Riiiing, riiiing; "Hello?" You answer the phone only to be met with silence. So you say hello again, then (sometimes again), you hear a beep and a bunch of voices including the one that says "Hello?, Hi, I'm calling from such and such..." This is one style of scammer call. The way it works is through an auto dialer. An auto what now? Auto dialer. It's really just a term used to describe a computerized system that automatically dials numbers that have been programmed into the system. These are also referred to as robo dialers and robocalling. The way these systems function (thankfully they haven't quite caught up technology wise regarding speed) is, after ...