robocaller

It was the robocaller and when the rep comes on the line they start telling me I owe them $25,000.00 in back payments and when can I send in the funds.

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Just curious though: assuming you're not a robocaller, do you really mean 'Yea' (as in "Yea, Obama won the election!"?) or rather 'Yeah' (as in "yeah, I let my chimp type my comments.")

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It's only much later in the call that the robocaller identifies its source as the Republican party.

Dirty Republican Robocalls 2006

It's only much later in the call that the robocaller identifies its source as the Republican party.

SeeLight: 2006

In some cases people died because they could not hang up and get a dialtone because the robocaller would not let go of them.

Printing: Republicans Using Robo-Calling Nationwide to Suppress Vote 2006

In some cases people died because they could not hang up and get a dialtone because the robocaller would not let go of them.

Republicans Using Robo-Calling Nationwide to Suppress Vote 2006

In some cases people died because they could not hang up and get a dialtone because the robocaller would not let go of them.

Republicans Using Robo-Calling Nationwide to Suppress Vote 2006

If you cannot get a new dial tone, i.e. the robocaller is still there, make a note of it.

Republicans Using Robo-Calling Nationwide to Suppress Vote 2006

If you cannot get a new dial tone, i.e. the robocaller is still there, make a note of it.

Printing: Republicans Using Robo-Calling Nationwide to Suppress Vote 2006

Separately, there is the harder-to-calculate cost of having one's personal space invaded by a robocaller that one never wished to summon.

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