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I've had something similar happen. If there was a startup tackling this problem, I would certainly want to know about it!

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I imagine that the $2k price point is not entirely arbitrary - people seem to be going for that price point. I know I certainly would, and the only reason why I am not paying the scammer directly is because I doubt they would keep their word.

Forgot to mention - the calls did pick up in frequency so it seems like he did keep his word.

How interesting - is he calling from a new number each time?

You don't need a new number persay.

With current infrastructure, a caller can say they are any number they want because the network trusts clients to report themselves accurately.

I suspect paying them would just mark you as easy money and they would harass you more.

It's an interesting DDoS, if an attacker sends a lot of requests to a website, there are solutions against it, but what about a lot of calls to a number?

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