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Re:I hate telephones by amelius on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:57PM (#15678662)
If everybody who received spam calls wasted 5 minutes of the caller's time, then the whole problem would not exist.
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Re:I hate telephones by icebraining on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:13PM (#15678723)
On that note: https://www.reddit.com/r/itslenny/comments/4gjtd1/whats_your...
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Re:I hate telephones by cjbillington on Sunday November 12, 2017 @01:17AM (#15679924)
Oh wow, thanks for this. That subreddit was at least an hour of fun.
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Re:I hate telephones by damontal on Saturday November 11, 2017 @07:06PM (#15678915)
Here's a great podcast episode where the guy tracks his phone scammer to India and pays him a visit.

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/long-distance/

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Re:I hate telephones by dTal on Saturday November 11, 2017 @10:01PM (#15679434)
That was an unexpectedly dramatic story. With his Patton-like determination and complete unsubtlety, he was very lucky that didn't get uglier! I was really afraid for him by the end...
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