• pricklypearbear@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Pretty sure this is made up.

    1. How would the scammer know they were the ones who posted their number on Craigslist.
    2. Scammer’s number is usually a spoof. Not the actual number.
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      2 months ago

      Yeah becareful about 2. I have gotten at least 3 angry phone calls now from people I don’t know telling me to stop calling them when it wasn’t me :/

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          2 months ago

          That’s how you could get to voicemail with no pin. Phone companies had/have the crappiest security.

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            1 month ago

            At this point I have developed a spiel for them. I apologize and let them know that I have not called anyone, but that some spammer likes to spoof my number on the regular and that I get one of these calls every few weeks. If they are still angry or say something about me needing to change my number, i mention 2 factor authentication and that it would take me literally years to break free of this number and even then there would be issues, so it just isn’t worth it yet.