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Nictuku

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5. It is not just the ads

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 08:08 PM

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I can avoid the ads. But the phone calls! Many are just a computer squelch sound with no one there. If you call back, it usually is a number that is not in service, OR - even worse, it is a number to a household that has no idea why their number called mine.

These calls are now coming before it is even light outside! So I wake up with this nonsense.

I know, I don't have to answer the call, but they use my local area code and I am expecting calls. Also, I answer it as soon as I can so it doesn't wake up my 84 year old mom who lives with me.

This should be illegal (spoofing phone numbers).

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