If you are getting cell phone calls that ring once and then stop, do NOT call back.

[dixiegrrrrl]

It's a scam.
If you call back, the party at the other end will use various trick to keep you on the line at exorbitant rates per minute, and drain your pre-paid account, or run up huge bills for your phone, which the phone company will insist you pay.

If you check the area code on the number, it may be from another country, but now they can spoof a local area code, but any call back will be to a foreign country.

See:

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/one-ring-wireless-phone-scam

[Throck]

1. Unless they're on my contacts list I never call back.

Maybe if they leave a message. Otherwise, no way.

[mercuryblues]

2. My rule for calls

If a number pops up, I don't answer it. Everyone I know is in my cell, even businesses that I use. So their name should appear on my screen, not number.

[rurallib]

3. mine are much like yours

If they really have to talk to me they will leave a message.

So if I don't know them, I don't answer.

[mercuryblues]

4. The other day

I got a call where they spoofed my own number. Did they think I was stupid enough to answer that? OK don't answer that.

I'm holding my phone, it rings and the caller ID is my own phone#.

[rurallib]

6. Where could I possibly be that I'd be calling myself?

[moonscape]

7. Now that's rich. Wonder if they used your number

to call around the area. They couldn't possibly spoof per number called could they? That would be major dumb.

I got a scam call that had spoofed my accountant's number!

[smirkymonkey]

5. Same here. I never answer random numbers. If there is no name, I don't pick it up.

If it's a legitimate call, they will leave a message.