Re: What has happened to our beloved group?

On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:55:12 +0000, jojo wrote:

> Lane W wrote:
>> Skeeter wrote:
>>>
>>> Somebody opened the kook cage.
>>>
>> Total crickets!
>> 
>> Have you ever answered a call from an unknown number only to be greeted
>> with silence? Sometimes, no one responds at all. Other times, there's a
>> short delay before someone finally greets you. You may think the person
>> on the other end is just confused or distracted, or possibly got the
>> wrong number. But that's not the case, at least not with a scam call.
> 
> i get calls from banks and related businesses if the number is unknown
> usually.
> 
> my mom's number gets calls from real unkowns on rare occassions and its
> usually a wrong number, not a scam.
> 
> but speaking of scams, my aunt did get scammed through a phone call.. i
> dont remember the details though, it was a while back.


If you pick up a phone call and there is silence, it's a robot call.  
Hang up and block the call.  Don't say anything.