These 'jackwads' called my private 'for emergency use only' cellphone number (which I have never listed anywhere…BTW) at 8.45 pm...sheesh! The fact that I've been receiving these types of calls from various numbers throughout the USA, has led me to believe that my cellphone provider (or a 'mole' within that organization) has probably placed my number upon a SPAM list and has no doubt sold it/circulated it among the various ‘for profit' call centers?
I religiously do not answer calls from numbers not listed within my phone's 'Contact List', but instead, I add them as a Verified SPAMMER to it, so that I'll know that such 'bogus' calls are to be ignored in the future. I ignore these calls so that maybe after several rings/unanswered calls, parasites like these might hopefully and eventually drop my number from their "Let's See Who We Can Try To SCAM Today" list.
In addition, I never respond to nor return these calls, especially using the "press 1 to be removed" feature, as all types of calls like these are all just simply SCAMs and these Spammers / Spoofers / Phishers / Scammers 'don't play by the rules' anyway. Calling them back or picking-up the calls only shows them that you are in fact a 'live' number.
I'm getting calls from all over the U.S. about every hour the past couple of days. I don't answer calls I don't recognize. Really getting tired of this. But I am suspecting that this is coming from info I provided and they sold the info as a lead.
dont answer any number you dont recognize.if you do and they ask for your name dont give it.they are trying to still ur info.if its really an important call they will leave a message.idont answer any call if i dont know the number.