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TheBlackAdder

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3. That's what the spoofing is. They come in on an internet system and pretend to be various homes.
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 01:09 AM
Sep 2022

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I've had my number spoofed a lot because people will return call me.

They just randomly pick numbers to pretend to be so that you can't call block them anymore. They used to only pick from a certain set of numbers, but NoMoRobo and your phone blocks can stop those, so they moved to the next level and just grab whatever number they feel like. Since a single call center can put out 10-20 million calls a day, the odds yours and my numbers will be used each day is almost a certainty. There are scores of these centers in just a single Indian province.


While their auto-dial systems can call out a large quantity of numbers simultaneously, only a very few of those automated calls actually result in someone answering the call and going through their pre-screening questions. Since India is around 12 hours ahead of us, depending on your time zone, they are working night shift to handle the phone calls. Be the person who ties up their life and stops them from calling someone else. Make if more of a "Fuck You! You've interrupted my day, I'm going to keep you on the phone and fuck with your income numbers." type of call. These call centers have 20-100 people staffed, so it doesn't take much to bog their enterprise down. It's just that most people don't do that.

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