A real great scam recording is the following: A "maid"-sounding voice answers, pretends to not understand for a second, then says "oh yeah I'll go get them". In the background there's a TV and people talking. I've had it happen to me twice, and it was effective on keeping me on the line, despite not having a TV or the woman not sounding like anyone I know.
Margins in telecom can be super thin. Diverting, say, 1% of traffic to fake answering could mean increasing profits by 10%. If the scammer doesn't go overboard, users won't complain. They'll just say "the wires got crossed" and redial.
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A real great scam recording is the following: A "maid"-sounding voice answers, pretends to not understand for a second, then says "oh yeah I'll go get them". In the background there's a TV and people talking. I've had it happen to me twice, and it was effective on keeping me on the line, despite not having a TV or the woman not sounding like anyone I know.
Margins in telecom can be super thin. Diverting, say, 1% of traffic to fake answering could mean increasing profits by 10%. If the scammer doesn't go overboard, users won't complain. They'll just say "the wires got crossed" and redial.