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Incoming Landline Phone Calls That Just Show "Incoming Call" on Call Display and Aren't Missed Calls
I occasionally receive an incoming call on my Panasonic landline that shows nothing in call display but "Incoming Call". I don't ever answer and the call eventually disappears without ever being subs...
Can you try the star code to find out the last number that called you and see what it says?
https://www.telus.com/en/on/support/article/use-star-commands#call_trace
Make sure not to use the call trace one unless you want it reported to the police.
The story behind 555-1212.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_(telephone_number)
In summary
In the days of 7 digit dialing, 555-1212 was the same as dialing 411 for Directory Assistance and 1-604-555-1212 provided the capability for people outside of the 604 area code to call directory assistance for the 604 area code (BC TEL/TELUS operators).
If you see this number appear on your call display it is because it is being "spoofed" by a junk caller.
Thanks for the informative link! 👍
FYI... the original mystery for me around these occasional calls was that NO number shows up (nothing but an "incoming call" message appears for 10 secs or so). My quite good quality landline does not even register it having happened after the fact - I guess because there is no CID. It was somewhat beyond being one of the usual simple spoofed number calls.
