Voicemail scam plays music before the message

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Well, this one was kinda weird. Received a scam call today that went to VM. You know, the typical "This is Amazon regarding your iPhone purchase of $xxxx, call blah blah blah if you didn't place this order." That essentially was the transcribed message. However, if I went to listen to the message, it wasn't there, but played a music file instead. I don't see how this could be a no-click hack attempt, but I've never run into this before and was curious if others have? My phone's AV didn't pick up anything. EDIT - So yes, if you listen past the lengthy music clip, the voice audio begins. As I think about it, I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t some device to bypass the anti-spam filters that can automatically disconnect the call. That’s what I’m coming around to. Thanks for your thoughts everyone!

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