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#TechHelp needed: I have had a few calls recently from nuymbers I don't recognise. If I am not paying attention and answer, they just hang up.

Anyone know what is going on here? The old scam of having a very expensive reply number doesn't work any more so...?

I'm on an EE SIM - UK.

Thanks.
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priryo

Inhaltswarnung: Theory, no evidence, not UK

LionelB
I generally look them up. Almost always they have a 'probable spam' rating.
JimmyB (he/him)
Yeah - good call: I will. I wonder what they get out of it tho?
LionelB
The usual scams. Import duty on a parcel, $200 overdue on a subscription...
JimmyB (he/him)
So that only works if I ring back? I find it mystifying.

For some reason I don't get many spam calls at all. And Jersey landlines are pretty much free of them, thankfully. So I am aware of the kinds of scams going round but how this works to anyone's benefit I don't know.
LionelB
Generally they only activate if they detect a voice. If you don't answer, the system just dials the next.
JimmyB (he/him)
On this one today - I said nothing but it still immediately hung up and I was trying to think of a use case, where knowing that a line is active is in anyway useful. No doubt I'll find out sometime soon!
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LionelB
If you remain silent it disconnects.
JimmyB (he/him)
Right! It did! Though I really didn't get a chance to speak. It was very quick... it really made me wonder what the point is.
JimmyB (he/him)
And yes - BTW - the number is listed as likely to be from scammers.
Jen
one possibility is autodiallers.

Some spam/scam callers dial a bunch of numbers at the same time, but only have a few people to actually handle calls. So you answer, the system fails to find an agent available, and you get dropped.

It may be that they're smart enough to notice that you answer, so they keep trying.
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