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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by MerelyMortal on Thursday March 31, 2022 @05:47PM (#30872571)
Probably because the phone number is calling about a scam (fradulant charge), and then when they hang up, people report the phone number as a scam because they don't understand the difference.
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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by underwater on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:27PM (#30882952)
No, it's because caller ID can be easily faked. So both spam calls and real calls come from the same number.
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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by Handytinge on Monday April 11, 2022 @09:25AM (#30988327)
STIR/SHAKEN has been the law in NA (where the GP) is for a year or two, so it should no longer be easy. It's a problem a lot of countries are tackling.
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