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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by redler on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:19PM (#20710642)
Maybe this is a new angle for Google Voice or similar services. Protect vulnerable members of your family with a fail-safe auto-attendant system with approval rules.
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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by dwd on Thursday August 15, 2019 @09:42PM (#20711443)
It's not fully automatic and I'm sure scammers will come up with new scripts to still trick people into answering.

Over time it should allow Google to flag numbers as potentially being a scam, marketing, etc based on other users flagging a caller. Saves Googling for that information which is what I currently do with an unknown number. The only risk is spoofing/false positives putting your number on some blacklist.

https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387?hl=en

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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by irq-1 on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:48AM (#20715669)
Or live monitoring -- mention money or bank accounts and Google Voice contacts a family member, or cuts off the call, or ..?
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