# Getting calls on my cell phone from \*c

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490 "2013-02-06T15:06:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490/21 "2013-02-09T01:40:50Z")

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For what it’s worth: I googled my own cell phone number, and the results that came back were a bunch of bullshit. The State was right, nothing more.

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**Author:** ![Level3Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Level3Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Level3Navigator)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490/22 "2013-02-09T19:55:54Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> I assume he is like me and he is going on the assumption that if he does not recognize the number then the call is mostly like some marketing call he does not care to listen to. If by chance this is not the case then they will leave a message if it is important.

[shatner]  
\*caaaaaaaahhhhnnnnnnn!  
[/shatner]

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490/23 "2013-02-11T00:11:29Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> On my iPhone, I add spam calls to a “Spam” contact, and have that contact set to silent ring and no vibrate. So it doesn’t go directly to voicemail, but if I’m not actively looking at the phone, it’s close enough.

Aha. I must let Typo Knig know about that. Our phones are both linked to the same shared Google account, so he has the same contact as I do.

That Telemarketer guy sure has a lot of phone numbers!! I wonder if there are any real limits to the number of phone numbers a contact may have.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490/24 "2013-02-11T01:49:05Z")

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Just pick up the phone next time and sate your curiosity. Hang up immediately if it’s a telemarketer or whatever.

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**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-calls-on-my-cell-phone-from-c/649490/25 "2013-02-11T01:51:13Z")

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I suspect your phones contact list includes an entry named \*C, most likely added by your carrier.

I suspect your carrier’s customer service dept is trying to call you for something.

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