Phone Scam With Mark Rober If you don’t know who Mark Rober is, he is an American YouTuber, engineer, and inventor. He is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets. Before YouTube, Rober was an engineer with NASA for 9 years where spending seven of those years working on the Curiosity… Continue reading Phone Scam with Mark Rober
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The Anatomy of a Robocall
The Anatomy of a Robocall The ListIt all starts with a lead list, which is a list of phone numbers. This could be a list of randomly generated phone numbers, a list of sequential phone numbers, or even a list of valid phone numbers (people who actually answer the phone or buy something) that the… Continue reading The Anatomy of a Robocall
Robocall Scams – Part 4
Robocall Scams – Part 4 Your phone rings, you answer and it is Jessica from AT&T DirecTV in a very upbeat and bubbly voice, wanting to save you money on your AT&T DirecTV bill. The carefully scripted recording almost sounds like a real person and she wants to save you money. In fact, she claims… Continue reading Robocall Scams – Part 4
Robocall Scams – Part 3
Robocalls, what is Being Done to Combat Them? President Trump signed into law the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act which requires wireless carriers to authenticate calls and block robocalls at the discretion of their customers. Any violators can be fined up to $10,000 per call. The TRACED Act also requires major domestic… Continue reading Robocall Scams – Part 3
Robocall Scams – Part 2
Robocall Scams – Part 2 Stopping Robocalls There are several things you can do on and off the phone device to help reduce these calls. First, we will talk about things you can do on the phone to reduce these calls. Most phone carriers have built-in functionality to help to reduce nuisance calls. Through your Phone CarrierThe three… Continue reading Robocall Scams – Part 2
Robocall Scams – Part 1
Robocall Scams – Part 1 This is the first post in a series about Robocall Scams This first post will talk about what a robocall is, give some samples and talk about ….. In future posts will we will actually talk about how they work and how to stop them. What is a Robocall?A robocall is… Continue reading Robocall Scams – Part 1
Preying on the elderly #2 – SCAM ALERT
Preying on the Elderly #2 – SCAM ALERT We have a customer that has been with us for the past 15-plus years. They are an elderly couple and they just got scammed. I got a call from Roger (the names have been changed) telling me that he thinks he was just scammed. I grabbed my… Continue reading Preying on the elderly #2 – SCAM ALERT
Preying on the elderly – SCAM ALERT
Preying on the elderly – SCAM ALERT We had a customer that ran a small store in town, he was too trusting and this is what got him into trouble. For the purpose of this post, I will call him Thomas. Thomas, who is in his early 90s, got a phone call one day, asking… Continue reading Preying on the elderly – SCAM ALERT
