I turned on a feature where unrecognized numbers / potential spam has to first state why...

Posted by haighter on April 10, 2026, 11:38:38, in reply to "lately I've been getting voice mails without any incoming calls"

...they're calling before the call will ring through to me. I'm getting lots of "voicemails" that way because it ends up sending a lot of them straight there. Which is fine by me. Previous Message naturally they're spam calls, so my guess is that it's a way for the spammer to avoid having their number blocked anyone else seeing this?

this happens to me sometimes. i just thought my phone was smart enough to screen and send to vm*

Posted by lcubed on April 10, 2026, 11:37:40, in reply to "lately I've been getting voice mails without any incoming calls"

Previous Message naturally they're spam calls, so my guess is that it's a way for the spammer to avoid having their number blocked anyone else seeing this?

The calls are coming from inside the phone*

Posted by ATL on April 10, 2026, 11:37:13, in reply to "lately I've been getting voice mails without any incoming calls"

Previous Message naturally they're spam calls, so my guess is that it's a way for the spammer to avoid having their number blocked anyone else seeing this? “We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.