In this day in age, I have to admit I have gotten pretty paranoid when it comes to protecting my personal information. In the past 6 months someone successfully was able to switch my wifes credit card account to their address (I caught it before any charges were made), I have one (different account and credit card company than hers) that was compromised and someone stole my identity but I caught it in time that they haven't done any damage YET.... and I stress the word YET...
Anyway how often do you get random phone calls on your cellphone?
On average I'd say I would get 1 strange call about every 2 to 3 weeks, but lately it's almost once a week. They are usually later in the evening and some have even been in the middle of the night. I usually Google the numbers and in most cases other people have reported the same issue "someone calls, and they hang up when answered, or never leave a message" or "I try to call the number back and nobody will pick it up," etc.
Yeah I'm probably paranoid but just wondered if it's a common thing happening with other people around the country?
Do you have me on ignore or just not noticed two threads I posted about robo calls and scam phone calls in the last few weeks? Do not call them back. Report them if you are on the do not call list and you have not done any business with them in the last year. ie, don't report your phone company because they called and tried to get you to buy extra services.
It's a massive problem in my opinion and I can't tell that much is happening to stop it. Many people with caller id no longer answer their phones if they don't know the caller so political surveys and any other survey might be considered no longer valid. Only those without caller ID still routinely answer all phone calls I thought I read. I even had my own phone number spoofed so that it looks like you're calling yourself. Maybe the phone company or NSA is monitoring now. I recently got a call saying CCI but the call got cut off. I would not have answered but I incorrectly thought maybe it was a security firm monitoring my information because of 3 attempts to reset a security setting online.