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Got a call from +48 which is Poland. My phone blocked it because it isn't in my contacts and they didn't leave a voicemail message. Still....

Anyone else getting spurious overseas calls?



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Posts: 16608 | Location: Black Hills of South Dakota | Registered: June 20, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I got one from Beijing (+86) last week. No voicemail either. It was odd seeing that come up on my phone.
 
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I've gotten those from time to time for really quite a while.



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A lot of the scam calls originate from overseas, but most have the spoofer to assign a random phone number (often your area code + your first 3 numbers). Sounds like the OP has encountered one of the call centers that are too dumb/lazy to use a spoofer.

A slimmer possibility is your phone company is using something to defeat the spoofer.



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Yes, Beijing +86 yesterday. Huge jump in spam calls over the past week.
 
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I get multiple calls a day from tiny (think a crossroads with a flashing light) town in the Yoop. All scam calls from spoofed numbers.


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A few, the numbers were similar to a local area code + number, just everything is out of position, imagine it's the spoofing software just shoving numbers in anywhere, and trying internationals just to see if folks will pick up.
 
Posts: 24653 | Location: Gunshine State | Registered: November 07, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Yeah, I got one from Beijing the other day too. I just blocked it. I just hung up on the call, too. I screen all my calls anymore. If I don’t know the number, or no message, not answering.
 
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