RL>  AT> I try to give my old phone number in those situations, but then when 
 RL>  AT> try to log to check my points or something, they ask "What's the code
 RL>  AT> we just texted you?"
 RL> 
 RL> Ya, half-participation usually doesn't work.  But in this case, you can
 RL> say "It's not worth it to me to give out my personal information." and
 RL> refuse to participate.
 RL> 
 RL>  AT> I used to get a lot of scam calls. Every day, every night. But then I
 RL>  AT> changed my # to one with an odd prefix and that seems to have solved
 RL>  AT> that problem.
 RL> 
 RL> For now.
 RL> 
 RL> I set up system that was visible on the Internet and noticed it was hit
 RL> with many, many dictionary attacks.  I moved the SSH port to something
 RL> strange and it stopped the attacks - for about 6 months when someone did
 RL> a port scan and found the strange port number - and the dictionary
 RL> attacks came back.

Do they have a dictionary of phone numbers though? (Probably!)

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