I’m sure you’ve recently received some callwhether from a private numberor one you can see, however, whatever it is, when you answer you get no sound and no one on the other end, and then you get hung up or have to do it yourself after a few seconds of silence.
Well, this isn’t a problem with your iPhone or the other person’s iPhone, it’s a scam and information gathering, and most of the time it’s not even a person calling you, but an automated system with no one present, which makes us feel even more absurd.
Unanswered calls on iPhone
These types of calls, as we said, are based on the collection of information. Those responsible for them call all kinds of numbers at random, or in a certain order, hoping to get a positive or negative result, that is, if we pick up the phone and speak, they will understand that the phone is active, and therefore, they will include it in a database. Otherwise, and we do not respond or it simply appears as turned off or unavailable, they will try again, however, they would not put us on that list.
What happens when we pick up the phone? Even though we won’t be talking to anyone at that moment, as we said, we’ll already be on a list that these people sell to companies and salespeople so that they know that X number answers calls, even if it’s a private number, which saves them a lot of time. However, for you, it’s a bad thing, because you’ll start getting real calls from telephone, electricity, and other service companies, and, even if it’s not a scam (which sometimes it is), you’ll have to be on the lookout for SPAM callsand all because of that time you picked up the phone and no one answered.
How to block spam
There are different applications to block this type of callsand they even believe that our number does not exist, so they will not continue trying. Among the most famous we have Call Blocker or TrueCallerThey are free and have a large database that will help you identify which calls are commercial or fraudulent, and which ones are simply from a number you don’t know, since it could be a delivery person bringing you a package, and we don’t want to reject that one.
Both are in the App Store, and you can download and install them now, they don’t require much knowledge, and they will do everything for you. There are paid versions, but for what we are looking for, mainly, we won’t have to pay anything.
And you, are you fed up with this type of calls? Robinson list and other ways of trying to stop them from bothering us are useless, even changing the number will be something that will not help, so the best thing is to opt for an app and wait until they stop bothering us. Leave us a comment with your experiences, and if you have any tricks to stop them from calling us, because even on a Sunday or at night they continue to do it, and it is quite frustrating, really.
