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Sophiegirl

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7. If I don't recognize the number...

Reply to 49jim (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2018, 10:12 PM

May 2018

I don’t answer. If it is important, the caller will leave a message. Scammers won’t waste their time waiting to leave a message they know won’t be returned.

Only once in the last several years did I get an important message, which I returned right away.

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Advice needed from fellow DUers... [View all] 49jim May 2018 OP

Is the number always the same? Heartstrings May 2018 #1

Yes, I blocked the calls 49jim May 2018 #11

Ignore them. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #2

I cussed out one of them and told I knew he was a crook, he hung up and then JoeOtterbein May 2018 #3

There are a variety of options reviewed in this article True Dough May 2018 #4

the do not call list is no longer working trixie2 May 2018 #9

I just ordered a call blocker from Amazon cyclonefence May 2018 #5

Don't pick up. drray23 May 2018 #6

If I don't recognize the number... Sophiegirl May 2018 #7

That's what I do but I feel like I'm being held hostage... Phentex Jun 2018 #12

I have learned to ignore the home phone Sophiegirl Jun 2018 #13

same for our household handmade34 May 2018 #8

We signed up for Nomorobo last year and love it. grumpyduck May 2018 #10

Question Sophiegirl Jun 2018 #14

I don't know the exact mechanics grumpyduck Jun 2018 #15

Have you googled the number? marble falls Jun 2018 #16