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thenewgreen  ·  4423 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "I'm calling from Windows" scammer calls ArsTechinica.

I hear ya, but still stuff like this does happen. He was likely hyper-aware enough to pick up that this was an "opportunity". Most people would have just hung up and thought nothing of it. Have you ever gotten a new car and then began to notice how many of the same model were on the road? Or started dating someone with a particular car? You'll start to see the same make and color everywhere. My point is, when you are exposed to something you become more aware of its existence.

Couldn't this account for the "coincidental" nature of this?