A new type of telephone fraud has appeared in the USA - ForumDaily
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In the US, a new type of telephone fraud

A new type of telephone scam is gaining popularity in the United States - a person receives a call and is informed that he is under investigation.

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How this happens and what to do next told the publication Time.

Fraudsters in such cases call very aggressively, if a person does not respond, then they call him back several times in a row. Even if you check the number of the caller through Googlethen it will most likely show that this is the number of the local police station or other law enforcement agency that fraudsters can use with the help of special programs.

When a person finally answers, he is informed that he is under investigation by the FBI, while calling his name for greater persuasiveness.

After that, the victim is asked if she was told “details of the investigation”, and also reports that “everything is serious” and she is in danger of being arrested if she does not cooperate with the investigation.

Then they try to lure the social security number or credit card number from the victim (this depends on the level of panic of the victim). Every year, over 15 million people become victims of identity theft in the United States.

This scheme is called Spoofing, and it works not only by telephone: sometimes fraudsters write from fake email addresses. And if this happens by phone, then the police, whose number is often used, as a rule, have no idea how the fraudsters got access to their phone.

Cyber ​​Security Specialist Paige Henson explained that stealing a phone number is pretty easy. Thanks to applications like Spoofcard, anyone who has access to the Internet can disguise their personal number by selecting any other number, even if it already belongs to someone, including the law enforcement agency, hospital, etc.

These applications present their services as a means for debt collectors, private investigators and other professionals who may need to hide their identity during a call, as well as a fun joke. But Hanson says that they are also often used by fraudsters, because if they call you from the police or the hospital, then the desire to respond and the thought that this may be something important grows.

There is not much data on how widespread “spoofing” is, but fraudulent calls are certainly a problem that many face. According to the FTC, more than 2017 16 complaints about suspicious calls were registered in New York State alone in 000. At the national level, this number is close to 300 000. And since many people who receive such calls often simply do not report them, these numbers are probably much higher.

How to distinguish a real FBI or police call from a fake one? — In a press release about fraud, the FBI warns consumers that "the FBI is not calling private citizens with threats of arrest or asking for money." If you are under investigation by the FBI, then you will most likely find out about it not from a phone call.

Also, do not expect to somehow track the real number of the caller. Services like Spoofcard can completely disguise the caller's phone number, and exactly the number chosen for masking will be indicated on the screen of your mobile as well as in the phone company bill.

Such services are dangerous not only in terms of fraud, but also in cases of human harassment, because the disguised number often makes it impossible to establish a real pursuer.

It’s hard to say where the scammers take the phone numbers of potential victims, but personal data leaks, including phone numbers and email addresses, happen regularly, so you shouldn’t be surprised that criminals get access to your mobile phone number.

As a precautionary measure, experts recommend adding your number to the National Registry. Do not callin which federal authorities block marketing calls to consumers whose numbers are on this list.

There are also a number of call blocking applications that can help manage incoming calls.

But still, the best option is to ignore calls from unknown numbers.

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