{"id":3400,"date":"2026-11-08T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/how-do-spam-callers-get-your-number-in-the-first-place\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T00:45:00","slug":"how-do-spam-callers-get-your-number-in-the-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/how-do-spam-callers-get-your-number-in-the-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"How do spam callers get your number in the first place?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how a total stranger ended up with your phone number? The answer starts earlier than you think, and a few small habits can keep it from spreading.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/how-do-spam-callers-get-your-number-in-the-first-place\/intro-1793828250.jpg\" \/><\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/how-do-spam-callers-get-your-number-in-the-first-place\/\">How do spam callers get your number in the first place?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how a total stranger ended up with your phone number? The answer starts earlier than you think, and a few small habits can keep it from spreading. Please credit: OBA Blog &raquo; How do spam callers get your number in the first place?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}