In a 2018 survey about unsolicited phone calls, ** percent of respondents stated that they were able to identify the call as a scam call as the caller seemed implausible or had a story that just did not add up. Additionally, ** percent stated that the heavy accent or poor English of the caller gave it away as a scam call.
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