I need some 411 on scam calls plz

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Dysnomia

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My boomer relatives told me that if I get a scam call and they ask for me by name or ask a qustion and I say "yes", they will record my voice and use it to book cruises and buy stuff using my identity. This sounds like a boomer facebook rumor to me but they insist it is true and I am hearing about it all the time.

Almost all scam calls I get are recordings. I got one in horribly broken English last year using a phone number from Karnataka India. I just told him I couldn't understand and hung up. Which was the honest truth. He was very painfully trying to pronounce English words from a script. I don't think he has much of a career in the call center racket.

I thought as long as you don't give personal info they can't do anything to you. So am I supposed to think if I answer the phone with "yes" the robocall records me and someone is using my money to book a cruise and go on a shopping spree? That doesn't sound likely to me.
 
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I've never heard of this and I've followed various email scams on forums as well as newer call center scambaiters. It doesn't make any sense like you said. They would still need your financial info. Most call centers are trying to get quick payouts from google play cards and the like. They follow very strict scripts as you note and prey on their victims being even more tech illiterate than they are and usually elderly. This sounds like some dumb meme.
 
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They can get your phone number if you answer and use it to bypass two step verification
 
That was isn't real, nobody can use a recording of you saying yes for anything. However, there are many real ones that scare seniors. Pleasant Green on YouTube has a lot of them, show him to granny.
 
No this works. One of my Co-workers daughters feel for a scam like this and they ended up buying $3000 worth of phones on there account. It basically went something like "Can you plays state your name,Cell Phone number and the name of the account holder" I guess they used her voice to bypass the Automated system.
 
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It is real and I know people who had this happen too because they said yes during a call because they picked it up without thinking.

But here some rules just in case you do that or someone you know on the phone is don't give them any info, never say yes ethier to anything, if they ask "who am I speaking too?" or your name ask "who is calling," nothing that can be turned into an agreement sounding answer.
If they ask a flat out yes or no question go "ehhh," like give them nothing to work with because they will twist it into signing you up for stuff you do not want.

Normally all calls like this have a press 2 option if they spam enough to put you on a "Do not call listing," once that happens they won't call again.
If you have a person say "I am on a do not call listing," then they will remove you

But if it is a call once in a while from a number you don't recognized and you haven't picked up the phone just don't pick up the phone, if it is someone you know they will leave a message saying something.

Telemarketers are changing but they are using tactis now that they will record any agreement sounding answers so they can claim you signed up to this and that then hound you for money.
 
Like most urban legends, this takes on a life of its own. This is based on a particular scam that affected businesses during the boomer era, but most people are wise to it by now. However, just like the Nigerian scam, they're going to keep trying, so I can't say that it's been completely eradicated.

(The crimes-of-persuasion.com site that I linked above is still a Web 1.0 site, but it's an excellent resource on these types of scams. If you click a link on the top header, you might need to scroll down to see the content. You can also see this on Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/supplies-surprise/ )

It basically works like this:

1) Scammer calls a company, and asks an employee what type of copier/laser printer they have.
2) An invoice appears, claiming an order of toner. This may be paired with substandard product you didn't order, but they usually don't even bother with that.
3) When someone questions this and calls the number provided on the invoice, you hear a recording cropped between the scammer/employee as "proof" the order is legitimate. The idea is to make you think the order is valid so you go ahead and pay it. After all, your company is so big there's no getting hold of the employee, right? And this invoice needs to be paid right now?

Of course, if you counter with something like, "You know, the employee told me about your call and you simply asked about the printer, and there was no order" they'll hang up immediately. I could see a scammer trying to use the voice recording as a "legal contract" to scare someone, but as @break these cuffs pointed out, they can't do anything without your financial information. And with email, instant messaging, and internal phone systems it's easy to get a hold of the "ordering" employee and find out what's going on.

You know, a lot of printers these days detect whether you're using third-party toner cartridges, and will give you nasty messages about how using them will invalidate your warranty. Remember, your printer manufacturer thinks it's totally in the right because it's protecting you from scams like these.
 
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