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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: spam phone calls
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 19:33:28 +0100
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AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:

>>On Tue, 13 May 2025 22:52:51 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 9/04/2025 4:55 am, Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
>>>> Currently, I find that most (not all) junk calls have the caller ID
>>>> NAME the same as the number.
>
>>> WHAT?? So it looks like the Caller is phoning the Caller?? Really??
>>> That'd be a bit of a Give-away, wouldn't it?? ;-)
>
> IIRC these calls were successful at getting picked up because of
> recipient curiosity. They were quite common here (AZ US) for awhile
> and actually had newspaper warnings advising folks not to pick them
> up...

I used to get my own number appearing if someone sent a text message to
my phone. It would ring, showing my number, and when I answered it a
computer would read out the text. So, maybe people answer it thinking it
is a text message.