Tis the season for phishing...

I rarely answer calls from numbers I don't recognize, however I did put out a few bids and customers have called to discuss prices. I'm also working on a large renovation and the contractor has me in touch with some of the trades as I need specific placement of walls, plumbing and electrical.
A call came through and I answered without saying anything. The guy on the other end spoke first and knew my name. He started into a sales pitch for some computer service. I stopped him cold and told him to remove my number from his list.
Hanging up, I placed his number on my blocked number list.

I've been using the same phone for a few years and plan to upgrade sometime next year. Normally, I clone all my contacts and data from the old phone to the replacement phone. Having repeated the same procedure for at least 5 phones. I'm curious now if the new phone will receive the blocked list in the transfer. I've never seen a blocked caller list to verify who's on it.

Last night, I received a text message from an unknown number stating my Citibank account has been put on hold due to recent activity and to restore the account, visit the link provided to verify.
Thanks but no thanks. That's a 100% phishing scam in an attempt to get my banking information. The beauty is I don't have a Citibank account.
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If I did, I would call my bank to verify and not click the link in the text message.
I reverse Googled the number but it turned up nothing. There's a good chance it was spoofed and not really assigned by a phone carrier.

Be safe, tis the season as scammers are in high-gear.
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Thank you, Chatillion for reminding handshake
"I reverse Googled the number but it turned up nothing. There's a good chance it was spoofed and not really assigned by a phone carrier."

Every time I have called-back the number on the caller ID, I have received a message saying this number cannot be dialed.
I use a google to link my one phone that was a land line that has been handed down from 50 plus years has the most traffic. I have never had a problem it shows their number and if they choose to leave a voice mail it will add spoken text and a recording of call. T-Mobile has spam caller and I will say maybe one call a week nothing better than that... Google lets me know real fast if someone hit my other cell within a minute I see a notification if I'm using my PC..
I get those as well Pat including my Yahoo
When you have SKYPE you can use your google voice number on it. Microsoft had the subscription on the bing rewards page to redeem early this year but has not been since. I could use reward points lock a three mounth subscription and make calls over the internet with any google number. That was nice they do have Skype but I don't buy it..
So I just went to bing and was found a Skype reward I was there last week. Now I will see if the other show up. Been since early 2021 I grabbed a three mth subscription. I had lots of points and was going to give voucher codes for Xmas but on the site no Skype...


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