I’ve taken up the practice of just not answering the phone. Nothing good ever comes of it.
If it’s important, they’ll leave a voice mail and I can call them back.
If it’s important, they’ll leave a voice mail and I can call them back.
Along the topics others are replying with, I also don't answer calls usually, and have a call blocker so I'm only notified if someone from my contacts list is calling or if they are recognized by my network carrier as a verified business. Since businesses can also be spoofed, I still don't give any information and find out why they are calling, then politely hang up and call back myself, after first verifying the number in about to call is actually associated with the business.
It also makes the battery last twice as long.
With that said, I almost got duped by a good samaritan debit card scam about 20 years ago in Toronto.
The telephone is broken.
Credit card fraud is not urgent unless maybe you know your card has been deactivated. They can leave a quick message if your relative is in the hospital or whatever.