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buckbova on Oct 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dozens Charged with Scamming 15,000 Victims Throug...

I honestly haven't met anyone that WASN'T called with an IRS scam this year. It's amazing how they were able to call so many numbers and it lasted so long.

komali2 on Oct 27, 2016 | [–]

My primary number has been a google voice number with a weird area code for the last 4 years, and I have gotten maybe 4 robotcalls in that time.

dawnerd on Oct 28, 2016 | [–]

I find it amazing that we haven't figured out how to solve the problem yet.

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