Cell phone and "unknown" numbers

[WCCPHD]

My iPhone is set up so if you are not in my contacts the phone does not ring/vibrate, it just shows up in missed calls. IF the caller does not leave a voicemail then it gets blocked. I have over 5K blocked numbers.

 

[John in Yuma]

Watched a 1944 movie last night. Navy officer and his wife meet up at a hotel for his first 72 hrs furlough in years. They get kissy and huggy (1944, remember?). Just then the phone rings. They both quit what they're doing and rush to answer the phone!
How priorities have changed.

 

[Jim Watson]

The problem with blocking the number is that a lot of scammers will spoof the number that the call is coming from. That means you are not blocking the actual number tha
they called from, just a random number that they picked for the caller-ID to display.

Right, I even got a scam call that showed up as my own number.

 

[MOONDAWG]

Just three words.
Delete
Delete
Delete

 

[kmyers]

The last call I got that was SPAM/scam was from Windows support(yeah right). The guy hung up after I got through part of the system information on the PC I use for home, of course, it is NOT Windows...

 

[65-2x2]

I can’t call it a scam, but recently I have been receiving calls, voice mails, and texts from callers wanting to buy my house. No idea why they think I might want to sell my house. The callers do know my name, phone number, and address, but that information would be easy enough for them to find.

I have been getting offers in the mail about three times a week from different folks wanting to buy my place. Heck, it must be worth more than I thought!

 

[saleen322]

I have had the same mobile number for about 8 years(?) I usually answer all calls if the phone is in reach. I might get 5-7 spam calls a year. Now reading this, I feel ignored.

 

[biku324]

In 2014 I started getting angry texts from (apparently) some woman's angry ex-boyfriend. My old phone wouldn't block numbers so I just ignored those, but I was in the Philippines and the texts cost me money. He got madder and madder and his texts more and more threatening; I voice called him and told to check the number and let him know my next call would be to the State Police. It cost $3 or $4 for the call, but it worked.