If you answer on the phone and hear this, hang up and call the police
Listen to this obvious sign that you are contacted by crooks.
Most of us are used to receiving at least onephone call A day from an unknown number. In fact, it is a good day if it is the only unsolicited call that we receive. And despite the warnings not to respond to calls from foreigners, we often resume in case, especially if we think that there is a chance that it could be important. But if you are inclined to answer the phone when you see an unknown number, it is important to know how to know if the person at the other end tries to defraud you. Now the authorities have issued a new alert in order to help you protect you. Read the rest to find out what you need to listen to.
Read this then:If you pick up the phone and hear this, hang up, the FBI says in a new warning.
The scams by phone are increasing.
You may have experienced a momentary lull in the scams by phone when the cocovid pandemic started, but unfortunately, the situation has since gotten worse. "We saw the first major decline in robocals [in 2020] because the call centers were closed, but nowRobocals explode, "Alex Quilici, CEO of the developer of Robocall-Block Youmail software developed, told AARP in May 2022.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
According to Youmail, the Robocalls in the United States reached a summit of all time in October 2019 at around 5.7 billion calls before moving to 3 billion per month, with robocalles on average of around 4.1 billion per month. "Having computers making up a lot of figures is a quick, efficient and extremely cheap way to reach as many people as possible," said the media, noting that the current rate is equivalent to more than 1,500 scam calls By phone per second.
Now, the authorities alerts the Americans of a particular phone scam.
The police warn you to listen to this when you answer the phone.
Wyomissing police, Pennsylvania, now urges the public to be alert for atelephone scam, reported the local information station WFMZ. Wyomissing police have published one "Scam alert"On their website on September 22, warning residents of the crooks calling and usurping the identity of the department.
"It has come to our attention that people receive telephone calls pretending to be a representative of the Wyomissing police service," wrote the authorities, noting that the call for the scam "has referred to a summons and to the safety of a family member ".
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There is an obvious sign that you are contacted by crooks.
Telephone scams that prevent the police are not uncommon. In May, the Connecticut and Northern Carolina authoritiesRobocals warned When crooks were pretended to be police, the victims demanded that the victims check personal information or threatened new ones from a false mandate. But according to the authorities of Wyomissing, there is a clear sign that you are dealing with a crook and not a real police service: an automated voice on the other side of the line.
"The voice is an obvious computer generated by a computer," Wyomissing police wrote in their warning. "If you were to receive a call like this, it is any scam. If you were to be contacted by someone from the Wyomissing police service, the voice would be that of a human and not a computer. ""
Hang up and call the local police if you hear an automated voice.
The Wyomissing Police Service also warned the Americans that the authorities will never call and will not ask for money to avoid arrest. And you will never be asked to pay a fine with gift cards either, so consider it another major red flag if an automated appellant asks you for money in this way.
"If you have to receive a call like this, contact your local police service to advise them," the Wyomissing police service wrote in its scam alert.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)ask you to report the call to their agency. "The FTC takes the telephone numbers of the illegal appellants that you report and publish them to the public every working day." Your reports also help the police to identify the people behind illegal calls. "
