Why Do I See Caller ID Photo from Stranger?

Something happened this week that I cannot find an answer to explain online. I hope you can help.

On Monday my cell rings and there on the screen is a full screen picture of some guy pulling up his shirt while looking at the mirror. Seeing the name, I'm like, I don't know who that is, so I don't switch from my call to answer it.

Dude calls back. I'm like who the **** is this guy trying to reach? But I don't answer again. I'm still on another call.

Finally he calls back again after I hang up from my business call. This time, I answer. "Yes, how can I help you?" (tacky man showing your abdomen...) He's like, we are here with your IKEA delivery.

So I was a bit taken aback, of course. It seems that they have the guys use their own cell phones to call about deliveries. But the part that confused me the most is why I got that full screen caller ID picture in the first place? He is not my contact, Facebook friend or anything. He is a complete stranger. So why did I get a caller ID photo from him at all?

When I mentioned to him that I was taken aback by the caller ID picture, he was totally embarrassed and didn't seem to know that the picture was being sent with his calls. He said it was an old picture that he hadn't seen in years.

Thus I don't understand how strangers can have you receive a full screen caller ID photo when you've never met them before in your life. I then reviewed my call log and noticed that the locksmith who came on the same day also had a contact photo displayed, but it was small. I'm not understanding why I am getting caller ID and contact photos at all when I don't know these people.

iPhone, iOS 10.3.2

Posted on Jul 12, 2017 9:42 AM

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Jul 13, 2017 6:31 AM in response to TruthSayer2016

You've just helped me realize something even stranger. Both "Abdomen Guy" and my locksmith are now listed in my contacts even though I never chose "add to contacts." Yet when another contractor called me this morning, there was no caller ID photo and when I clicked on the little i there was an option to create a contact listing for this number.


So it seems that my phone is adding certain callers to my contacts immediately without asking me first. Why? How? This just gets more and more strange!

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