That may work for surveys but not scammers. They seem to use random number generators so the number is different every time. I've even seen calls that are coming from my own phone number.
I used to answer the calls to waste their time and/or have fun with it but now I just ignore them and don't answer a number I don't recognize.
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
All they really need is to know that someone on the other side of the phone call has picked up the phone and chosen to engage in conversation.
That qualifies you to be put on a list, which is then sold for a profit to other scammers. The more scammers that know "that phone number is VALID" the more likely one of them is to get through and turn you from a target into a victim.
The BEST thing you can do, if a scammer calls, is to simply hang up and block their number so THAT number can no longer call you back. You're basically playing their game in reverse. The more people who block those numbers, the fewer numbers available to call out, until eventually, the scammers have no numbers left they can use to call out.
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