Hangup Callers are up to No Good!

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If you regularly get calls that hang up right after the answering machine engages, it's because it is probably a robocall. Such is the case with calls to your phone that when you first answer it, no one says anything. In fact, these types of ROBOCALLS are on the rise and the reason they are happening is that, when you actually answer the phone and the automated system that dialed your number gets a human voice, your phone number is sold to criminals who use your phone number to get information by calling back over time and accumulating information as to what your name is, what bank you use or any other information they can collect about you. Eventually the criminals, whoever or wherever they may be calling from, will use the information they get from you to do a number of things and none of them are good. 1. They collect information about you that they can use to call a bank and ask for a change of address or try to get a new debit card or credit card mailed to a PO box or other to start using your account to rob you blind. 2. What else ? They tend to target Senior Citizens. So, I recommend that you SIMPLY DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE WHEN ITS A HANG UP CALL OR THE OTHER END IS SILENT AFTER YOU SAY, 'HELLO' And I do think this link will provide valuable information that will help prevent you from being their next victim - From Huffington Post online: You answer the phone and there's nobody there!