I keep my phone set to Do Not Disturb during workdays because, well, I’m at work and it’s not at all convenient to receive personal phone calls where there are few places and opportunities to take them. There are a few people in my contacts that can bypass this (for emergencies), but otherwise everything has to be an email or a voicemail until I can deal with things either late(r) in the evening or at the weekend.
I was checking notifications that had been silenced during a small break and discovered this transcription in voicemail from a UK mobile phone number (which was identified as coming from Vodafone):
So I downloaded the audio, ran the Chinese portion through a transcription service and ran the transcription text through Google Translate and got this:
So I’ve blocked the number, reported it via TrueCaller (which can now identify calls in real time – I’m no longer using EE’s spam blocking service as its too limiting in terms of being able to provide feedback – needs a UI via the EE app or website that allows customers to manage blacklists, whitelists and reported numbers).
I’m getting more spam and potential phishing calls lately (along with O2 trying to get hold of me despite me telling them by email that they can either reply to me via email or get me BEFORE 9am – more complaints are going to be winging their way – they haven’t learned anything from the Communications Ombudsman). The strangest one – apart from this one – is a caller from Atlanta, Georgia and a few calls from New York. If I do try to answer it, the line drops. I can only suspect dodgy things are going on…