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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: Voicemail without a call
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:16:46 +0000
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Stan Brown wrote:

> A few minutes go I noticed a notification dot on the Google phone app
> icon on my home screen. Recents didn't show a call, but there was a
> new voicemail.

Had you been on a call, or had DnD enabled?

Apparently some marketers are so desperate they use "ringless voice 
mail" systems

<https://www.ringover.co.uk/blog/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-without-calling#title-2>