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Originally posted by Muddflap:
I have the "Silence Unknown Callers" turned on, on my iPhone, so if the number isn't in my contacts, the phone doesn't even ring. If it's important, they'll leave a voicemail.

This is the greatest method. Actually, if the caller is in your Contacts, or a number you recently called (how recently I don't know), it will ring. Otherwise, wonderful silence and straight to voicemail. I have found that 99% of what are really SPAM callers do not ever leave a voicemail. Legitimate callers do.

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Originally posted by Muddflap:
I have the "Silence Unknown Callers" turned on, on my iPhone, so if the number isn't in my contacts, the phone doesn't even ring. If it's important, they'll leave a voicemail.

^^^^^ This.

I send all calls to voicemail, even from people I know. The only exceptions are calls that have real CallerID (the name of the caller, not just their phone number) of people that I want to talk to right that moment. This is probably not more than one or two calls a month.

My phone is my business phone, so I always answer it. Of course the scammers make it a pain in the ass.

But if all you guys don't answer the unknown number calls you cars warranty could expire. And you certainly don't want that to happen.

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Originally posted by wreckdiver:
Local numbers only for my plumbing business. My land line is also forwarding to my cell and that is the one I've had for over 30 years. Most customers numbers come as them, as I have tagged their name to their number.

Might want to rethink that idea for a business.
Many people can have cell phones they got in state A but kept same number when they moved to state B.

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Originally posted by gjgalligan:
Many people can have cell phones they got in state A but kept same number when they moved to state B.

Yup. Ever since number portability, area codes and exchanges mean very little. And it doesn't apply to just cell numbers. We ported our landline to VoIP. That means if we moved we'd take it with us.