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1 Information from the Federal Trade Commission’s “Robocall Response Team: Combating Scam Robocalls & Robotexts” as of June 25, 2023: https://www.fcc.gov/spoofed-robocalls

2 Information from the Federal Trade Commission’s “New FTC Data Show Consumers Reported Losing Nearly $8.8 Billion to Scams in 2022″ as of June 21, 2023: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/02/new-ftc-data-show-consumers-reported-losing-nearly-88-billion-scams-2022

3 Information from the Federal Trade Commission’s “Before Giving to a Charity” as of June 21, 2023: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/giving-charity

4 Information from Microsoft’s “Protect yourself from tech support scams” as of June 21, 2023: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/protect-yourself-from-tech-support-scams-2ebf91bd-f94c-2a8a-e541-f5c800d18435

5 Information from Inc.com’s “Do Not Return a Call or Text From These Area Codes–It May Be a Scam” as of June 21, 2023: https://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/do-not-return-calls-or-texts-from-these-area-codes-its-a-scam.html

6 Information from Reader’s Digest’s “Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone Numbers Guide” as of June 21, 2023. https://www.rd.com/article/area-codes-phone-scam/

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