Posted on 11/27/2021 3:30:44 PM PST by ThunderSleeps
Just a heads up on a new (to me) scam.
Got a robo-call today allegedly from Amazon. Something about suspicious activity on my account. Ok, I pushed the button to talk to a real person.
A guy comes on the line and asks if I was purchasing an iPhone 11. I of course said no. (I'm an Android guy) He said fine, the purchase would be denied. (this is a key part of the scam)
I had him on speaker phone and went to my Amazon account. There was no record of an iPhone purchase. Now he claimed they had denied it. But it is just part of the setup because they are not affiliated with Amazon in the least.
He then said their "cyber team" would help correct and protect my account. He asked what kind of phone I had, iPhone or Android. He then said for the cyber team to help correct my account I needed to go to the play store and install "AnyDesk." I looked it up, it allows full remote access to your device. H**l no.
That's when I hung up on him. So be forewarned fellow freepers - there are new scams coming out all the time.
There's no hope for some folks.
I also got the same scam on my email. It looked very professional….except the small print was missing at the bottom.
Beware!
Obviously, you should not install Anydesk or any other program just because someone tells you to install it. If you choose to install Anydesk, immediately set the security options.
I can’t figure out why anyone answers any of those calls. If you don’t see a name you recognize, why answer? I don’t have anything except a cordless phone - I look at the caller ID, let it ring and if it goes to message, listen to silence and delete it and then block the number. Of course, they just call on a different number and the cycle repeats but I can keep blocking as long as keep calling. I don’t know why anyone would fall for any scam!
They make a digital recording of the sound of our voice saying "yes" or your name. They use it later to scam that you said "yes" to a purchase and "yes" to going ahead with the billing. Scary.
Now I try to rudely say "What do you want?" "What is this about?" Not "yes."
According to the FCC, the scam begins as soon as you answer your phone. A person or a recording on the other end asks “Can you hear me?” and you respond “Yes”. That “yes” response can provide a voice signature to be used later by the scammers to authorize fraudulent charges over the phone.
Phone Scam Alert: Don't Say 'Yes' - - Alarm Engineeringhttps://www.alarmengineering.com › phone-scam-alert-do... Don't say 'Yes' when robocall scam rings - USA Todayhttps://www.usatoday.com › talkingtech › 2017/03/27 Mar 27, 2017 — The Federal Communications Commission Monday issued a consumer alert against just such scammers. When a caller says, "Yes," that they can hear ...
Amazon Tech Support will take pretty good care of you (or at least they did me). You will mostly have to deal with them through chat, but I got a refund on a couple of items that were malfunctioning.
I was getting calls like that about my iCloud account. Finally answered on. Acted as clueless as I could. She asked me to get my iPad and download an app. Told her my fiance was an IT Security professional and he advised me not to download any apps. Then I told her I could easily find out where she was and could have the authorities sent there. She had the nerve to accuse me of scamming her. Funniest thing, I have zero Apple products. 😁
If time allows it is helpful to press the button and waste their time and dilute the pool of scammable people they talk to. Letting the robodialer screen out the non scammable people only helps the scammers
Never, ever speak to these people. Once engaged, some can access your phone number and with that your name, address and off they go.
Pick it up and say, “FBI Telephone Crimes Unit”. “Ballistic Missile Early Warning System” is also an old standby.
I had this type of call before, just let the phone ring, go to voice mail, but no called back 15 times. Picked up phone listened, heard the scam message...
You mean my auto service contract isn’t really expiring?
It warrants repeating:
1. Never provide any information during contact you did not initiate (phone, email or otherwise),
2. NEVER click on anything in an email you received which proffers fraudulent activity or account status (email, bank, web commerce, etc.),
3. ALWAYS use ONLY the contact information YOU have in YOUR files (NOT the info in the letter/email/phone call) to verify your account status.
4. When in doubt, waiting won’t kill anyone: Contact a friend or relative BEFORE doing ANYTHING. Urgency or emotional appeal are RED FLAGS, as are requests for funds in advance.
It ain’t rocket science.
> If time allows it is helpful to press the button...
Press “1” to transfer this call through a small nation that allows us to charge $29.95 per minute.
I was getting those calls every few days a while back.
So, I decided to have a little fun and see how long I could keep them on the line. Dang computer kept crashing every time I tried to download their Any Desk app LOL. And it’s really old like me and takes forever to boot up again, and again, and again.
I kept one on the hook for over thirty minutes while killing time on this very site.
Next time, tell them you have a Windows phone.
My hub got that about a week ago...you think it’s legitimate until they said about it being Amazon...any security on our charge cards comes from the Bank, not Amazon.
Some of the spam that hits a website contact form is fun to read. Good for a chuckle at some of what they come up with. Many are willing to give a lot of money away. lol
I had one continue for over an hour while I searched for my Medicare card and had him call me the next day and I repeated similar reasons for not finding my card and then on the third day my wife entered in the conversation and told the guy to stop calling because all in the house were hospice patients and will die very soon. That solved that problem. Taking their time costs them a bit of money, eating up their time and enjoying it..
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