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> The text message should explain the nature of the call and which number to call in reply.

That’s basically how most SMS scams work.



Are phone calls less scammy?


It seems strange to me that the solution would be “mimic SMS scams”.


Everything can be a scam, the solution isn't make everything painful for honest people, or cancel entire classes of actions due to scammers.

Again, I ask if somehow SMS is inherently worse for phone calls for scams.




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