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Originally Posted by DanBrew
Never answer a call that is not in you contacts. When you do, you legitimize your number to these criminals. If it is a call that is important, let them leave a message and then call back.
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Not all of my contacts are on my contacts list. I'm still new here to Florida, and my health insurance company sometimes calls me - from an 800 number. That's really very strange, because typically 800-lines aren't intended for outgoing calls. What's even more strange is that now, so many customer service folks are working from home and have a cell phone they're given with a unique phone number so they can do their job. It's not an official company phone number, so you can't look it up. That's the circumstances we're living in at the moment.
So if I'm expecting a call from my doctor's office, or insurance company, or any other place where many people are working from home, I'm going to answer the phone even if I don't recognize it.
If I'm NOT expecting a call - then I might let it go into voice mail.