What to do if you don’t want to answer the phone call?
In modern society, telephone communication is still one of the important ways for people to communicate in daily life. However, with the increase in harassing phone calls, sales calls, and fraudulent calls, many people have begun to become resistant to unknown calls. This article will combine the hot topics and hot content on the Internet in the past 10 days to discuss how to deal with unwanted calls and provide some practical solutions.
1. Recently popular types of phone harassment
According to the hot topics on the Internet in the past 10 days, the following are some common types of harassing calls and their characteristics:
| Type of harassment | Features | frequency of occurrence |
|---|---|---|
| cold calling | Promote insurance, loans, real estate, etc. | high frequency |
| Scam call | Pretend to be public prosecutor, bank customer service, etc. | Medium and high frequency |
| robocall | Automatic voice broadcast of advertising content | IF |
| harassing phone calls | Malicious harassment and pranks | low frequency |
2. Why don’t you want to answer the phone?
According to discussions among netizens, the following are the main reasons for not wanting to answer the phone:
| reason | Proportion |
|---|---|
| Worried it's a scam call | 45% |
| don't want to be disturbed | 30% |
| Too many cold calls | 20% |
| other reasons | 5% |
3. How to deal with calls you don’t want to answer?
1.Use the built-in interception function of your mobile phone
Most smartphones have built-in spam call blocking capabilities. Users can enable it through the following steps:
| Mobile phone brand | Set path |
|---|---|
| Huawei | Phone > Harassment Blocking > Enable |
| Millet | Security Center > Harassment Blocking > Enable |
| apple | Settings > Phone > Mute unknown calls |
2.Install third-party blocking software
There are many professional harassing call blocking applications on the market, such as Tencent Mobile Manager, 360 Mobile Guard, etc. These software can automatically identify and block spam calls.
3.Add to "Do Not Accept Calls" list
For frequently harassed phone numbers, you can manually add them to the blacklist. The specific operation method is as follows:
| Operation steps | illustrate |
|---|---|
| 1. Open call history | Find the number you need to block |
| 2. Click on the number details | Enter the details page |
| 3. Select "Add to blacklist" | Complete blocking settings |
4.Use "Do Not Disturb"
Turn on Do Not Disturb mode during a specific period of time to avoid being disturbed by unnecessary phone calls. Users can set up to only allow calls from contacts in the address book.
5.Register for the "Do Not Call" service
Some countries and regions provide official "Do Not Call" registration services. In China, you can follow the 12321 Internet Bad and Spam Reporting and Acceptance Center and register to refuse to receive commercial marketing calls.
4. How to judge whether to answer a strange call?
When facing unknown calls, you can refer to the following judgment criteria:
| Judgment criteria | suggestion |
|---|---|
| Number ownership | Be wary of calls from unfamiliar areas |
| Number characteristics | Be wary of numbers starting with 400/95/00 |
| call time | Be cautious when making sales calls outside of working hours |
| Call frequency | Be wary of multiple calls in a short period of time |
5. How to protect your rights when receiving harassing calls?
If you encounter serious phone harassment, you can take the following rights protection measures:
1. Keep call records and recording evidence
2. Complain to the operator
3. Report to 12321 reporting center
4. In serious cases, the police may be contacted
6. Summary
When faced with calls we don’t want to answer, we must not only be aware of precautions, but also master the correct response methods. Through the reasonable use of mobile phone interception functions, third-party software and official reporting channels, unnecessary phone harassment can be effectively reduced. At the same time, you must also pay attention to protecting personal information to prevent your number from being leaked to criminals. I hope the methods provided in this article can help you better manage incoming calls and enjoy a cleaner communication environment.
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