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modeless ◴[] No.43998293[source]
I have been receiving regular spear phishing calls from these guys, or someone who bought the leaked data, with classic tactics like claiming that I need to confirm a potentially fraudulent transaction. They speak perfect English with an American accent, sound very friendly, and have knowledge of your account balance. Thankfully on the first call I realized it was a scam right away, and Google's call screening feature takes good care of the rest. Wish I could forward them to Kitboga[1].

I guess they didn't have as much luck as they wanted scamming Coinbase's customers, and once they had their fun they decided to try extorting Coinbase themselves.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNziOoXDBeg

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VectorLock ◴[] No.43998497[source]
I just switched to iPhone from a pixel device and I’m shook by all the spam calls. How do iPhone users deal with this?
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patatino ◴[] No.43998976[source]
I don’t get any calls, seems to be an US problem?
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1. huhkerrf ◴[] No.44019478[source]
I'm in Europe and get at least one a day.