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iPhone Missed calls from myself?
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Answer it next time and find out what it is you want to chat about.
Number spoofing aka same exchange scam. Have had it happen myself (ie. me calling me, even though phone is sitting idle on the charger).
Spammers calling everyone in same exchange with some other number from that exchange, hoping you think it's someone you know from the neighborhood (which is kinda dumb, in that 10000 possible numbers in an exchange, and if a mobile number, probably not even in a neighborhood). Guess can even target a number with their own number, to get you to pick up in curiosity.
Some call blocker apps (eg. Hiya) have options to block calls from same exchange.
Already had about 4-5 calls today from the same exchange that went straight to VM thanks to "Silence Unknown Callers" option.
Spammers calling everyone in same exchange with some other number from that exchange, hoping you think it's someone you know from the neighborhood (which is kinda dumb, in that 10000 possible numbers in an exchange, and if a mobile number, probably not even in a neighborhood). Guess can even target a number with their own number, to get you to pick up in curiosity.
Some call blocker apps (eg. Hiya) have options to block calls from same exchange.
Already had about 4-5 calls today from the same exchange that went straight to VM thanks to "Silence Unknown Callers" option.
NoBoMac is probably right on the money here...
But! What if you're calling from the future with the winning lottery numbers?
But! What if you're calling from the future with the winning lottery numbers?
You can't.
There is the SHAKEN/STIR protocol being rolled out that, in theory, will tell you if a call is coming from a legitimate number. But need to have every telco talking to each other via the protocol.
Call blockers, as mentioned (eg. Hiya, Wideprotect), with exchange blocking. Or Apple's "Silence Unknown Callers". And the known spam lists in these apps are fairly incomplete as they are crowd-sourced and spoofed numbers are usually real numbers (ie. the keepers of the list are not going to put every reported number into the master list).
FCC Do Not Call list is pretty much useless.
Pretty much an all or nothing proposition re: what to block.
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I’ve known of people who talk to themselves, but this is taking it a bit to the extreme, don’t you think?!
Did you actually get a call or you simply saw a missed call notification appear without a call?
Only one device.
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Absolutely.
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Yea I didn't think about spoofing in the moment but that's what it is. I have 2 call block apps that warn you about spoofing.
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Only one phone.
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I’ve known of people who talk to themselves, but this is taking it a bit to the extreme, don’t you think?!
It gets lonely time to time.
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Just the missed call notification.
That part on its own is rather strange enough (even if it was showing a different number).
Hmmm... Going to assume that you have a "me" contact with the number.
But, also have Settings > Phone > My Number.
Guessing "Silence Unknowns" has the smarts to also exclude calls "from" your cell to your cell. As some (most? all?) calls from your cell to your number will drop you into provider's voicemail, so, no way you can call yourself.
But, also have Settings > Phone > My Number.
Guessing "Silence Unknowns" has the smarts to also exclude calls "from" your cell to your cell. As some (most? all?) calls from your cell to your number will drop you into provider's voicemail, so, no way you can call yourself.