Newly re-elected New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was talking to a supporter on his mobile phone when another call came in.
"I didn't recognize the number, so I didn't take it," Key told a New Zealand television station.
Only later did aides tell Key who was trying to reach him: President Obama.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/22/obama-john-key-new-zealand-phone-call/16057707/
128Lmao can you imagine President Obama having a call go to voicemail?
58Its a news site but the only place you can find the date of the article is in the URL. Sometimes I am baffled by the weird design decisions people are making.
30I guess I should start answering... what if it's Obama?
8Definitely don't ghost Obama. He'll drone strike your house.
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Don't bother, if they can't leave a message, you didn't want to talk to them.
79And if they leave a message, I won't listen to it. Text me instead.
18And this is why I asked my provider to turn off voicemail.
I don’t want to talk to them. Whoever they are.
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If only spam callers were unable to spoof phone numbers that'd be great.
69I was called by my own phone number once. Nothing suspicious there.
58That’s true but they usually spoof some person I don’t know. So if I google it and it’s some Betty from East Bumfuck, I know not to pick up. Now, if they spoofed someone I know, that’s different.
10I once saw a spoofed number that was my own number. That was weird seeing my own number pop up that was calling me.
2My phone is good enough at blocking spam calls that when an unfamiliar number calls I answer, and it's usually a wrong number
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The thing is, there are legit reasons to want to spoof numbers. My use case is that if I'm not reachable via sip I send the call over the normal phone network and set cid to the calling number.
I guess a middle ground would be that you could spoof numbers to phone numbers you've registered and verified with your provider.
To be honest though, the scammers and spammers will always find a way round it and spoof anyway.
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Mr google, please add a "search this number online" button for incoming calls. Sometimes I miss a call because I'm slow typer
28I want to be able to search the phone numbers in maps. Searching Google sucks because of all the algorithm gaming scam sites. I just want to know if this number is a local business I might actually want to talk to.
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Ten of the last twelve incoming calls on my phone were scam numbers. I haven't had the ringer or vibrate turned on for my phone for months so I never notice them. My phone does a pretty good job of blocking them and an outstanding job blocking spam texts
23I work for a phone company, it's pretty satisfying seeing all the hard work actually be useful for society.
10Elaborate?
3I also want to know more like the previous commenter. Automatic screening that I had with an old pixel phone was the best thing Google ever did for me back with a pixel 3.
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If you answer and it's a scam then they know you'll pick up the phone in the future.
22Only if you say something. Pick up, say nothing, if it's a robot waiting to hear a voice it will hang up, if it's a real human you'll get a "hello?"
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I fucking love not answering my phone. It makes me feel powerful like god or better
21Holy shit I think a scammer company is using my phone number as a fake employee contact number.
16I just answer the phone with the greeting of someone who's not me.
11This is exactly as it should be. I haven't changed my greeting since I started at my current job so it still says the previous employees name lol. Plus I left my desk phone in my previous cube so I don't actually have a phone at all.
6I mix it up, scammers have an automated system that goes "vwoop" when you say "hello" so I'll answer as if I'm answering the phone from some fictional business of some sort.
The scammer will hang up and then call again. wash rinse repeat a few times and then I don't get any calls on my real phone number from scammers for awhile.
You know they share information with each other on facebook and other services owned by facebook. So all their scammer groups stay open, but if you say that there were never any WMDs in iraq on facebook, or if you question any official narrative about anything at all on facebook, or do any real journalism through facebook, your entire account will be erased from it.
meanwhile, scammers have hundreds if not thousands of groups on facebook that exist for the sole purpose of sharing victim's information with each other for a profit and facebook does absolutely nothing at all to put a stop to that.
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I have the maximum AI call screening option on with my Pixel 8. Real people actually tell it who they are, machines and telemarketing pricks hang up immediately upon hearing the AI.
8I keep a browser window open exclusively for Googling phone numbers. This is way more common than I realized.
8Where do you look up numbers. I only find scam sites
1Just type the number into google. If it doesn’t come up with a number from a business or you don’t recognize it, just ignore it. Most of the time I just ignore calls, and if it’s important enough, they will leave a voicemail or text me.
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Do you habe Skype, Doc?
7Ich habe das Skype jajajaj
8
meanwhile Truecaller app
6I used to use that for ages, but the constant ads made me uninstall it
13Well I stopped using it as soon as I learned how it works. I even de registered from their website Unlisting number. But yeah I occasionally needs it , for that truecaller bot exist in telegram.
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I literally did this the order day because a phone number called twice in 2 days and bypassed my Pixel's spam filter. All the sites for googling phone numbers are all scams it looks like. Anyone know a good one?
6The site for googling is google, man.
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I'm kind of lucky on this front. I got my phone number when I lived in L.A. and later moved (back) to Indiana. My phone number is a California number. I basically know no one in California at this point who would call me on the phone if they wanted to get in touch. So if the area code isn't from Indiana, except in special circumstances, it most likely is a call I can ignore.
6I have that exact same thing. Almost every spam call sellf identifies as a scam call
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Same, but Intelius
5I use SEON and a CNAM database lookup API from Trellix - both free if under 100 requests/mo.
4try fastpeoplesearch.com instead
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I'm never expecting an image from Twin Peaks: The Return. Let alone for something so banal.
4I have to admit i lean on the Google call screening hard. In the last year or so I have only had one or two actually try talking to Google. They just hang up
4This looks like Norm Macdonald's cousin.
4OSINT Maltego - Find Out Who Is Calling
4Why Google it when Android tells you who's calling?
3Android doesn't, I think this is a Pixel feature. Source: my junk ass Samsung
7Certain Samsung's have Hiya integration for this kind of thing. In the dialler settings there might be an option for "Caller ID and Spam Protection".
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'me searching for it online'. Try not to use the G-word
-9Without using it, can you tell me why? Is that how g**-gull tracks you online?
11I'm good thanks though
3What, Google?
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