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		Johnny555 on Aug 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly... I used to think that was a dumb move on the part of the scammers, and probably would only be effective in a small town where most of the people you know have the same prefix… Then I realized that most of the successfully scammed victims probably live in those small towns.

phlakaton on Aug 2, 2023 [–]

Great point! I hadn't thought about that. It's my cell that gets hits like this, so the prefix is extra-irrelevant.

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