[the-facts-machine] Re: You're a victim with one word in "Can you hear me?" phone scam

From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" <knitqueen2007@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:36:50 -0800

BlankHi, Steve,

Thanks so much for this warning. I’ve gotten scam calls before and I just hung
up on the person.

Rosemarie

From: Steve
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:15 AM
To: the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [the-facts-machine] You're a victim with one word in "Can you hear
me?" phone scam

You're a victim with one word in "Can you hear me?" phone scam KING-TV, Seattle

SEATTLE -- A growing "Can you hear me? phone scam can make you a victim if
you utter just one word:'"Yes. This is how it works, according to the Better
Business Bureau: An automated'call provides an introduction and identifies
a business or agency. After the intro, the recording will ask if you can hear
clearly. If you answer yes, the scammer behind the call may have recorded
you, could plan'to use your affirmation to sign you up for a product or service
you never knew about and then will demand payment. If you refuse, the
scammer'may
produce your recorded "yes" response to confirm your purchase agreement. The
best advice from the BBB: ' Hang up on any unsolicited robocall. If you are
on the federal Do Not Call List and a company calls out of the blue to ask
questions, it's likely a scam. ' Avoid responding with "yes," "sure" or "OK.
' Hang up if you're asked to press a button to be placed on the Do Not Call
registry. Doing anything else could help scammers identify an active phone
number. No government agency will ever solicit for the Do Not Call Registry. '
Write down the phone number and file a scam report with the BBB Scam Tracker
and the Federal Trade Commission 's Do Not Call List. That doesn't always help
because these scammers also often know how to fool phones' caller ID features.
But 10 states ' Hawaii with the caveat of having the recording device in a
private place; California; Connecticut; Florida; Maryland; Massachusetts;
Montana;
New Hampshire; Pennsylvania and Washington ' have a two-party consent law for
recording a conversation,'making it a crime to intercept or record a call
or conversation unless all parties say yes. Illinois also has the law on its
books, but a court found it unconstitutional in 2014, according to the Digital
Media Law Project .

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- [the-facts-machine] You're a victim with one word in "Can you hear me?" phone scam
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[the-facts-machine] Re: You're a victim with one word in "Can you hear me?" phone scam

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