Ask HN: Is it just me, or are fake callers getting out of control?
I am getting at least 5 fake phone calls from random numbers daily. Sometimes they call and hangup after half a ring. Sometimes it rings a few times and I pick up and it's some bot on the other end of the line who speaks perfect english and just keeps asking "Hello... hello...? Are you there...? Hello?" and then hangs up. When I order a bunch of domain names (and my phone number inevitably gets out into the whois database scrapers) I get at least 10-20 calls from india asking if I need website development on my domain that has no content up on it. Is it just me, or are fake callers getting out of control in recent months? It's getting to the point that I am getting more fake calls than real ones, and I am seriously reconsidering even having a phone number. 1 comments on Hacker News.
I am getting at least 5 fake phone calls from random numbers daily. Sometimes they call and hangup after half a ring. Sometimes it rings a few times and I pick up and it's some bot on the other end of the line who speaks perfect english and just keeps asking "Hello... hello...? Are you there...? Hello?" and then hangs up. When I order a bunch of domain names (and my phone number inevitably gets out into the whois database scrapers) I get at least 10-20 calls from india asking if I need website development on my domain that has no content up on it. Is it just me, or are fake callers getting out of control in recent months? It's getting to the point that I am getting more fake calls than real ones, and I am seriously reconsidering even having a phone number.
I am getting at least 5 fake phone calls from random numbers daily. Sometimes they call and hangup after half a ring. Sometimes it rings a few times and I pick up and it's some bot on the other end of the line who speaks perfect english and just keeps asking "Hello... hello...? Are you there...? Hello?" and then hangs up. When I order a bunch of domain names (and my phone number inevitably gets out into the whois database scrapers) I get at least 10-20 calls from india asking if I need website development on my domain that has no content up on it. Is it just me, or are fake callers getting out of control in recent months? It's getting to the point that I am getting more fake calls than real ones, and I am seriously reconsidering even having a phone number. 1 comments on Hacker News.
I am getting at least 5 fake phone calls from random numbers daily. Sometimes they call and hangup after half a ring. Sometimes it rings a few times and I pick up and it's some bot on the other end of the line who speaks perfect english and just keeps asking "Hello... hello...? Are you there...? Hello?" and then hangs up. When I order a bunch of domain names (and my phone number inevitably gets out into the whois database scrapers) I get at least 10-20 calls from india asking if I need website development on my domain that has no content up on it. Is it just me, or are fake callers getting out of control in recent months? It's getting to the point that I am getting more fake calls than real ones, and I am seriously reconsidering even having a phone number.
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