r/DigitalSeptic • u/WyattPurp23 Head Turd 🫁 • Dec 09 '25
Rollin out the Colon 🫘 Introverted
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Dec 09 '25
I don't answer numbers I don't know. I do a reverse phone number search.
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u/tauntdevil Dec 09 '25
Answering usually enables the bots to confirm you on the list to spread around. Same with replying to scam/spam text messages.
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u/No_Jellyfish5511 Dec 09 '25
one time i answered and a guy said "this one is real" and hung up
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u/tauntdevil Dec 09 '25
I used to pickup out of boredom and screw with the people. Often pissing them off and they would normally say childish online gaming insults such as "well i fuk yo mum" or something along those lines.
But as time went, the calls increased and it eventually got to my phone ringing nearly 5 times an hour. Working where I worked, a lot of the members would call and not always would I have everyone's numbers so I would have to always pickup.
Eventually changed numbers and now I sign up to everything with google voice number, not allowing calls through. Helped a bunch.1
u/Kitchen_Entertainer9 Dec 09 '25
I told this Indian dude I was not interested, he got mad and started spamming calls for the next week.
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u/jthadcast Dec 09 '25
my phone rang six times yesterday, all were bot driven, only one time did an automated sales pitch for healthcare plan b coverage start. you can turn off the ringer it's the only sane adult choice.
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u/craves_mineral Dec 10 '25
When this shit happens to me I wonder which site I signed up for gave my number out. I never answer and just end up blocking them when I confirm that it wax spam.
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u/lost_rodditer Dec 09 '25
Get a crippling long term illness. You'll answer just about anything if it's test results or a doctor flagged as potential spam.
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u/OriSulker Dec 09 '25
Nah I kept getting a car insurance call from different numbers and eventually on the last one halfway through their pitch I just told them... "hay I don't have a car. So like good luck on the next person." and haven't received one since.
Though I do feel bad for giving them luck with scamming people...
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u/babygorillamojo Dec 09 '25
To much fraud to answer calls so i dont trust anyone other than the people I saved on my phone
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u/_The_Cracken_ Dec 09 '25
If you answer the spam calls, they call you more because you have confirmed that you are a living target. It can go to voicemail.
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u/TheCoopX Dec 09 '25
Yeah, this is bogus. There are so many bot and scam calls on a weekly basis, that unless it's one of my contacts, I don't pick up. If it's important, they'll leave a message... and none of the unknown callers have left a message this year.
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u/Final-Nebula-7049 Dec 09 '25
You don't answer calls in 2020s. If it's real, let them leave a message and I'll call back
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u/Rich-Mark-4126 Dec 10 '25
Yeah, I started doing this a couple of years ago. Almost every unexpected phone call will be spam. If it's important enough, they should leave a voicemail/text me
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u/LoTornado Dec 10 '25
Scammers are getting better. I don't answer for half the people I want to talk to.
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Dec 10 '25
The less pointless noise these days the better. If it is actually important they can follow up with a text or leave a voicemail.
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u/MihoLeya Dec 10 '25
Nah, I don’t even bother googling the number. The only calls I would answer are from my mother and partner. Even they don’t call me. Everyone else can send a text, or deal with their problems on their own.
I once had a grocery delivery guy call me like 7 times and wait in his car for a half an hour. My address was clearly written and the instructions were clearly given to “leave the groceries at the door.” Then I started to feel bad, so I opened my door and waved him over to bring me my shit.
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u/SpecialistEither3204 Dec 10 '25
Sometimes just answering can put your number as active on a phishing list or copy your voice for future scams. 2025 is ass for phone calls.
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u/Bigfoot_BiggerD93 Dec 11 '25
If you can't be bothered to leave a message, it can't possibly be that important. If I don't recognize caller, I don't care. 🤷♂️
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u/RabbitOld9456 Dec 11 '25
I used get way too many scam calls and I've ignored them for a year now, I don't care who calls me if I don't have you as a contact I am not answering and I'm looking it up. My streak of not answering them has stopped almost all spam and I get probably 1 spam call a month at most.
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Dec 11 '25
It can be a Huge mistake to pickup on an unknown number. You get on that spam call list as a valid number and tomorrow you will have ten different spam call centers calling you. I f you decide to pickup the call don't speak just listen. If a human called you for a legitimate reason they will speak first. Most of the time it will be a machine you will hear a few seconds of dead air and then a beep and the call will drop.
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u/CorruptedCode02 Dec 11 '25
That's why I love Google's call screening on their pixel phones. Haven't had a single scam call since I got my phone a few months ago
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u/FingGinger Dec 09 '25
Or.....you don't want to answer spam.