One Ring Scam

RhymeReason · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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

ohioloveyou · February 2014

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

MrsJenE · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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

RhymeReason · February 2014

@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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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

SnShne322 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

haha, sorry @Adjudi-Kate :-)

Young_Love · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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

RiverPlate · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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 · February 2014

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.

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