What Joseph said
He’s wrong. I’ve gotten it from telemarketers collecting for mosdos.
what difference does it make whether it’s their number or someone else’s number?
If I think it might be my child’s friend, etc., I would answer. If I would know it’s a telemarketer, I wouldn’t.
The newest trick from the secular telemarketers is to spoof a local number in your exchange.
This I have only seen by secular telemarketers.