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I read that whenever someone on the phone that you aren't sure of asks a yes/no question, never say "Yes" or they could use a recording of yes in your voice for nefarious purposes.
I don't know if that's true or an exaggeration, but it's worth some thought anyway.
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Yep.... When someone calls and asks a yes or no question, I never answer with yes. This is he, or what can I help you with, is my standard response. If they push for a yes I simply respond, you need to get to the point of your call or I'm hanging up.
A lot of the spam calls follow a similar process. You say hello, followed by a few seconds of silence, followed by hello? from the other end followed by a few more seconds of silence followed by a bot starting to talk. I've been looking at the caller ID and simply letting my VM handle it. I'm not above simply hanging up if I grab the call without looking at the caller ID. No mercy.
Never click on links in emails.
If they say your account has been breached, hang up and call the customer service number of the card. They will verify or refute the issue.
Have a password for family. These voice ai things are absolutely convincing. But they don't know about the details of what someone did or said at a party or something similar. Ask something only that individual would know.
A missionary friend of mine, we were in Argentina a couple of times together, supposedly was in Africa and left his bag in a cab and needed money for airfare home. $500. Urgent... wire the money ASAP as he was being held by authorities for having no means to pay for a ticket. This was CCd to everyone who was on the Argentina trip. I called my friend to find out he was actually in Orlando Florida. A quick call to another person on the trip stopped him just as he was headed out the door going to western union.
In other words.... Be careful and trust no one. Verify everything.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Without getting O/T, if I receive an unsolicited call that starts with some form of inquiry, I just hang up. After all, if they called me, they already know who I am, I don't need to validate that information to an unknown on the other end of the line. Play safe. The scammers are out there in numbers...
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All good advice (above).
Now for a related grin.
When filling out forms and the question reads "Who should I contact in case of an emergency?"
I answer "An ambulance", because nobody I know will answer a phone call from a number that they don't recognize.
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
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