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Did you have an opportunity to install the iOS update to iOS 15.6.1? Do you have any third-party call blocking software installed or filtering opportunities through your wireless carrier? We ask that to make sure there isn't anything coming in to play from sources that are outside of your device's native software.
The options built-in to the iOS software, 'Silence Unknown Callers' would not function as you've described if it was coming in to play. You'd notice that calls from unknown numbers would not ring and be sent to your voicemail, and then appear in your recent calls list. This article describes more on that - Detect and block spam phone calls
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