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Jun
Spam calls are annoying, but they’re not as bad as you might think. Only about 3% of all calls made in the U.S. are spam calls, and those calls only get through because of poor quality phone service or the caller’s phone number. Most spam calls are automated telemarketing calls that try to sell you something you don’t want at a very high rate of interest. Thanks to federal law, automated telemarketing companies can’t make unsolicited robocalls unless someone has “opted in” to receive them—so if you get a spam call from an automated telemarketer, it’s because you gave them…