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> I've noticed in the past year or two that spammers have begun using area codes from the handful of friends & family I receive the most calls from

I got a spam call the other day FROM MY OWN NUMBER. How's that for subtlety?

I was very confused when I saw my phone ringing - I'm sure that was the spammer's intent though.

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That's a tried-and-true technique for getting into a person's voicemail mailbox, if you don't have a password set. For years, until carriers started forcing people to set passwords, this is how a lot of phone messages were obtained by unscrupulous tabloid reporters, etc.

one of the weirder numbers I got a call from was 000000000000

it made my old phone kind of glitch out because the number was a bit too long.

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