• YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        They give your phone number to telemarketers and say “please don’t call this number”. I doubt anyone in the government follows up and punishes any telemarketers that ignore their strong request.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        They have a list of valid numbers and since they are scammers they don’t care if they are breaking the law by calling you.

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Jokes on them. I haven’t answered an unknown number in years. Probably why I get so few scam calls.

      • rImITywR@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Pretend you are running a scam call centre. Wouldn’t you like a curated list of known real phone numbers and names of people that are likely to answer their phones because they are used to only getting legitimate calls?