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2. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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   The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...

3. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   You can call 888-382-1222 or visit DoNotCall.gov to report spam calls, telemarketers or robo-callers. Are 877 numbers spam? 877 numbers are toll-free numbers often used by businesses and ...

4. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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   Caller ID spoofing. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

5. Prank call - Wikipedia

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   Prank call. A prank call (also known as a crank call or a hoax call or a goof call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances. Recordings of prank phone calls became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette ...

6. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   Always use a strong password with a combination of letters, numbers and special symbols. Register for two-factor authentication if a website lets you do so. The scammer may not attempt to breach ...

7. What You Need to Know About Spam Calls and 7 Ways to ... - AOL

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   To make matters more complicated, in the era of COVID-19, you may need to receive important calls from numbers you don’t recognize, like test results or a call from a contact tracer.

8. Nuisance call - Wikipedia

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   Nuisance call. A nuisance call is an unwanted and unsolicited telephone call. Common types of nuisance calls include prank calls, telemarketing calls, and silent calls. Obscene phone calls and other threatening calls are criminal acts in most jurisdictions, particularly when hate crime is involved. [1]

9. How to stop robocalls and spam calls for good - AOL

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   You can call 1-888-382-1222 to register (just make sure you’re calling from the number you want to be added), or visit donotcall.gov and add each number manually.” —Dan Bailey, president of ...