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Remember the story about the man who received 4 000 calls a day because his real-life phone number appears in Netflix's Squid Game? It turns out he isn't the only person being bombarded with prank calls because of the mishap. But wait, that's not all! It's caused such a major problem that the streaming service was forced to re-edit scenes showing phone numbers. 📞

GRAYE MORKEL, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

Global streaming giant Netflix has edited a phone number that appears in its global hit series Squid Game after South Koreans who use it or similar combinations were deluged with calls - some asking to join the show's life-or-death games.
 

The South Korean-made series has topped Netflix popularity charts in more than 80 countries since its launch last month and is on track to become its most-watched series ever.
 

The nine-episode drama - incorporating uncompromising violence and addressing widening economic inequality - sees hundreds of cash-strapped people compete in a series of children's games to win the final reward of 45.6 billion won (R572 million), with the losers killed.
 

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