Telephone scams are becoming more and more common and their aim is usually obtain our bank details or ask us to make a payment. These days, we’re well aware of the risks of clicking on suspicious links, but it’s easy to let our guard down when they try to scam us over the phone.
Some of the most common phone scams are the missed call scam or the double call scam. Additionally, phone spoofing allows criminals to impersonate banking entities by spoofing the phone number. Another phone scam to consider is yes fraud. Below we explain what this consists of.
How does yes fraud work?
The National Police warned at the end of last year of the risks of the yes scam, a technique used by scammers and which can have serious consequences. Scammers take advantage of something as common as saying “yes” when we answer a phone call. record our voice
There are already cases of people affected by this fraud. In fact, INCIBE reported a case of someone affected by this scam a few months ago. After receiving a call and responding with “yes?” » started hearing a message indicating that he had just subscribed to a supposed service prime from Amazon. A few seconds later, the call was automatically disconnected.
As the National Cybersecurity Institute explains, this doesn’t mean what the voiceover says is real: it’s possible that scammers have no way of charging us for the supposed service. prime that the phrase mentions. In reality, what they are looking for is to arouse concern have more possibilities to obtain our bank details when they contact you again to cancel this supposed subscription.
Despite this, INCIBE has already pointed out that fraudsters can use this technique to record our voice and attempt to authorize financial transactions, sign contracts and even falsify our identity.
He operating mode can vary. Sometimes when you answer the call and respond with a “yes?” » We will not hear anyone on the other end of the line and the call will be disconnected. If it is a scam, the criminals will have recorded our voice and will try to use it for the purposes we have already mentioned.
In other cases, communication is established and the scammers pose as a business. In this case, they will try to get us to respond in the affirmative to subscribe to services or sign contracts, to give some examples.
At this point it is important to keep in mind that every time we answer a call and no one answers, we are facing a scam: it could be a robocall and they are just trying to verify that the number is valid.
What to do if you receive a suspicious call
The most common recommendation when receiving a suspicious call is cut off the call and block the number to prevent them from contacting us again. If you suspect that they have made a transaction, it is advisable to check bank accounts for any type of strange movement.
Of course, it is always important to remember that At no time do we have to provide personal data during a call if we are not clear who we are actually talking to. If you talk to scammers, they might try to collect as much information about us as possible to scam us.
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