re: Telemarketers- at least once a week

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block the numbers

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That used to help for me, but not anymore. They usually start the day with a fresh block of numbers. They spoof a number within an area code and exchange and call any "good" numbers they have in that. That increases the chance of a pickup - which is all the scammer really wants - they need so many pickups to get a live mark and then they get commissions on what they actually get from the marks.

They don't care about DNC lists because they're in the Subcontinent, Indonesia, Jamaica, Nigeria, etc. You need a whitelist or subscribe to a good shared block list (but really, since they roll from day to day - a true whitelist is all you can really do in the long run).