I have been getting a lot of calls and texts from shitbags trying to buy my house on the cheap so they can rent it out. Now that I bought my mom's house I'm getting twice the calls.... I really hate those people.
I was getting those too - everyone I know was getting them. I found that they get your phone number from things like credit reports.
My solution was to get a google voice number for places that I deal with that want a phone number and just check the voice website (or application) for calls that I may need to review. My actual number is not given to anyone except trusted people and is whitelisted. If you're not a contact, you don't call.
Great idea! I have a saved text template that I respond to them with when they text me. I only ever got one response to that text.... calling me a Karen! These are not smart people.
I understand that many don't like Google, and I'm not keen on them, but that phone service is invaluable. You can have one number per email, I have one for business comms, and a number in an advantageous area code for job comms. You can forward the texts and voice-to-text as emails to the accompanying email address.
You will need to connect it to a real number when you sign up, but as soon as it's verified you can remove it. That may be a deal killer for some, but a phone number isn't a super-private thing. I've never had any spam to my actual cell number that I can trace to google, just the normal auto-dialers you get everywhere. Those get caught by the whitelisting.
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