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    7 days ago

    We still need some way to fix the endless robocall and fraud spam that we can’t even block because they’re always using a different number

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      I’m alwaus very nice to them, but I also firmly explain that I’ll search for anything I want all by myself.

      Last caller asked if I lived in an appointment or a house (selling ev panels or heating or something I guess), I switched around and asked how he lived, after a confused but correct answer (he lived in an apartment) I asked him where he lived, mini hilarity ensued. I wished him a good day and courage because its probably not the funniest job, I think he got a small genuine happy happy, or so his voice sounded.

      Have got zero calls since.

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        You’re lucky to get a human to call you, I only get robocalls, literally zero humans on the other side of the line, either trying to convince me to borrow money or a fraud attempt trying to convince me “a purchase was just made on your account, press 1 to confirm or 2 to talk to our support” - on the latter, a human sometimes answers when you press 2, but they deserve all the shit you can throw at them because they’re fucking fraudsters and they know it.

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      6 days ago

      Make phone companies legally responsible for giving thousands of new phone numbers to scammers. They have zero control on who they give phone numbers because that’s cheaper.

      The sooner one of their CEOs is put in prison over that they will take immediate measures to only give phone number to legit companies.

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      I contacted my phone company about them and they just went " There’s nothing we can do so just block them".

      They’re using your fucking system, do something about it!