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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by e40 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:24PM (#30870593)
The neighbor hung up, but the scammers didn't, and the call was not disconnected? That's not my experience. Is this what you meant?
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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by BeefWellington on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:23PM (#30871258)
Yes, and this is how it works as another responder mentions.

The thinking by phone companies is essentially: guy calling pays for the call, so we can milk each call for a few extra cents each time even if they're shady or a wrong number.

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by afiori on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:51PM (#30870917)
Apparently it is a feature Called Subscriber Held (CSH).

https://security.stackexchange.com/a/100342/143105

TL;DR It was just how analog phone worked, users came to rely on it, digital exchanges reimplemented it (with a timeout)

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