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#1 - Yesterday around noon the phone rings. Caller ID shows my own phone number. OK, it's another computer call where Caller ID is faked. Fuggetaboudit. I didn't pick up.
#2 - Two minutes later, phone rings, ID now shows my number *plus* a similar number. Same area code and exchange as mine, but the last four digits are different. Ignored.
Snow storm hits later on; power, phone, internet out until around 10 this morning.
10:15. Phone rings, Same as #2. Different last four digits again. Two minutes later, same thing. Again, a new set of four digits. It's like the phone-robot has latched on to one area code and exchange. I imagine this is going on for maybe millions of phones (land and cell) 24/7. Answer the call - the robot knows your number is valid and adds you to the "sucker" list. Don't answer the call, robot just tries different numbers.
Has anyone gone through this? Do we just give up on land and cell calls, and go back to smoke signals?
yeesh
Tom M.
#2 - Two minutes later, phone rings, ID now shows my number *plus* a similar number. Same area code and exchange as mine, but the last four digits are different. Ignored.
Snow storm hits later on; power, phone, internet out until around 10 this morning.
10:15. Phone rings, Same as #2. Different last four digits again. Two minutes later, same thing. Again, a new set of four digits. It's like the phone-robot has latched on to one area code and exchange. I imagine this is going on for maybe millions of phones (land and cell) 24/7. Answer the call - the robot knows your number is valid and adds you to the "sucker" list. Don't answer the call, robot just tries different numbers.
Has anyone gone through this? Do we just give up on land and cell calls, and go back to smoke signals?
yeesh
Tom M.