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Has anyone been getting calls from numbers that are oddly similar to your own? As in (xxx)xxx-abcd, where x is the same numbers as my own. Both my coworker and I seem to get these calls. We have different area codes too. Both are on the FCC DNC list. I frequently report these numbers too.

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I get these all the time, like 3-4 a day. I'm pretty sure they are spoofed. I suspect, they are meant to look like your number so you might for a second think 'hey i recognize that number' and pick up

I had a feeling that was the intention, but I was surprised at the tactic. Because that does mean they are likely spoofing real numbers. But it does seem that that is something the FCC should crack down on.

Been getting these too. I think it has to start backfiring on them, because it's super obvious that it's the same scammers every time this happens.

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