<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I have similar experience as Jim. All of our phone numbers have Texas area codes but we live in Atlanta Georgia.. I answer very few calls that I don’t recognize the number. If I have called a business and am expecting a call back I will answer Atlanta Georgia calls that are not in my contact list. Otherwise, if I don’t know you I don’t want to talk to you. Said with a smile!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:23 AM, Jim Stone <1789alpine@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">I know changing your number is not a viable solution for most of us, but keeping my 314 St. Louis number when I moved to NY has turned out to be an unknowingly brilliant move! Virtually any call I get from an unknown number Missouri is a spoof robocall, while an unknown NY call has a pretty good chance of being real. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" class="">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:07 PM John Miller <<a href="mailto:jem@milleredp.com" class="">jem@milleredp.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> I don't answer most calls from numbers I <br class="">
don't recognize, and in mobile phones there's usually a 'block as spam' <br class="">
button somewhere.</blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The problem with that is that about 75% of the calls I get have the number spoofed. A guy in Bangalore is not calling me from a number in my area code. If I block it, I'll be blocking someone who may be legit, and not the spam caller. <br class=""><br class="">I love getting these calls for extending my auto warranty. I make them do the spiel and then tell them I have a 1975 Triumph...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"Oh. Do you have another vehicle?"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"Yep. A 1976 Triumph."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*click*</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div></div></div>
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