[mulmen]

Huh, that happens to you? I live in Seattle but I still have an Idaho number. Almost all of my spam calls come from Idaho. It's especially funny because my iPhone includes the approximate area of the calling number and Idaho only has one area code. So the calls come from numbers in towns I have never visited.

[gnicholas]

Yeah, I live in SV but when I visit other parts of CA I get spam calls from the local area code. This happens when I have not made any phone calls to local numbers.

I do sometimes get calls when I'm at home from these area codes, but when I'm traveling my spam calls are always from these area codes, which makes it very unlikely it's just random chance.

[oefrha]

Those are likely VoIP calls with spoofed numbers. I never answer anything with my area code (from where I was a decade ago), those are 100% spam.

[Ylpertnodi]

I answer every spam call. I do not speak, i just let them talk, or the robot play (and then they talk - they think they've got your interest)...and wait for the caller to hang up. You soon get taken off lists.

[mulmen]

> You soon get taken off lists.

With your approach how many calls do you get per month?

About a decade ago I just started ignoring unknown numbers that didn't make sense. I still get some spam calls from Idaho numbers. Especially early in the morning. I assume because that's when people are more susceptible.

[mulmen]

Yeah that's what I assume. I never answer them either. The only calls I get from Idaho are people I already know and are in my contacts.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

This is the best thing ever actually.

Every entrepreneur should be made prior to opening their business, to get a cell phone from montana.

Then, get a google voice #. That will be the burner for all random apps online.