power utility for the Nth time, and told her to find another job or something like that I threaten to kill and rape them all the time, but that usually doesn't do much. I've found that politely asking them to kill themselves elicits much more engagement, and I hope it at least implants some lasting memory.
  - ithkuil 4mo ago
    I assumed they are used to people being exhausted by those calls, so I was frankly surprised when she actually called again to complain