I get them because I was jobless for six months. Now that a lot of job sites sell your data and some jobs are straight up fake to collect data, it is so hard to stay off a list.
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ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
How are people getting so many spam calls? I’ve gotten maybe 2 in the last 5 years. Not that I want spam calls but people consistently reporting getting several a week, or even day, makes me concerned I’ve done something wrong. Like some government system I’m supposed to be signed up to but I’ve somehow missed
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I was talking about this with my partner. The meta now is to use a dedicated email and phone number when applying for jobs.
Rooster326@programming.dev 1 day ago
Where are you getting 1 phone number/email per job?
It takes hundreds of applications to get a job these days.
Aneb@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think they mean one alt account from their personal email. So like person-lookingforjob@gmail.com. They might be getting a serviceable number from google or other places just so they don’t expose their real number.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I used to not get any as well. Then for a new job I had to sign up with an American company, and since I didn’t have a company phone yet, I used my private number.
Since then it’s been multiple calls/messages per day, but over the years it’s died down. I fucking hate it so much.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Ironically that was the cause of the first worst scam calls. The govt had a do not call list that you could put your number on which then became THE phone book for scam calls instead of stopping them. If you’ve ever signed up for anything or paid for anything online and had to give your phone number, it went into a list that was sold on. With auto dialers, they just go through every permeation of possible numbers. I don’t get many calls on my cell because I keep that number private and use my already compromised land line for everything.
Kuma@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If you start at a new job and get a phone number that happens to have been owned by someone that signed up to a lot of stuff then you will get them… I sometimes also get random phonecall from old ppl that goes “oh shit wrong person” or text messages wishing me a happy birthday, I feel bad for those ppl. In the beginning did I answer them but it was annoying after x amount.
Apparently did I get a old mans phone number who was very loved but very bad at communicating that he changed his phone number and also signed up for many things. So I only answer if it is with in my work hours otherwise do I just ignore the phone call completely.
youcantreadthis@quokk.au 2 days ago
You and I do not sign up to shit that requires our phone numbers. Presumably because we do not enjoy getting fucking owned.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I got a lot of spam calls when I started signing up for “rewards programs” and eventually stopped signing up for them. I get 1-2 a week now.
JonTheKnight@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t know how or why, but it’s 5-6 a day some days. Most get autofiltered so it doesn’t even ring but they still get to leave voicemails for some dumb reason. So I end up with an inbox full of clearly AI voice generated messages. Many of them are the exact same handful of recordings. It’s honestly frustrating as hell.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
I can’t use voicemail anymore. My message says “You can leave a message if you want, but I’ll never listen to it. If you want to reach me, send a text at this number, or email me at XXX.” That gets rid of most of the bullshit, and I only have to deal with people who were motivated to go the extra step to reach me.
dan@upvote.au 2 days ago
Some mobile networks have spam protection that’s enabled automatically.
You could also have a “clean” number, especially if you don’t use your phone number anywhere haven’t answered a spam call before, and nobody used it before you (or the previous user was a long time ago).
Spam callers can’t robodial literally every number, so they rely on lists of phone numbers that are known to be good/active, for example if they’ve answered a spam call before, if the number has been in a data leak, etc.
toynbee@piefed.social 1 day ago
I don’t know if this is still accurate, but I have a friend who used to answer calls from unknown numbers with “hello, this is First name Lastname.”
I don’t even answer calls from unknown numbers. His approach boggled my mind, in part because of what you just said.
dan@upvote.au 1 day ago
Older people do this a lot. Either their full name, or “Lastname residence”
The scary thing these days is that someone needs just a few samples of your voice to be able to clone it using AI. I suspect that scammers will do that, if they’re not already doing it. We’re going to get to a point where we can’t trust people are who they say they are.