IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being scammed out of $25,000

Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by okigan on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:44PM (#22349208)

Why is this on tech news site? but it does seem to fit CNN domain

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by bestnameever on Monday February 17, 2020 @01:00PM (#22349308)

So someone can come up with a tech solution for this problem.

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by okigan on Monday February 17, 2020 @01:10PM (#22349370)

this is not a tech problem - scam phone calls easily solved by requiring authentication - it's political problem that scam companies keep paying to not get it implemented.

trying to get tech solutions that go agains political will is waist of time - work on political first [on cnn] then come here for [tech] solution

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by nkrisc on Monday February 17, 2020 @01:58PM (#22349693)

There's not a tech solution, it's an education problem. As long as people believe the first thing some stranger says to them it will be a problem.

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by lightwin on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:10PM (#22349787)

Implementing a tech solution might still be more doable than trying to educate a million people.

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by pintxo on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:38PM (#22350038)

We could still try to educate them, it gives so much other benefits as well, it’s worth the effort

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by bestnameever on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:30AM (#22401901)

yeah i was being sarcastic.

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Re:IRS scams:A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being... by onceUponADime on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:51PM (#22349258)

Its a social engieering victim- thus a hack..

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