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Handyman said:
That is not something that I have experienced at all. Never had a legit number blocked and the only spam calls I get are fundraising bs.
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The thing is, how would you know if a legit call was blocked or not? They don't get through. We knew because we got an email saying we are trying to call you.
 
MichVandal said:
The thing is, how would you know if a legit call was blocked or not? They don't get through. We knew because we got an email saying we are trying to call you.
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Because anyone that is calling my number would know a secondary way to contact me to tell me.
 
Handyman said:
Because anyone that is calling my number would know a secondary way to contact me to tell me.
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Ok, lucky you that you apparently have not missed important calls because they were blocked for reasons. I'm just saying that the system is far from perfect that it continues to let spam calls through and blocks legit calls from large companies.
 
Transplanted Tiger Fan said:
But in doing this, am I at risk somehow?
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Only to the extent that you've notified them your number is real and attached to a person, which is partly why you get so many spam calls a day. Even if most scammers can't do much else other than that, there's a chance your number falls into the hands of someone who links it to other info that may have been stolen/gathered through the years and allows them to get through security on something that does matter.

It's not anywhere close to a high probability (especially since there are hundreds of millions of other Americans to potentially scam in easier ways), but it's still a non-zero chance.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
If it rings it means your number is real. You would need to block at the source.

Picking up probably doesn’t confirm your number is real so much as it means there is someone who is willing to pick up to unknown numbers. Which in turn means you’re probably like 100x more likely to get scammed than the average phone number.
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The day of the week and time is also logged. They know when to reach you. Unsolicited calls at those times will increase shortly.
 
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