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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by toddh on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @10:31AM (#17601333)
Does this work for the sweepstakes type scams where they try to induce the elderly send money for a fabulous prize they supposedly won? Just curious in general how they ID a scam?
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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by supertrope on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:54PM (#17602829)
The simplest and most powerful definition of "spam" is "whatever our users report as spam."
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Re:US breaks up IRS phone scam operation by toddh on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @04:39PM (#17604714)
People don't mark calls as spam so I wonder how they do the training?
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