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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by TuringNYC on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:55AM (#22746360)
The case you are citing is not the one I would be most concerned about -- it is the spoofed numbers that should have been top priority. I get calls for different numbers (almost like they have been selected randomly) every single day selling cruises.

If you call the missed call back, you realize the person picking up didnt make the call.

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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by anon9001 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:21PM (#22752578)
Be careful calling the numbers back. There's another scam where they use the equivalent of a 900 number to do billing to anyone who calls. The scammers use country codes with 3 digits to try and trick you into thinking it's a US number and hope that you attempt to return the call.
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