Just received two calls from this number, one right after the other. It rang one time, stopped, and they called again. I immediately blocked the number.
Those News articles and warnings put out by the FTC/FCC are merely "generalized" statements and have never documented a single person being scammed that way. Its merely a RUMOR!
Quote:The 'Yes Scam' or 'Can you hear me?' scam says they record you saying yes and hang up afterwards. Then use the recording to charge you or open accounts anywhere.Its a rumor!Could you open an account or charge something to a phone number by simply saying yes and nothing else? Try it and see for yourself how that goes!
I think it is very irresponsible for anyone to help spread this "yes" Rumor, without first investigating and understanding any possibilities towards its validity.
Ask yourself this:
What scam scenario wouldn't work with a simple yes from the scammer them self, that could only work with a recording of your voice?How would a caller know who answered, it could be your wife/husband/mom/dad or anyone who answered your phone and said 'yes' that gets recorded.What legitimate company would allow anyone to charge a client's phone or open an account with only a recording of someone saying yes?Why would scammers spend the extra time and effort on something that is simply pointless and a waste of time? Scammers could simply record voices from the internet or even passing on the street of anyone saying yes, if they really had a scam that required a recorded 'yes', as that would be much more efficient than making hundreds of calls everyday for a simple yes.
The Yes Scam is merely a rumor and unproven to have any validity that it could work. There may be scams where you agreed to something unwittingly and got recorded, but they need much more than a simple recording of a voice saying yes.
Saying 'yes' alone has no impact on pulling a scam, since a scammer could just as easily say 'yes' themselves. They wouldn't know its you or some family member who answered your phone, so recording a 'yes' is pretty redundant.
You should beware that something is amiss and pay close attention to WHAT IS BEING SAID if you feel the need to talk to a stranger who calls you out of the blue. Read about the various scams and educate yourself, so you are better prepared for the next call.
Another person with no comprehension ( I can't say reading comprehension because I have no doubt you never read the actual article) but that link scuttles your story completely. The person mentioned on that website clearly has said they haven't been scammed. Give me an article that detail how someone was actually scammed and how. You can't do it because it never happened and never will happen. The more you try to prove your cases, the worse it makes you look because your "evidence" always contradicts what you are trying to prove.
Received 5 calls in rapid succession. Believe it was a robot call that the blocked pick ups caused the repeat calls. Blocked because of past calls with no messages.
BigA: There's really no need to take that tone. There's STILL a general consensus that calls like this shouldn't be spoken to -- or answered, in fact, but a lot of people aren't yet at the point where they can ignore every unrecognized call they receive. (This number just called me and gave me pause because an elderly relative of mine has friends in the Visalia area and is sometimes hospitalized there -- so I looked it up.)
It really doesn't MATTER if "its merely a RUMOR!" or not. There is no need to lecture people who have at least paid attention to the general warnings and grasped the important bits of it. People use 800 Notes to check if a lot of others have gotten garbage calls from the same number, and they share their experiences. Why not just do that yourself, instead of going out of your way to be condescending?
They say that all scammers need in order to scam you is a recording of you saying "yes" because then they have a recorded "yes" when they're trying to use your info. The company will say "so and so, do you agree to this?" And your recording says "yes". That's why they kept asking if you could hear them and when you didn't answer how they wanted you to they hung up and tried again.