Was it from Samsung 
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The call didn’t get listed…but when the phone rang I saw something about it being from a call centre.
This is a feature implemented by Google in recent versions of Android. They explain how it works here…
Briefly, if the caller’s number doesn’t feature in your Contacts list then the number is sent to Google for determining if it’s spam or not. If sufficient numbers of people have flagged the number as spammy, then Google will warn you with the message you saw earlier.
I often get a popup after a call from a stranger asking me to confirm if the call was legit or not.
For those who don’t have the latest Android version, an app called Tellows does the same. That’s what I use.
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It’s actually very annoying. I got several calls immediately after our fibre connections andthe system wouldn’t let me take them because it was suspected spam (supposedly telemarketing). It turned out to be the company who’d installed the fibre. The chap doing the job asked if I would respond to the feedback call as it was important for him and, since he was excellent, I would have been happy to do so but was never given the chance…
Just looked into the spam blocking on my new Samsung Galaxy phone and something called ‘Hiya’ identifies spam and scam callers.
Whoever does it, that’s fine by me! Wish that something similar could be done for landline phones.
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For what now? 
I sometimes look at the call logs for my landline (I don’t actually have a handset attached) and it’s just chock full of spam calls.
There’s always Bloctel but it’s not perfect…
My view, it should be stopped at source, we shouldnt have to add extra maybe at a cost to stop what we didnt want in the 1st place.
Just stop advertising!
One of my jobs many years ago was designing PSTN connected equipment, mostly analogue modems. I looked into doing this myself with a little connected box and an old Raspberry Pi 3 I have unused. Never really got round to it. As the family now call me via Whatsapp almost exclusively, I just mute the ringer.
As I always say in these conversations, go on Liste Rouge. It’s free & it works.
We almost never get rogue calls, & if one does once they get told that we are on Liste Rouge they shut up very quickly.
I can second that.
Fine as long as you subscribe to Orange I assume ?
I think it works for any number. Try it, there’s ’nowt to lose.
P.S. It may be that your own provider offers it via there own website.
I use my my smartphone for most of the time as it’s a lot faster and more convenient than my PC but it’s no good for french govt software. I totally messed up my application for a french driving license. This was because all the options were not visible, the software was simply not designed for use on a small screen
xiaomi makes some excellent stuff not just phones. They kind of shadow Samsung at much less price.
Their tech range of phones is known as poco and poco.es is a good place to check the excellent specs for the price point the range offers. India and some other markets typically get the new releases sooner so watch and wait and check which components rh chipset, your market gets (they differ).
Their version of Android is slightly individual but even Samsung has its peculiarities.
Another poco is what I would have next if I can’t quite stretch to the level of Samsung I’ll want.
Be careful to buy Global version from a reliable source. Offer periods prob around 5x per year are worth waiting for.
Mine have been reliable and longlived.
Try Bloctel
Our last set of phones were POCO (and those before Xiaomi) and I’m writing this on a Poco X5. Good value at about £150-£170, however my wife’s phone failed at just under 2 years old, and was repaired under warranty, then started failing again (charging problems).
We also found none of our Poco/Xiaomi phones would work with her Citroen, but an old honor would, so we bought her an honor as a replacement. The new phone works ok, but charges slowly and the interface is just a bit less well designed than the Poco.
Wow not judgemental at all !
People have different phones for different reasons, from basic though to extensive capabilities.
That person is long gone from the site.
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