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Called but left no message, Anyone know who this is??

Same thing, missed call with no voicemail. I called back, and got an answering machine, which said to press 1 to speak to a "representative" and 2 to get my number off their calling list. Hope they stop calling...

A lot of posters here complain they get many calls from scammers.
A few posters state they get hardly any.
Why the difference?  Here are possible reasons:

The most common mistakes made by people who receive calls from unknown numbers:

Answering the phone.     ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
Instead of answering, let the call go to voicemail or answering machine.  Legitimate callers will usually leave a message.

Pressing a number "to be taken off the list".     ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
That works for legitimate telemarketers, but legitimate telemarketers would not have called you in the first place, if you were on the DNC list.  Pressing a number on a call from a telespammer merely confirms you answered the phone.

Returning the call.  .     ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
At best, returning a scammer's call merely confirms your phone is "live", and your number will be added to a list that will be used by even more scammers.  At worst, the call will cost you additional fees, if it is from a foreign country, such as Jamaica (876 area code).  Also, scammers are now spoofing Caller IDs, so the number you see may not really be the number that called you.  It might belong to an innocent, third party.

Arguing with the caller:
Call center employees have probably heard your argument many times.  They may either continue to try to scam you, or they will hang up ... but will also make sure some other scammer calls your number, later.

Blowing a horn or whistle into the phone:
Will irritate the scammer.  The scammer may then add your number as a "spoofed Caller ID", so others think YOU are calling them, and YOU may hear retaliatory horns or whistles if the irritated called person calls YOU back!

Forwarding the call to a government office.
Not too swift.  All that does is tie up a line at the govt office, and record YOUR number as the forwarding number!  Realize that your congress person knows phone scams are a problem, and also knows the FCC and FTC have been assigned the task of upholding the laws concerning this problem.  Instead, you should report the problem via normal channels to the FTC or FCC.

Giving or forwarding the supposed scammer's phone number to other scammers.
May not be a good idea.  The 1st scammer might have used a spoofed phone number, and, if you give it to other scammers, all you are doing is causing more calls to and problems for an innocent person.

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Eventually, after getting many scam calls, some people think their only recourse is getting a new number.  That is not true.  The "new number" is probably somebody else's "old number", and will come accompanied with its own baggage (and calls).

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What you SHOULD do:
If you are disturbed by frequent calls from scammers / spammers. obtain a call blocker app, device, phone, or service.  Google is your friend.  Remember, the Do Not Call list is effective to prevent calls from registered telemarketers, but scammers / spammers ignore that policy.

Slim,
Thank you for the time it must have taken to lay it all out in one place!!
I knew some of what you said, and do the others out of instinct.

I have to say I copied this and sent it to my parents. They are in their 80's and not as technically challenged as you might think, but still in all they really liked the way you wrote it, and all in one place for them and me is fantastic!!  Once again time is valuable and not un-noticed Thank You.

You are welcome!

Pre recorded msg asking for Janet Blue.  "Hi this is Ashlea from GE Home Security"  I receive this call everyday.  Quit Calling

I keep getting calls from all these different scammers/spammers but I have learned to just let calls from numbers I dont know go to voicemail. Then if they dont leave  message or its a message from an obvious scammer/spammer, I go to my call log and I have the option on my cell phone to add that number to my reject call list. That way i never have to deal with someone calling me from that number again. it goes directly to my voicemail.

Called my place of business. "Hi this is Ashlea from GE Home Security". Told her she had called a place of business and to not ever call again!

Thank God for Iphones!

called my cell phone today Oct. 23. No message was left and I did not answer because I didn't know who the number belonged to.

CALLED LEFT NO MSG.

Scam caller using scam support company Decoy Digets phone number. This criminal group need to be all locked up and everythink they own taken away.

I have in the past answered known scammers with the line "Police Department. How can I help you?" Then tell them they've reached Homicide Division and tell them I'm transferring them to Fraud Division who will be happy to "investigate" them.
Funny, they seem to hang up within 10 secs of placing them on mute on my iPhone. LOL

called my cell phone today at 4:22PM. I didn't answer the call and no message was left on my phone. I knew it was a telemarketer by the number calling.

Called several times, no message left

Just received call from this number. Let machine answer. No one left msg. Ben getting various calls from different numbers or repeated numbers all morning.

I just had a missed call from this number with no voicemail left. I dont know who it is a call from, however, I did fill out some info last night about receiving information about going back to school and scholarship info. I almost bet it is someone from one of those requests trying to aggrevate me now. Or a random telemarketer that phished my information from the websites I signed up with.

Thanks - especially to Slim!  That is the best synopsis of the issue I have ever seen.  I have had this number for nearly 10 years and have NEVER gotten the amount of "unknown" calls as I have since April 15.  I NEVER answer any of these, they NEVER leave voice mails, I NEVER call back - (a) because it's pointless, and (b) because most of these are using spoofed numbers anyway.  And yes, the number is always blocked when I check it out.

This and another number (678-734-9764) called today for the first time.  Both IDs read "None."  Both pages for these numbers have very, VERY similar comments.  Of course, no messages.

Ugh this is the 4th spam # I'm getting calls from today! I've never had them and now they're all calling today!! Coincidence?