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If someone claiming to be from your bank calls you, it isn't safe to hang up and call on the official number, unless you call the bank on a different line. Th
by DonaldFisk 7y ago
If someone claiming to be from your bank calls you, it isn't safe to hang up and call on the official number, unless you call the bank on a different line. The original call doesn't end until the calling party hangs up, and they might spoof a dialling tone and then a ringtone.
- riyakhanna1983 7y agoHow do you spoof "dialing tone" on a smartphone?
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- cortesoft 7y agoThat is only on VERY old land line systems... in fact, I don't think any exist anymore (the lasts ones were phased out a few years ago)
- miles 7y agoNew scam keeps fraudsters connected after victim hangs up https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-in-trapping-technology-1.5387822 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-in-trapping-techn... "Scammers using line-trapping technology to trick victims, police warn"
- duckmysick 7y agoWhat is line-trapping? The article doesn't explain how it works and which devices are vulnerable. I tried to look it up but the results aren't helpful. They are either rewrites of the same article or irrelevant pages about wildlife trapping. I suspect they affect landlines, but the articles have confusing photos showing smartphones.
- RandomBacon 7y agoI think I read about it in one Mitnik's books years ago. Basically, if you hang up your landline, it doesn't sever the connection.
- imtringued 7y agoOk, so just call with a different phone.