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“Can you hear me?” phone scam is all too real and senior citizens are suffering





Most of us grew up in the time before caller ID. When the phone rang, we answered. Now times are different, and caller ID may be your best friend.

A new phone scam has emerged and it preys on people willing to have a conversation with a stranger.

It begins with a call from an unknown number followed by a stranger’s voice asking “Can you hear me?” or some version of the same question. For most people the response is some version of “Yes, I can hear you,” and that’s where the scam begins.

The con-artists are trying to get an affirmative answer from the person they are calling. Once the “yes” is recorded it can be used as an consenting response to a variety of scam services ranging from agreeing to receive advertisements to billing for services.

While the consent is not legally binding since it was coerced under false pre-tenses, that doesn’t stop the stress of having to undo the scammer’s schemes.

When in doubt, don’t answer an unknown number. If you’re expecting a call from a business or other service and they ask you a question like this, just say “may I ask who’s calling?”

Watch the Fox News coverage of the scam below to learn more.




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