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"no one will be emailing you… except scammers, no exceptions." Might be, because I was travelling a lot, but I got lots of unknown numbers calling me that turn

by lukan 2y ago

"no one will be emailing you… except scammers, no exceptions." Might be, because I was travelling a lot, but I got lots of unknown numbers calling me that turned out to be friends with a new number. Now I surely could have locked myself up in a cage then there would be no risk, but also not reward. Calling a unknown number back - no. But taking a call and saying hello did never cost me anything. I also don't just send money away or would install weird things on my computer because someone on the phone says so, so what is the danger?

bdangubic 2y ago
friends with a new number can leave a voicemail saying they are who they are (or text or hit you up on social or…) taking a call from unknown number, never under any circumstance. people calling you do this for a living, you pick up and your odds are stacked against you. maybe not yours or mine but my Father’s for sure :)
- lukan 2y ago
  Well, I allmost did fell for a phone scam once, but due to weird circumstances I believed it was official Microsoft support as I expected them. Still, I won't install shady things from shady sites on request from a phone, so it did not got far.
ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
Have you ever answered a robocall, and the first thing they ask is "Can you hear me OK?" or "My Bluetooth is acting up. Can you hear me?" They want to record your voice, saying "yes." I always say "I can hear you." I never say "yes," or anything like that, during the short time I'm on the line with them. However, that is probably not valid, anymore, because they just need to record a fairly short segment of your voice, to generate a deepfake.
- lukan 2y ago
  If it is a robocall, I would hang up and not say yes. Otherwise "I can hear you" and avoiding saying yes is good advice. And as for deepfakes, I assume they become good and widespread enough soon, that no telephone contracts become enforcable.

by lukan 2y ago

bdangubic 2y ago

friends with a new number can leave a voicemail saying they are who they are (or text or hit you up on social or…) taking a call from unknown number, never under any circumstance. people calling you do this for a living, you pick up and your odds are stacked against you. maybe not yours or mine but my Father’s for sure :)

lukan 2y ago
Well, I allmost did fell for a phone scam once, but due to weird circumstances I believed it was official Microsoft support as I expected them. Still, I won't install shady things from shady sites on request from a phone, so it did not got far.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago

Have you ever answered a robocall, and the first thing they ask is "Can you hear me OK?" or "My Bluetooth is acting up. Can you hear me?" They want to record your voice, saying "yes." I always say "I can hear you." I never say "yes," or anything like that, during the short time I'm on the line with them. However, that is probably not valid, anymore, because they just need to record a fairly short segment of your voice, to generate a deepfake.

lukan 2y ago
If it is a robocall, I would hang up and not say yes. Otherwise "I can hear you" and avoiding saying yes is good advice. And as for deepfakes, I assume they become good and widespread enough soon, that no telephone contracts become enforcable.