Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
by aceazzameen on Thursday March 31, 2022 @04:26PM
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I had something similar. One time I got a phone call from a "Scam Likely" and decided to answer it. And it was an automated message from my bank asking if some purchases in another state were real or fraudulent. At this point I began to second guess if it was a scam or not, but had to assume it still was. I ended up logging into my account and seeing the same fraudulent purchases that it listed over the phone. So I called the number on my card and had it all settled. I found it weird that the original call was a false positive though.
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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
by MerelyMortal on Thursday March 31, 2022 @05:47PM
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Probably because the phone number is calling about a scam (fradulant charge), and then when they hang up, people report the phone number as a scam because they don't understand the difference.
Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
by underwater on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:27PM
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No, it's because caller ID can be easily faked. So both spam calls and real calls come from the same number.
Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
by Handytinge on Monday April 11, 2022 @09:25AM
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STIR/SHAKEN has been the law in NA (where the GP) is for a year or two, so it should no longer be easy. It's a problem a lot of countries are tackling.