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> To ensure to you that this is not a fraudulent call, please look up the phone number for this bank and call us back. Thank you."

Good idea, except now people will think: "yeah, right, that way the call will cost me money".




Where in the world do you still have to pay based on usage of phone minutes?


For people that can't afford a new phone every year with a contract. You can buy cheap button-phones and get a phone card that cost you money every time you call but is free while you don't call.


Aren't most of these numbers toll free?




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