No I am not talking about the sprint guy formerly the
Verizon guy, I am talking about a new scam which I have been made recently
aware of this Scam through consumer
affairs. What happens is you receive a
call from a computer or a Robo call. They
will ask “can you hear me” you will answer yes. What happens is they will
record your “yes” response and use the audio to open up false accounts or
services. . You not know until your phone bill show up which will show abnormal
activity on your phone bill. According to the FCC or the Federal Communication
Commission they have received many complaints from customers stating they have
been a victim of this scam.
So what should you do? First you should not answer any
unknown numbers if it is important they will leave a message. If you do decide
to answer the phone they will ask you to hit a button to stop receiving calls
just hang up the phone. They use this tactic to identify live callers because
some of the numbers they have on file are disconnected. Someone may ask for simple yes or no questions
in an attempt to get you to answer do fall for this trap do not answer just
hang up the phone.
I would recommend you report the unknown callers to the FCC
or BBB.org so telemarketer/spammer/hackers can be on file with the both agency to help
warn others. If you haven’t done so register with the National Do not call
Registry. This will not stop the calls from Robocalls but it will stop
telemarketers.
There are a few free apps you can down load to your
smartphones such as “hiYa” app. This app will check your contacts and past
calls on your phone. Once it has completed this process it will identify
spammer/telemarketer/hacker on your phone. The app will block any unwanted
calls or calls which have been reported through the app as telemarketers.
Please use the following websites to report spammer/telemarketer/hacker
I hope this post was helpful please leave a comment
Mark Carbajal
Thank you for writing this article. I have been receiving calls from them since years ago. I don't know how to make them stop anymore. I have blocked them, used apps like what you said above, but they didn't stop. I think I will sue one of them like what I read at this article http://www.whycall.me/news/my-4500-payday-from-a-telemarketer/. Let's see if they will stop after that.
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