How do scammers get your cell phone numbers ?

Question

i have had several call me and say they were from a bank i never heard of or a business i 'am on the no call list just want to know how to stop them i gave out no information to any of them?

Answer 1

Have you downloaded ringtones from a site outside your cell providers website?

Have you answered a true or false question for ringtones in a survey?

Do you access your email from your cell phone?

These are just a few of the ways scammers get cell phone numbers.