Have you ever received a text message or a phone call from someone asking you to verify your identity by sending them a code?
If you have, you may have been targeted by the Google Voice verification code scam.
This is a sneaky and dangerous scam that allows fraudsters to hijack your phone number and use it to scam other people.
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