Originally Posted by
spekesoftly
Nuisance calls are so frequent that I only answer numbers I recognise, and ignore all others. If there's no voicemail message, the call wasn't important.
Good policy! We keep our phone permanently on answerphone. If scammers hear a recorded message, they know they can't scam you and hang up. If we're near the phone, we listen to see if anyone important starts to leave a message, then intercept it.