Beware! Don’t Answer “YES” To This Type Of Phone Call

Last year, we came through the much hacking news. Many social media accounts and bank accounts were hacked. Hacking is like a game for the hackers. We know that online transactions are also not safe because hackers steal our personal data from it. We can prevent hackers from hacking our accounts and data by creating a strong password and by enhancing the security. Most of the hacks are achieved due to vulnerable passwords and security setting.

You all have heard the word Scam. For those who don’t know, Scam is a fraudulent idea executed by a dishonest person. Nowadays, in the world of the internet, many scams are taking place like lottery scams, scam baiting, email spoofing, phishing, or demand for an assist. In short, these types of scams are known as email scam. Now the defrauder has come out with a new skill of scam. From this, they are expanding consent to entry in the value or credit card receipts.

The aim of the defrauders is phone calls. The motive of this article is to make you all aware of this phone call made by scammers. The scammer calls a person and inquiries “Can you hear me?” and if the person utters “yes” then they get the permission to operate the value or credit card receipts.

The report from CBS News state that Virginia Police is informing and making you aware not to reply to these types of phone calls. Your reply that is “yes” can be used by the scammers for getting your data’s. They record your voice and use it for operating the value or credit card receipts.

The Leader of Consumer Protection for the Consumer Federation of America said that when you utter ‘yes’ it gets taped. They use your ‘yes’ as evidence that you have permitted for something. Most of you think that ending a phone call is ill-mannered, but this can save you from a big scam.

The scammer collects the personal information of many persons from data breaches and makes a list which consists of the victim’s phone number, credit card number and other invoices. The victim cannot prove the scammer wrong because they have your voice recording. They can also ask you some other questions which answer will be yes. It depends on you whether you say ‘yes’ or not. The other questions may be:

Can you hear me?
Are you the lady of the house?
Do you pay the household phone bill?
Do you pay the household bills?
Are you the homeowner?
You should not reply to any unknown call. One ‘Yes’ in your phone call can make you suffer a big loss. So, better be careful while receiving any call.