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Originally Posted by lazyreadr
There seems to be 100 variations of this type of fishing. It is usually only dangerous when a well targetted variant arrives.
For both landline and cellphone I have unknown numbers go immediately without ringtone to the answering machine. If it is a legitimate new caller they can use the box and I call back.
Typically scammers rarely bother to leave a message and this way they did at least not disturb me at an unconvenient time.
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Turn off your call forwarding on your landline! Your number can be hacked, and forwarded to another smart phone number. Voila! Your landline is now a smart phone, under a hacker's control. And then they can steal from any account that has your land line as the only number.
First, they change your email address to a "burner" email address. then they try to withdraw! Luckily, in my case, they tried too soon, and the financial institute marked as a hack and shut down access. I only found out about it via snail mail, , ,