robo-call
n.— «Last time I got robocalled, the discussion went something like: “Would you like blah blah blah insurance information…?”» —“Re: Retaliate against Robot salesmen (Update)” by Peter da Silva Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk Apr. 13, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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