Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever

Re:Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever by wintermutesGhst on Monday October 01, 2018 @04:35PM (#18116606)

Having spent a bit of time working on projects that touch the phone network, I think it is a 'major nightmare' in the Lovecraftian sense--I for one am forever changed by what I saw.

As for billing, it is usually based on the destination number, and your originating telco, unless I am misunderstanding your question.

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Re:Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever by amatecha on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:16PM (#18116892)

Does this imply I should answer the 1-800 calls and keep them on the line as long as possible? :D

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Re:Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever by drewmol on Monday October 01, 2018 @07:05PM (#18117545)

If you suspect a scammer called you, always keep them on the line as long as possible. Feed into the scam and act as gullible as possible, give them fake cc numbers, etc.

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Re:Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever by metildaa on Monday October 01, 2018 @08:40PM (#18117962)

Best to extract as much iinfo as possible, business name, callback numbers, email addresses, etc. The more info, the easier it is for the FCC to bring enforcement action against fraudulent callers.

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Re:Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever by amatecha on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:25PM (#18134517)

haha, "four-flag key" is still an inside joke with my family because of how many times we got a scammer to say it while they "provided tech support" to us :)

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