One Ring Scam

RhymeReason

With all the posts on FB and the articles online about this scam, I have to ask-does anyone look up a number before calling them back in it's not in your phone book? I get that this is news people should know about but if I don't recognize your number in my phone, very often I just send it to voicemail, especially if it's not an area code I recognize. I figure if you really want to reach me, you'll leave a voicemail and if you don't, I'll just look the number up before calling it back (like if it doesn't show up in the white pages but I recognize the area code).  

RevJen

I do all the time.  I won't answer a phone call if I don't know the number.

ohioloveyou

I never call them back, but that would explain the phone call that showed up on my phone from Grenada the other day...

MrsJenE

I never call back a number I don't recognize.  I have TEXTED back a number I don't recognize for shits and giggles.

SnShne322

I always Google first. If it isn't obvious who it was, I never call back.

I've had a few randoms call me.  A cupcake shop in VA was one.

What's this scam? I've been watching the news, but I don't think I saw this.

moroccojade

I barely answer my phone when I DO know who is calling.....    :P

RhymeReason

@ShShne322 you get a call from Aruba, Granada and a few other places in the Caribean. They call and your cell phone rings once. If you call back, you get charged these outrageous fees and I think it's an adult phone line.

 

Also, thanks guys for validating I'm not a weirdo.

packfan20

I never answer if I don't recognize the number.  If you want me, you'll leave a message.  I will sometimes do a search for the number just because I'm curious but I never call it back.

Adjudi-Kate

I really thought this post was going to be about Gollum and Hobbits.  Disappointed.

SnShne322

NorthernLghts said:

@ShShne322 you get a call from Aruba, Granada and a few other places in the Caribean. They call and your cell phone rings once. If you call back, you get charged these outrageous fees and I think it's an adult phone line.

 

Also, thanks guys for validating I'm not a weirdo.

Ah I see.  I think this has happened in the past, right? Like maybe 5 years ago?

RhymeReason

haha, sorry @Adjudi-Kate :-)

Young_Love

moroccojade said:

I barely answer my phone when I DO know who is calling.....    :P

This. I would never call back a number that didn't leave a VM. People do this?

RhymeReason

Young_Love said:

moroccojade said:

I barely answer my phone when I DO know who is calling.....    :P

This. I would never call back a number that didn't leave a VM. People do this?

Apparently a lot of people do. I was just as surprised so I thought I'd ask you guys

cnthrdlywt2bwZ

I frequently google numbers if I don't recognize an area code or am not expecting a regional call. I will pick up though, if I happen to see it ringing. (I keep it silent all the time.)

Menrandes

I've gotten the one ring call many times recently. So has my husband. I never answer a number I do not know and I always look it up before calling back.

booneybear

I have never even contemplated calling back a number.  If you want to reach me so bad, leave a message or to heck with ya.

brie&drew

I don't answer if it's a number I don't recognize. If there's no voicemail, I don't call back either. If whatever prompted you to call wasn't important enough to leave a message then it's probably not important for me either.

sonore32

Young_Love said:

moroccojade said:

I barely answer my phone when I DO know who is calling.....    :P

This. I would never call back a number that didn't leave a VM. People do this?

Bingo...I'm with you guys...no VM no call back

fabk

We answer if we don't recognize the number. Mh sometimes gets tips at home. Otherwise we probably wouldn't.

RiverPlate

I rarely get calls on my cell phone that aren't work-related or from my immediate family.  And I don't even answer those half the time.  My home phone, I'm not even sure why we even have one anymore.  I never get up to check who is calling, answer it, or listen to the messages.

WhitePicketFence

If I don't recognize a number, I don't answer. If they don't leave a vm, I don't call them back.

Jen748

I don't answer unknown numbers and I don't call them back either. If you aren't in my phone, I don't wanna know ya!

xDanniellex

Hmmm, maybe that's what that call I had last week from "Dominica" was about. I wasn't gonna answer it and they didn't leave a message so no call back from me. My phone has a song not a ringer so I have no idea if it was just one ring.

Kate&Mark

Ha, I've been getting these calls! I don't pick up and wouldn't call back, but it amuses me every time it pops up that Antigua is calling. I've telling DH that they must be calling because they want us to take a trip there... he's not buying it.

sassypants527

RevJen said:

I do all the time.  I won't answer a phone call if I don't know the number.

This.  I always google.  I had a call the other day that I googled while it was ringing and realized it was my Drs office so I answered.

GilliC

It would never even occur to me to call back an unknown number. I always just assume it's a telemarketer. But I do answer for those rare cases like last week when the surgeon's office was calling because they had an available space and wanted to know if I could come that day.

However, my phone is still listed under my XH's name. It's a prepaid account, so I usually forget all about it, until someone calls and asks for him. Easiest way to get out of telemarketing.

brittk0486

If I don't recognize the number I don't answer it - especially if it's a crazy area code! If it's a local number then I do the reverse search on whitepages, but even then I still rarely call back if there's been no message left. I just like to be nosy to see who it may have been.