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New 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/ca
by miles 7y ago
New 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.