I'm from europe (the Netherlands). Everytime I see these american robocall threads it blows my mind.
What about your system is so bad that allows this to go on? It's not a problem here at all.
What about your system is so bad that allows this to go on? It's not a problem here at all.
They seem spoofed because you can see them increment the numbers and try again. Also they come from various countries both in and out of europe.
They always ring 2-3 times then hang up.
I've blocked dozens of them by now, they just come up with new numbers.
I don't understand what the point is because nothing happens if you call back so there's nothing to keep you on the line.
Also nothing happens if you respond.
I understand that these are all things I shouldn't do but a) at one point the numbers resembled those of RedHat in the UK and b) I was curious.
The calling-from numbers usually don't terminate, ie they're "number not recognised" or similar errors. This seems like something the phone company could fix if they cared to, or indeed the industry watchdogs could fix "do not forward a call when the sending number doesn't terminate". Problem is that marketing companies will do things like have ex-country calls with in-country "sender" numbers so they can use foreign call centres and appear to be calling from the UK.
Therefore I don't reply to unknown or hidden numbers.
Also, not many people on the planet speak dutch, so the addressable market is quite small.
The landline gets a few scam callers and surveys a year though, always real people.
However, my parents' landline phone gets several per day, so perhaps it's too expensive to call a UK mobile number for spam to be profitable.
Someone is making money. Anyone who wants a law or regulation that stops someone from making money is a socialist and socialism is bad /s