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 I almost never get spam calls because I'm somewhat protective of where I put my phone number, but I do occasionally get a wrong number that could also just be a scam attempt.

In general, if a number isn't in my contacts, I don't answer. If it's important, they can text me. 
 i pretty much only get wrong number calls these days, and i try to avoid using services that use SMS verification at all

it's pretty clear to me that the phone companies are not letting numbers fallow a while before assigning them to new subscribers, i'm constantly getting calls from people speaking portuguese expecting some other person to answer