I have been getting calls none stop from people asking to speak to Karen. That is not me. I asked the guy to remove me from his list and he told me to say wrong number. I told him I would not say that because I want my number removed from the list he continued to interrupt me as I asked to speak to his supervisor. Then he continued to tell me I was and adult and a big girl and to just say wrong number I refused until he hung up.
Buddy got a call from this number gave him his name, and street name and was asking if he was a ni**a and esé. Tried to call it back and call couldn't be completed.
You did right. there is NO way to tell if incoming calls are legit given the current tech an average person has access to. VOIP calls can and do scam phone numbers with down-loadable software the "creeps" use. Everybody should know that by now. The ways to deal with it is to shut you ringer off and let all calls go to voice mail.
Even better than that is to have all private unknown numbers NOT get an answer of any kind. They get an answer, they know your number still works and are bound to keep bugging you. They get nothing, they give up after a while since it's a waste of money and get tired of not getting any bite at all.