If you receive a phone call from someone and they keep repeating “Can you hear me? Can you hear me?” should you answer them? Anti-fraud agencies would tell you NO!
This new scam seems to be trying to bait whomever answers the phone to say “yes”. Anti-fraud agencies say that simple acknowledgment can be used to make it sound as if you signed on for a purchase or service.
“They’re trying to get a recording of you saying ‘yes,'” said Ron Mycholuk, a spokesman with the Better Business Bureau of Central and Northern Alberta.
“They’re going to take that recorded ‘yes,’ play around with that audio and make it seem to you, or a representative of a business, that you have paid for some advertising, a cruise or a big ticket item, and send you the bill.”
Don’t fall victim to this scam. You can read more about this scam here.
You can read about other types of scams on our website here.
