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Why do phone companies pay up for fraudulent calls?

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Why do phone companies pay up for fraudulent calls?

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Postby newlyretired » August 17th, 2019, 11:16 am

I have seen quite a few reports such as this one where a mobile phone is stolen and it is then used to rack up huge bills to premium rate phone lines:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/ ... bile-bills
Why do phone companies go ahead and pay up for what are clearly fraudulent calls?
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