The newest phone scam could swindle you, simply by answering the question, 'Can you hear me?'

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The newest phone scam could swindle you, simply by answering the question, 'Can you hear me?'

Sarah Pennells (1)
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The newest phone scam could swindle you, simply by answering the question, 'Can you hear me?'
A new phone scam has been hitting the headlines lately. People are being warned to hang up their phones if someone asks ‘can you hear me?’. The supposed con started in the US last month with experts warning it is set to sweep the UK with fraudsters tricking people into saying ‘yes’ to swindle you out of huge amounts of money. But is this a genuine threat? Tony Neate is the CEO of the organisation Get Safe Online and joined Sarah to explain more.
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Tony Neate


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Topics: UK, UK (in Economics)

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