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Telemarketers now going straight to voicemail

Ringless voicemail is the latest attempt by telemarketers and debt collectors to bypass "Do Not Call" barriers

Published Sun, Jun 4, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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FRANK Kemp was working on his computer when his cellphone let out the sound of Mario - from Super Mario Bros - collecting a coin. That signalled he had a new voicemail message, yet his phone had never rung.

"At first, I thought I was crazy," said Mr Kemp, a video editor in Dover, Delaware…

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