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I’m surprised it helps at all. Why wouldn’t a robocaller generate a new random number every time?


They do. The common strategy is to pick numbers with the same area code to pretend to be legal, and some advanced callers try and pick numbers that match even more recognizable digits (like your office). All this traffic is a major source of revenue for VOIP operators.




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