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What does the phone number nnn mean?

Asked by AshlynM (10684points) March 12th, 2020

First time I’ve ever gotten a number that shows up like this on my phone. It just shows as NNN. I never answer unknown numbers so I have no idea who was calling.

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JeSuisRickSpringfield's avatar

It’s a scammer or a spammer, and it probably means they don’t know how to properly operate whatever they are using to mask their phone number.

elbanditoroso's avatar

It is super easy to fake a caller ID setting by the caller. I have seen calls from 000–000-0000, 999–999-9999, Joe Blow, and others.

Not necessarily a spammer, but probably not a call you want to answer.

SEKA's avatar

Somebody who is trying to trick you into answering your phone out of curiosity. So, just don’t do it. If it’s important, they will leave a message

LadyMarissa's avatar

It’s usually a scammer trying to make you wonder who is calling…wonder enough to answer. Also, IF you call yourself DON’T answer that one either!!! They will spoof your name & number because many will answer out of curiosity to try & figure out who is on the other end.

Sagacious's avatar

It means nothing other than it is not a legitimate call. If you are using a mobile phone, you might want to be sure you haven’t inadvertently marked a legitimate number with an ID name of NNN.

dabbler's avatar

Whatever you do with a spammer call, never say the word, “yes”, to a spam caller. They harvest recordings of “yes” and can use that to imitate your approval in identity theft attacks.

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