German here, I also google unknown phone numbers first if they are mobile phone numbers. My business phone number is in the imprint of every website I make due to legal reasons, so I receive around 1-2 spam calls per week.
Poland here. I really get spam calls, once a week or less. My phone flags unwanted calls as spam so I don’t pick up. If I miss a call from an unknown number, then I Google it. I almost never get to talk to a spam call.
I’m from France, there’s actually a law to force telemarketers to use certain phone ranges, which I’ve blocked.
During some periods, I have a call blocked per day, sometimes more, then nothing for a while.
I sometimes have the odd phone call that passes through, but unless I know I’m expecting a call, or it is from a number I know, I never pick up. It’s usually spam anyway
I’m from the EU. I do the same. I hate getting calls. It forces me to drop everything I’m doing and suddenly switch contexts, which I absolutely hate. So I usually don’t answer unless I expect the call or know the number. If it’s important they can enter a voicemail or preferably send a message, either of which doesn’t require an immediate response and is therefore a lot less annoying.
from the various comments it looks pretty much the same. I have two numbers UK, and PL, and I get spam calls on both of them. It’s gotten to a point where if I don’t recognise a number and don’t specifically wait for a call from somewhere I just ignore it
Yeah, i see that. I guess I’m just lucky then. I mean there’s this one survey company that nags ppl, but you block their one number or ask them to leave you alone and that’s it. And the boring sellers always get flagged by Google so that’s filtered out automatically. Basically, whenever my phone rings, it’s for me personally and it’s a call I’d want to take.
I’m guessing the mass here is from USA. People from EU, where regulations work better, what’s your opinion on this?
German here, I also google unknown phone numbers first if they are mobile phone numbers. My business phone number is in the imprint of every website I make due to legal reasons, so I receive around 1-2 spam calls per week.
Poland here. I really get spam calls, once a week or less. My phone flags unwanted calls as spam so I don’t pick up. If I miss a call from an unknown number, then I Google it. I almost never get to talk to a spam call.
Scamers put effort into learning Polish and you didn’t even hear them out? Harsh.
I’m from France, there’s actually a law to force telemarketers to use certain phone ranges, which I’ve blocked.
During some periods, I have a call blocked per day, sometimes more, then nothing for a while.
I sometimes have the odd phone call that passes through, but unless I know I’m expecting a call, or it is from a number I know, I never pick up. It’s usually spam anyway
I’m from the EU. I do the same. I hate getting calls. It forces me to drop everything I’m doing and suddenly switch contexts, which I absolutely hate. So I usually don’t answer unless I expect the call or know the number. If it’s important they can enter a voicemail or preferably send a message, either of which doesn’t require an immediate response and is therefore a lot less annoying.
from the various comments it looks pretty much the same. I have two numbers UK, and PL, and I get spam calls on both of them. It’s gotten to a point where if I don’t recognise a number and don’t specifically wait for a call from somewhere I just ignore it
Yeah, i see that. I guess I’m just lucky then. I mean there’s this one survey company that nags ppl, but you block their one number or ask them to leave you alone and that’s it. And the boring sellers always get flagged by Google so that’s filtered out automatically. Basically, whenever my phone rings, it’s for me personally and it’s a call I’d want to take.