Comment on Do spam calls "I wanna buy your house" ever work? Has anyone ever sold their house like that?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The biggest victims of phone scams are the elderly. Typically very socially isolated, lonely, and sometimes suffering from cognitive decline. Does anyone ever fall for it? You’ve got to ask yourself why the scammers would go through so much trouble if it never worked.
ch00f@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m not so sure this logic holds with how out of hand things have gotten. I’ve got automated spam calls that ask if I’m interested, I said yes, and they hung up on me.
It’s like the spam machine got left on over the weekend or something.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In that case they’re probably fishing for active numbers, seeing which ones are real out of the list they bought online. You should never say the word “yes,” when you’re on the phone with someone you don’t trust. Scammers will record that, clip it, and use it to cause all kinds of harm impersonating you
fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 2 days ago
Nonsense.
If a voice recording could be used with nefarious intent you wouldn’t be able to eat a meal in a restaurant without being recorded.