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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by BitwiseFool on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:08PM (#28360290)
I get a ton of calls in what I assume is Mandarin (maybe Cantonese?) and I have no clue why. My best guess is non-targeted spam or extortion attempts.
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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by acomjean on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:16PM (#28360390)
I had a chinese coworker listen and translate one. They're spam. If you speak a specific language and get a call like that, you'll probably assume its actually for you. Or at least your more likely to think that.
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