Monkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammers - eviltoast
The country’s SIM card registration law is meant to combat rampant text messaging scams. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • kalleboo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I always assumed they just called every single number randomly. Since you don’t pay for failed calls, the cost is zero.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Some likely do, but there are other types of responses they will get that do cost. Such as answering services, fax machines, and even dialup endpoints. It’ll always be more cost effective to use a shared list of “good” numbers.