Scam Calls Have Gotten Out of Control. This One Strategy Actually Helps
Answering the phone used to be a simple, neutral act. Now it comes with a split-second calculation: Is this real, or is it another robocall from someone claiming to be the Social Security Administration, a spoofed local number or a breathless recording about your car's extended warranty? Scam and spam calls have become such a persistent feature of daily life that most people have started letting everything go to voicemail by default, a workaround that doesn't solve the problem and creates new ones. There's a better approach, and it involves one specific strategy that cuts through the noise more effectively than anything built into your phone or carrier plan.
But in 2026, you don't have to be a passive victim of a simple "Hello?" that opens the floodgates to even more spam. Answering a suspicious call just to tell someone to stop is actually the worst move you can make....
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