Why would someone who’s really calling from my area use the 1- long-distance prefix? [on hold]

This is a semi-followup to this question on spam calls

Similar the OP in that post, I’ve been receiving spam calls with the form 1-ABC-DEF-WXYZ, where my phone number is ABC-DEF-GHIJ. I’ve never seen a legitimate caller from… Continue reading Why would someone who’s really calling from my area use the 1- long-distance prefix? [on hold]