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70sEraVet

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6. The government can't crack down on these scam calls

Reply to last chance (Original post)

Thu Jun 3, 2021, 06:15 PM

Jun 2021

I keep hearing that most of these calls originate overseas. My suggestion is to impose a fee, say, $.05 per call. That wouldn't create much of a hardship on the average phone user, but scam artists would be hesitant to log several thousand calls per day. Legitimate businesses could apply to have the fee waived.

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Scam calls [View all] last chance Jun 2021 OP

I got a friendly call from the Census Bureau informing me I forgot to include my SS number. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #1

ss dosnt call you . ss sends letters . AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #4

We get the social security calls regularly. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #2

Fellow Mainer here Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2021 #3

i get them from the federal reserve and the one from various fedral agencies . AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #5

The government can't crack down on these scam calls 70sEraVet Jun 2021 #6

Recently, maybe a couple months back aka-chmeee Jun 2021 #7