Don’t bother, if they can’t leave a message, you didn’t want to talk to them.
This is the way
Submitted 1 month ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Skyrmir@lemmy.world 1 month ago
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
And if they leave a message, I won’t listen to it. Text me instead.
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I actually can’t make or receive phone calls because it’s too stressful and unpleasant, so probably don’t bother x
magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 1 month ago
And if they text me, I won’t read it. Just don’t bother.
Killer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can’t leave a message if i don’t set up my voicemail
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 month ago
My voicemails get transcribed to text, so I can just read them
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
And this is why I asked my provider to turn off voicemail.
I don’t want to talk to them. Whoever they are.
Gork@lemm.ee 1 month ago
If only spam callers were unable to spoof phone numbers that’d be great.
Darkmuch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was called by my own phone number once. Nothing suspicious there.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Back in my day we used to just talk to ourselves in person.
eerongal@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
You missed our, bro. It was you from the future calling to warn you of your dire fate and how to avoid it.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 month ago
You’ve never taken too many mushrooms and called yourself?
Gork@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Heh that happened to me too! Very strange.
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s true but they usually spoof some person I don’t know. So if I google it and it’s some Betty from East Bumfuck, I know not to pick up. Now, if they spoofed someone I know, that’s different.
psud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
My phone is good enough at blocking spam calls that when an unfamiliar number calls I answer, and it’s usually a wrong number
r00ty@kbin.life 1 month ago
The thing is, there are legit reasons to want to spoof numbers. My use case is that if I'm not reachable via sip I send the call over the normal phone network and set cid to the calling number.
I guess a middle ground would be that you could spoof numbers to phone numbers you've registered and verified with your provider.
To be honest though, the scammers and spammers will always find a way round it and spoof anyway.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I just make the G Assistant answer it
9 times out of 10 telling an AI voice who’s calling and why is too hard for even a normal human to figure out so they hang up and now there’s nothing to worry about!
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Mr google, please add a “find this number online” button for incoming calls. Sometimes I miss a call because I need context first
invertedspear@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I want to be able to search the phone numbers in maps. Searching Google sucks because of all the algorithm gaming scam sites. I just want to know if this number is a local business I might actually want to talk to.
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Does the USA not have an official phone registry website? Where I live you just go on there and look up any number, person or company you want. It’s basically an online phonebook.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I think hiya does this.
Samsung phones use their service to identify incoming callers.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ten of the last twelve incoming calls on my phone were scam numbers. I haven’t had the ringer or vibrate turned on for my phone for months so I never notice them. My phone does a pretty good job of blocking them and an outstanding job blocking spam texts
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I work for a phone company, it’s pretty satisfying seeing all the hard work actually be useful for society.
FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Elaborate?
Baylahoo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I also want to know more like the previous commenter. Automatic screening that I had with an old pixel phone was the best thing Google ever did for me back with a pixel 3.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you answer and it’s a scam then they know you’ll pick up the phone in the future.
PatMustard@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Only if you say something. Pick up, say nothing, if it’s a robot waiting to hear a voice it will hang up, if it’s a real human you’ll get a “hello?”
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I fucking love not answering my phone. It makes me feel powerful like god or better yet
Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Holy shit I think a scammer company is using my phone number as a fake employee contact number.
Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is the way
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I just answer the phone with the greeting of someone who’s not me.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is exactly as it should be. I haven’t changed my greeting since I started at my current job so it still says the previous employees name lol. Plus I left my desk phone in my previous cube so I don’t actually have a phone at all.
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I mix it up, scammers have an automated system that goes “vwoop” when you say “hello” so I’ll answer as if I’m answering the phone from some fictional business of some sort.
The scammer will hang up and then call again. wash rinse repeat a few times and then I don’t get any calls on my real phone number from scammers for awhile.
You know they share information with each other on facebook and other services owned by facebook. So all their scammer groups stay open, but if you say that there were never any WMDs in iraq on facebook, or if you question any official narrative about anything at all on facebook, or do any real journalism through facebook, your entire account will be erased from it.
meanwhile, scammers have hundreds if not thousands of groups on facebook that exist for the sole purpose of sharing victim’s information with each other for a profit and facebook does absolutely nothing at all to put a stop to that.
unreachable@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I used to use that for ages, but the constant ads made me uninstall it
cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Well I stopped using it as soon as I learned how it works. I even de registered from their website (www.truecaller.com/unlisting)[unlist number] . But yeah I occasionally needs it , for that truecaller bot exist in telegram.
CosmicRaptor@lemm.ee 1 month ago
any links for the said bot? I’d like to stop using truecaller myself.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 month ago
TIL about the bot, thanks for the mention 👍🏻
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 month ago
I have the maximum AI call screening option on with my Pixel 8. Real people actually tell it who they are, machines and telemarketing pricks hang up immediately upon hearing the AI.
mycathas9lives@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I keep a browser window open exclusively for Googling phone numbers. This is way more common than I realized.
UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Where do you look up numbers. I only find scam sites
ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just type the number into google. If it doesn’t come up with a number from a business or from something you don’t recognize, just ignore it. Most of the time I just ignore calls, and if it’s important enough, they will leave a voicemail or text me.
CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I literally did this the order day because a phone number called twice in 2 days and bypassed my Pixel’s spam filter. All the sites for googling phone numbers are all scams it looks like. Anyone know a good one?
shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
The site for googling is google, man.
pommes@feddit.de 1 month ago
Do you habe Skype, Doc?
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ich have das Skype jajajaj
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m kind of lucky on this front. I got my phone number when I lived in L.A. and later moved (back) to Indiana. My phone number is a California number. I basically know no one in California at this point who would call me on the phone if they wanted to get in touch. So if the area code isn’t from Indiana, except in special circumstances, it most likely is a call I can ignore.
UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have that exact same thing. Almost every spam call sellf identifies as a scam call
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same, but Intelius
woodytrombone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I use SEON and a CNAM database lookup API from Trellix - both free if under 100 requests/mo.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
try fastpeoplesearch.com instead
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This looks like Norm Macdonald’s cousin.
UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have to admit i lean on the Google call screening hard. In the last year or so I have only had one or two actually try talking to Google. They just hang up
Cascio@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m never expecting an image from Twin Peaks: The Return. Let alone for something so banal.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why Google it when Android tells you who’s calling?
brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Android doesn’t, I think this is a Pixel feature. Source: my junk ass Samsung
wookiestackhouse@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Certain Samsung’s have Hiya integration for this kind of thing. In the dialler settings there might be an option for “Caller ID and Spam Protection”.
96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 month ago
‘me searching for it online’. Try not to use the G-word
Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Without using it, can you tell me why? Is that how g**-gull tracks you online?
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m good thanks though
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What, Google?
comfydecal@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/…/16057707/
CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lmao can you imagine President Obama having a call go to voicemail?
WillySpreadum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
just thinking logistically, I imagine that happened a lot. Anyway I expect a decent number of his calls were made by aides and he just took the phone after they got through to the right person.
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Im surprised the aides from each side didnt do all the logistics of connecting with one another and the president wasnt just handed a phone with the call already connected through.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Its a news site but the only place you can find the date of the article is in the URL. Sometimes I am baffled by the weird design decisions people are making.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 month ago
It’s called USA Today. That means you’re only supposed to read the news that came out today.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It says it right under the headline, no? Or maybe that’s only on the mobile layout or something.
arvere@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I guess I should start answering… what if it’s Obama?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Definitely don’t ghost Obama. He’ll drone strike your house.