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  2. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Quick Take: List of Scam Area Codes. More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers.

  3. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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    By educating yourself, taking steps to protect your information and using scam protection tools like T-Mobile’s Scam Shield, you can take the first step to reduce the possibility of being scammed.

  4. 'This could happen to anybody': California man says a hacker ...

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    Justin Chan of Carlsbad, California, says a hacker drained $38,000 from his bank account after his phone number was compromised in a SIM swapping scam — and he’s not sure he’ll get the money ...

  5. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Scam Likely [26] is a term used for scam call identification, the term was originally coined by T-Mobile for the scam ID technology created by First Orion. [27] First Orion's scam blocking technology uses a combination of known bad actors, AI powered blocking including neighborhood spoofing and unusual calling pattern.

  6. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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    Reports on the purported scam are an Internet hoax, first spread on social media sites in 2017. [1] While the phone calls received by people are real, the calls are not related to scam activity. [1] According to some news reports on the hoax, victims of the purported fraud receive telephone calls from an unknown person who asks, "Can you hear me?"

  7. Robocall - Wikipedia

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    The call typically begins "We're trying to reach you about your extended warranty"; it is a phishing scam intended to trick the caller into calling the provided number and then submit their credit card details to extend a non-existent warranty. Over 58 billion of these fraudulent robocalls have been made since 2021.

  8. California man loses life savings, owes more than $30K in ...

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    California man loses life savings, owes more than $30K in taxes after falling prey to sophisticated scam — now he fears he may lose his home if he can’t pay his tax bill Joe Cortez September 8 ...

  9. SSA impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An SSA impersonation scam, or SSA scam, is a class of telecommunications scam targeting citizens of the United States by impersonating Social Security Administration employees. SSA scams are typically initiated through pre-recorded messages, or robocalls , that use social engineering to make victims panic and ensure they follow instructions ...