"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2015 1:26 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>
>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>> a message including ID?
>
>
> Maybe. When my grandson's pharmacy calls is just says TOLL FREE CALL and
> an 800 number.
>
> We do get a log of WIRELESS CALLER and most are legit, but we recognize
> the number. With the proliferation of cell phones, it seems they don't
> keep up with the names well. If my wife calls on her cell it comes up
> with the wireless caller, but the number does display. From experience I'd
> say you can ignore most (95%) of them, but if you are expecting a call
> from someone that has never called you before, there is always that
> possibility it could be them
>
> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just the
> number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.
>

if in doubt, screen the call with your answering machine. Or answer,
pretending to be one.