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I always wondered about the logic here. They purport to be reputable but use phone number randomizers and shifting domains. If they don't want to be treated as spam then they should act professionally which leaves the decisions to the users directly.

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IME they aren't using phone number randomizers, they're using autodialer services that end up using "random" phone numbers. Same as 2FA SMSs often come from "random" numbers, they're just from a bank of numbers controlled by the SMS service being used.

(Not saying it isn't spam, just commenting on this particular tactic.)

Yeah, exactly this. They don't want to leave the decision to the users. They want you to see their message, whether you want to or not.

Spam is as spam does. This is spam.

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