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Anybody getting an absolute ONSLAUGHT of spam calls? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by Absaroka@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In the past two days alone, I've gotten over 20 spam calls with none of them leaving a message. Just 3/4 seconds of silence on my voice mail. One call the other day left a 22 second blank message.

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here's my tip, for Lemmy hopefully it will never get so popular as to not work any more.

Answer the phone for unknown numbers, don't say a g-d thing, just listen. Let them address you first.

If they ask for you by name go ahead and respond, if they call back answer with a generic "hi" greeting, don't let them have your voice or name before you know who they are and what their business is.

A robot will mark your number as a "dead line" and not call you again.

A person will either be trying to reach you (and know who you are) or trying to reach a living person, and not waste their time with an unresponsive line.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

I do this all the time too. The new standard for polite calling anyone is to initiate the conversation if the line goes live as far as I am concerned. Never say anything for an unknown caller, and expect to get dropped or hung up on even if you are legitimate. If you're unwilling to call me twice or thrice, you didn't need to call me in the first place.