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05/22/2020

Why your phone is suddenly bombarded with scam calls, how to stop it

Fox 25

Our phones are ringing and now more than before the coronavirus pandemic, it can be a robocall or scam.

A new survey of four thousand people points to a spike in these calls, and even a feeling of harassment. with people getting more than three attacks a day.

Even with caller id built into cellphones, it can be tough to know a call is a scam before answering the phone.

“What I see personally is that I will get a phone call from a very similar number, and a lot of the times it is local to my area code,” says Matt Zajechowski, Digital Third Coast content strategist.

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