Having a phone number leaves you open to scam calls. To report these calls you can go to the following website and let them know about the call.
https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/
On this site you can report if the caller asked for money, gave a name and when they called. Not sure what the full end result of calls can be but I feel it is my drop in the bucket to help combat these calls.
Some scams that I have received:
- Social Security Number has been suspend
- The government would not call to suspend your SSN.
- You should never give your personal information to a random call
- Police association requesting money
- You’ve won a prize but have to pay to collect
- Large sum of money but you need to pay some fees to receive it