What's with scam robocallers putting me on hold when I press '1' to talk to them?

If you pressed 1 they already got you.

They know it's a real number with a real person on the other end.

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How so?

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Marks you as a “live” line. You’ll get moar and moar until you just stop answering.

Pushing whatever number to get put in the DNC list doesn’t do shite. Telling the workers to not call you doesn’t work. Just stop answering unless you know the number.

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Pushing whatever number to get put in the DNC list doesn’t do shite. Telling the workers to not call you doesn’t work. Just stop answering unless you know the number.

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Point me to some evidence that the strategy of not answering will reduce the number of calls.

I stopped answering the phone unless it’s a number I know.

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you getting that extended car warranty, baw?

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I told them I definitely wanted to extend my warranty.

They asked for year/make/model.

Told them 1974 VW Beetle

They hung up on me and never called back.

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I stopped answering the phone unless it’s a number I know.

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Did you notice any change in the number of these robocall?

Seems like they just come in waves no matter what and I can't appreciate any rhyme or reason as to how they would get reduced or not.

I tried to sign up for affordable health care. During my interview, she asked me how many kids I wanted to insure and when I told her all 12, she hung up on me. Still didn’t stop the calls tho. I laugh sometimes, both my wife and my phone will start ringing at the same time from the same number.