Consumer alert: 'can you hear me' scams

Phone fraudsters recording consumers’ voice responses

 

March 29, 2017



WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is alerting consumers to be on the lookout for scam callers seeking to get victims to say the word “yes” during a call and later use a recording of the response to authorize unwanted charges on the victim’s utility or credit card account. According to complaints the FCC has received and public news reports, the fraudulent callers impersonate repre...



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