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Apple’s new Call Screening cuts the robo noise by asking unknown callers to say who they are and why they are calling. That will make your phone a lot quieter. But do not mistake less spam for scam protection. Human scammers will simply answer the prompt and then try to con you. Real scam defense needs conversational level intelligence and social escalation. If you care about preventing money loss, treat this as progress, not the finish line.

Scam calls trace back to Southeast Asia's casinos in the 1990s, which pivoted to cyber fraud during COVID. In Myanmar's Myawaddy, scam centers, protected by armed groups, enslave over 120,000 trafficked victims from Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, and Kenya. Forced into romance and investment scams, these victims endure violence, fueling a massive cybercrime empire.