Originally Posted by
z28lt1
The caller id is spoofed. If you start calling the number that calls you, you will likely be calling some poor person who has absolutely nothing to do with it, but just had their number used.
There are some services that help with this, as @
CPRich noted. Fios provides Nomorobo for our home phones and that works pretty well. Your best bet is to just not answer any number you don't recognize.
This - not only is caller ID spoofed, but the numbers are spoofed, also. Don't bother calling most of them back.
And, if you've been watching local Chicago news, you'd also know that they've been talking up the new "one ring" scam which results in international toll charges when you call back a spam caller. So yeah, don't do that either. Just hit the ringer and if it's important, they'll leave you a VM.