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Telemarketers are perceived as annoying and wasting people's time, and some deliberately attempt to scam or defraud people. In April 2018, stats published by YouMail estimated the United States received over three billion robocalls that month. [1] Attempts to block the callers have been hindered by Caller ID spoofing. [2]
A prank call (also known as a crank call, a hoax call, or a goof call) ... An example of these was the 1996–2004 strip search phone call scam, ...
The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, ...
Tech support scams: callers pretending to be tech assistants claiming that you have issues with your computer and must download a solution. Utility scams: calls claiming that bills are overdue ...
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In this scam, the caller will say he’s from the FBI and has a warrant for your arrest, or from Immigration and plans to deport you. The caller will ask for you to make a payment in order to ...
Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.
Scams are so common nowadays that it can be difficult to determine which calls are legitimate. Robocalls have become the norm and can make it difficult to know when you should pick up the phone,...