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Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by r3trohack3r on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:06AM (#36058263)
One trick I’ve found to screen robocalls is to answer and be silent. They seem to use an automated system that dials pools of numbers and checks to see if a human is on the other side before connecting you to an agent. If it gets silence it hangs up.

Real humans wait a few seconds and say “Hello?”

Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by dkjaudyeqooe on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:16AM (#36058403)
My voicemail message is silence. I only get audible responses from live person spam. They seem to just go ahead after a few seconds regardless, probably because of a mandatory script. Then they just say "hello" a few times.
Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by superbiome on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:13AM (#36058355)
Half of the ones I get use those apps that go straight to your voicemail to leave a message so you can’t even answer if you wanted to.
Re:Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of ... by kar5pt on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @11:21AM (#36059366)
I tried this and it didn't work.