Our son picked up the call--I was unable to "race" him to the phone. He said no one was there. I really dislike these calls, you can't let your children pick up a ringing line to teach them to answer the phone properly. & right now I can't afford a call blocking fee/service or device. If you ignore them, they keep calling until they get someone. It used to be, if you said "hello" more than once you were connected to a real person; saying "hello" only once & nothing else made their computer hang up. I wish there was a way of making them stop.