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[–] potatoguy@mbin.potato-guy.space 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Probably.

I think almost all calls these days are scams, like phishing, advertisements, voice cloning, the usual nigerian prince (he's still alive).

[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

A good chunk operate out of 217.199.144.0/22 (Physical location) in Kenya. We have lots of fun with their fixed wireless routers.

[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

There are so many. And scammers keep lists of victims to do more scams to them. My mom has been scammed a few times in different ways for different amounts of money.