Hang up if a caller asks you to hit a button to stop receiving calls. If you have gotten a call such as this, review your credit card and telephone bills, as well as your bank statement for unauthorized charges.Īnyone who believes they have been targeted by this scam should immediately report the incident to the Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker and the FCC Consumer Help Center.
Or better yet, don't answer a call from an unknown number. What you should do, according to the FCC? Hang up immediately. "Not only are unwanted robocalls intrusive and irritating, but they are also frequently employed to scam our most vulnerable populations, like elderly Americans, out of their hard-earned dollars," Pai said. consumers are bombarded by an estimated 2.4 billion robocalls," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last week at the agency's March meeting, during which the commission voted to begin a rulemaking process to eliminate robocalls. "Robocalls are the number one consumer complaint to the FCC from the public. The fraudulent callers may impersonate familiar organizations to get you to answer and talk.
The scam is prevalent, based on complaints the agency has received and from news reports across the U.S. When a caller says, "Yes," that they can hear the robocall, their reply is recorded and used to authorize fraudulent charges via telephone on the victim's utility or credit card account, the FCC says. The Federal Communications Commission Monday issued a consumer alert against just such scammers. That could be a sign that a scammer is on the other end of the line. As part of the latest scam, the caller, instead of mentioning who they are, instead asks "Can you hear me?" If you still have a landline phone, make sure you aren't snared in the latest robocall scam.Īnyone who still has a traditional home phone dreads the hated robocall.
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