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Probably because things are a bit different now than in the 80's and 90's? 1. We used to do a lot more business over phone calls back in those days, so people
by gregschlom 2y ago
Probably because things are a bit different now than in the 80's and 90's?
1. We used to do a lot more business over phone calls back in those days, so people were more willing to entertain cold phone calls
2. Technology has allowed automating phone call scams, so we get a lot more of those nowadays
3. Calling internationally is dirt cheap now, so you can have call centers full of scammers in cheap countries
4. Everyone is using text messaging with their friends and family so phone calls are more likely to be scams
- unsupp0rted 2y agoI remember every other TV commercial ending with an address for where to send my self-addressed stamped envelope.
- pixl97 2y agoTo expand on point 3, unlimited long distance and VOIP. At least before 1984 things like long distance calls where HYPER expensive via AT&T domination of the long distance market. After the breakup the market slowly trended to unlimited long distance. After that point it required the invention of high speed internet and compression algorithms. Calling internationally over dedicated channels remained insanely expensive even after long distance mostly disappeared. Now the foreign call is handled via IP until it reaches the country of origin and is dumped into POTS via a local VOIP provider.