It's twice as hard to choose to "not" pick up a phone number you don't recognized, now that a lot of companies have their employees work from home on cell phones given to them by the companies to use.
I "blocked" myself out of a Census-taker job because of that. It turned out to be a legitimate call asking me for my availability to attend an initial group learning session to find out the details of the job (how it works, what areas you might need to work in, etc. etc.)
I lost out on several job interviews last year because of it (I was looking for part-time sit-down jobs because of my bursitis). And then there was the customer service call-back from Florida Blue about my health care, and another call-back about a website problem on another business I was trying to get help from.
So I stopped rejecting calls that I didn't recognize. I now answer the phone "diga-me' which is a common Spanish phone greeting, it means "talk to me." Since most scammers are expecting to talk to English-speaking victims, they usually hang up before I have to.
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