It has surely happened to you that you receive a call from an unknown number and when you answer it, no one answers or hangs up.
These are known as fictitious calls or “phone spam”. They advise to be wary of calls from strangers, as these are types of scams used by criminals. longing or wangiri. According to the newspaper, in the first they can call you and pretend to be your bank’s representative, and in the second they want the person to answer the call and earn money for the scammer. Republic.
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However, the simplest answer to these imaginary calls is: most likely an automated telemarketing campaign. This means that there is a software. Call center this is recruiting potential clients so they contact people to record who responded and who didn’t, thus saving consultants time.
Those who respond in this way will continue to be sought after by a consultant who will definitely offer them the products or services of the campaign they represent.
They also advise you not to return such calls as they may deduct minutes from your plan.
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If you are tired of such searches, you always have a choice. Report and block numbers. You can do this from your Android phone in the call log, then go to “Settings”, click “Block numbers”. There, you can enable the ‘Block unknown numbers’ option or add the phone number you want to block to recent numbers or contacts.
You can also do this with the ‘mute strangers’ option from your iPhone.
In addition, there are several caller id apps this helps you identify unknown or unwanted calls. You can download whatever you want from the App Store or Google Play.
ELIM JALONSO
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