(My apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong area or if someone's already posted about it; someone feel free to move, lock or redirect it if need be.)
I just read this morning about a new telephone scam that's been going around: Someone answers the phone, say "hello", and a voice is heard on the other end asking "Can you hear me?" At that point, if the call recipient says "yes", s/he instantly becomes a victim of this scam -- and I don't exactly understand how it works even from reading the source (at the link below) but it becomes used to commit credit card fraud or some other such thing.
So what they're advising is that if you answer the phone and hear someone ask if they can hear you, say nothing and hang up right away. (As for me, that's why I don't even answer the phone at all if I don't recognize the name or number on the call display.)
Just a heads up for you all so you're in the know.
Source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beware-n...-hear-me-scam/
I just read this morning about a new telephone scam that's been going around: Someone answers the phone, say "hello", and a voice is heard on the other end asking "Can you hear me?" At that point, if the call recipient says "yes", s/he instantly becomes a victim of this scam -- and I don't exactly understand how it works even from reading the source (at the link below) but it becomes used to commit credit card fraud or some other such thing.
So what they're advising is that if you answer the phone and hear someone ask if they can hear you, say nothing and hang up right away. (As for me, that's why I don't even answer the phone at all if I don't recognize the name or number on the call display.)
Just a heads up for you all so you're in the know.
Source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beware-n...-hear-me-scam/
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