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FBI: Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year. (www.voanews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can believe it..whenever I visit my father in laws house, who is 82, he gets a phone call like every 10 minutes, and it's almost always one of these.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You should get him a call blocker. If TrueCall exist in your part of the world I can highly recommend them. They have a few profiles available from mostly open to absolutely locked down with a whitelist.

Edit: https://www.truecall.co.uk/ Might be UK-only. Have a look anyway as it'll give you some idea of what can be done.