# Calls from unknown numbers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-unknown-numbers/735402>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-unknown-numbers/735402 "2015-10-21T21:22:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-unknown-numbers/735402/21 "2015-10-30T14:04:37Z")

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Running [CallControl app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flexaspect.android.everycallcontrol&hl=en) on my phone now. Working pretty well.

Also funnelling all unknown numbers to “Unknown” contact (even gave them their own [profile picture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/UnknownComic.jpg)). If they don’t leave a VM, they get added to the app’s blocked list.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-unknown-numbers/735402/22 "2015-10-30T14:33:07Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Over here in the UK callers get around our registry by calling from abroad.

How does calling from some woman’s phone get them around the registry?

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**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-unknown-numbers/735402/23 "2015-10-30T15:38:36Z")

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Sometimes we get spoofed calls that show as calling from our own number. Modern horror: The scammer calls are coming from inside the house!

Can’t wait until the youngest kid gets a cell phone and we shut down the house line. We won’t miss the spammers, scammers, political robots, charity people, robo-testers, and endless debt collectors still looking for this guy Miguel who had our number five years ago.

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