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weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:00:24 GMT

I have weird characters showing up on my call display from callers that are not in my phones contacts.

I have an Sumsung Android phone. I have tried to find a solution on google?

The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers that I know!

When someone calls me that is in my contact list on my phone, it shows up correctly on the call display. When someone calls me that is a legitimate caller but not in my contacts the call display shows their name in a weird font.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

computergeek541 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:49:29 GMT

@Voltman wrote:
I have weird characters showing up on my call display from callers that are not in my phones contacts.
I have an Sumsung Android phone. I have tried to find a solution on google?

The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers?

This could be the result of an error in the transmission of the infromation, or could also likely be an example of a callers trying to hide where they are really calling from.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Metal1967 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:50:34 GMT

@Voltmanweird characters and numbers are not worth answering..

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

hTideGnow — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:51:03 GMT

HI@Voltman

is that from a contact you know?

or it might be an overseas caller?

It could also be a spam call and they purposely put the caller id what way

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

hairbag1 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:51:48 GMT

Never a good idea to answer any calls that you don't recognize the caller. If it's legit, they'll leave a message and you can call back if you want.

Once you answer these types of calls, the scammers know you'll answer and keep hounding you.

Just don't answer.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

walker1 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:52:29 GMT

@Voltman It's just how callers try to hide their where abouts when calling and scamming around.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

dabr — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:52:03 GMT

@Voltman If you don't recognize the number, then don't answer and if it's important they will leave a voicemail or text which you can check and decide whether to call them back or not.

However, usually any numbers with characters are more than likely spam or scammers. You can block these numbers on your phone, but they will more than likely just call again from a different number.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:55:52 GMT

As I said "The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers?"

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:56:25 GMT

As I said "The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers? "

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

hTideGnow — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:58:54 GMT

HI @Voltman honest, that was a question mark at the end and I wasn't sure you were asking a question or was it a statement

Try to delete the contact, reboot the phone and then re-add the contact and have the person to call you again

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

walker1 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:04:33 GMT

@Voltman Sometimes legit callers try to hide or block their numbers when calling too. It's not unheard of.

They just found out a way to add wierd characters in place of numbers.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:06:07 GMT

Sorry I had a ? at the end of the statement. It should have read:

"The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers!"

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:08:24 GMT

I have edited my post :

"The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers!"

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

dabr — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:22:07 GMT

@Voltman Okay, now I'm a bit confused. Either these callers are legitimate (with weird characters?) or they're spammers/scammers or the legitimate numbers (in your contacts) have had their number spoofed?

Have you answered these calls and found the person is a legitimate caller?

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:24:44 GMT

I have answered the calls and they are from legitimate callers that I know!

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

dabr — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:36:06 GMT

@Voltman So these legitimate numbers recently started displaying with extra characters on your phone? It does seem odd but you've received some suggestions about the possible reasons why this is happening. You could ask your contacts if something has changed on their end or try removing the contacts and adding them again as suggested by @hTideGnow?

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:42:49 GMT

My contacts show up correctly on the call display!

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

dabr — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:51:04 GMT

@Voltman wrote:
I have weird characters showing up on my call display from callers that are not in my phones contacts.
I have an Sumsung Android phone. I have tried to find a solution on google?

The calls on my call display with weird characters are legitimate callers that I know!

@Voltman You have couple of different statements in your first postm bolded, above. If you're concerned about unknown callers (not in your phone contact), then don't respond as already mentioned and you can block them if needed.

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

hTideGnow — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:48:53 GMT

@Voltman wrote:
My contacts show up correctly on the call display!

Great to know @Voltman

what did you end up doing?

Re: weird characters displayed on call display

Voltman — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:59:06 GMT

I still have the same problem! when someone calls me that is in my contact list on my phone, it shows up correctly on the call display. When someone calls me that is a legitimate caller but not in my contacts they call display show their name in a weird font.