I say hello all the time and I hardly get real scammers on the line anymore. I assume I’ve been blacklisted from call centers for the verbal harassment.
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pseudo@jlai.lu 1 week agoIn a similar vein, there is unsolicited calls from call center that dial your number automatically. If you picked up and say “Hello?” they register the sound and connect you with an agent. So I picked up my phone and stay silent every time I got a call from a unknown number. Quite enough that ends up by being hang up after 5 or 10 seconds. Actual people say “hello?” first when we don’t.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Right, but why pick up the phone at all? Simply answering marks you down on their list as an active number even if you don’t say anything.
At least that’s my assumption. So maybe I’m wrong.
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Because sometimes it’s someone actually calling for you
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
If it’s important, they’ll leave a message or send a text. If they don’t, then fuck em.
pseudo@jlai.lu 1 week ago
I don’t received that much fish phone number, but as much as I receive legitimate call from unknown number (my bank, a friend who changed their list, etc.)