AngelRoad
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I used to have real problems with scam phone calls. My first tactic was the Telephone Preference Service, unfortunately it was as useful as proverbial fire guard. I then had my land line taken out, its a clumsy historical method of communication anyway and I rarely had cause to use it but it was the main source of scammers atvthat time.
I now only have a couple of mobiles, an iPhone 8 as my main one and iPhone 6 as back up. Most of the time I have it set to delete calls from withheld numbers, and also those calls who do have a number but which aren’t in my contacts list. This is great most of the time and so much so that I get no scam calls at all now, however my local hospitals withhold their number, so I don’t get their calls when I do actually need talk to them occasionally.
My gp used to withhold their number but I spoke to the practice manager and they put a note on my records to call from their main no. which I have in my contact.
On balance the benefits of having unknowns dumped straight into trash far out weigh the disadvantages.
I now only have a couple of mobiles, an iPhone 8 as my main one and iPhone 6 as back up. Most of the time I have it set to delete calls from withheld numbers, and also those calls who do have a number but which aren’t in my contacts list. This is great most of the time and so much so that I get no scam calls at all now, however my local hospitals withhold their number, so I don’t get their calls when I do actually need talk to them occasionally.
My gp used to withhold their number but I spoke to the practice manager and they put a note on my records to call from their main no. which I have in my contact.
On balance the benefits of having unknowns dumped straight into trash far out weigh the disadvantages.