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Originally Posted by davem4616
received a phone call today from a very believable and articulate American sounding male voice saying that Amazon security is alerting me to a questionable charge against the credit card I use on my Amazon account to the tune of $1,499.50.
And that if this wasn't anything I had authorized I should press 1 now for more information or press 2 to dispute
so I figured I'd play along and pressed 1
sure enough someone with a heavy accent came on the line asking a series of questions all designed to get me to say the word "Yes"
after a few questions I told her that my toast had just popped up and I needed to go butter them.....
be careful, they're out there and they're getting slicker and more devious every day
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I've heard this "Get me to say yes" scam thing a lot. I've never heard of anyone actually getting scammed with it.
If the caller is a scammer and they just need a yes, they can use any yes they'd like. They don't need you to say the words. This isn't going to a court of law with audio forensic analysis about who actually said the words. They can loop in any ole yes they like.
This does not mean they aren't fishing for other information.
It also doesn't mean you can't answer with a more direct response to "can you hear me" "I can hear you". No need to say yes.
"Are you Hugh G. Rection?" "I am Hugh"
Etc. No need to ever actually say yes.