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Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] newproph@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

dang did I get lucky somehow? I haven't gotten a scam call in years at this point. I figured this was a problem of the past people. how often are you guys getting spam calls still?

[โ€“] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

3-10 times a day. Double that for spam texts