They asked for home owner. I said they weren't available. I was asked if I was a tenant and responded Yes. Once I said yes they hung up....I was a trap to say yes so they can record your voice
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.
Calling from "Energy Solar Panels" or something like that. Asked if I was the home owner and confirmed my address and postal code. They told me that there is a government program that if I qualify for, would allow for solar panels to be placed on my roof and I would get paid for providing electricity that would go "back to the grid" and I would be paid for "sharing" my roof space. He looked at a picture of my house online (I'm assuming through Google Earth or something like that). He asked if my house was a fully detached or semi - it's a semi. He also said that only 3 or 4 houses per "area" or street can qualify. He then said that he needed to speak to his manager about my house being a semi and would call back. I looked up the number, saw the above, and called him back. He answered with the "Solar" company name and told me that I don't qualify because my house is a semi and that they need 500 square feet of free roof space. Also, he did say that after the program, the solar panels would be mine to keep. It all sounded very suspicious. I don't know if I got scammed somehow. It did seem like in the beginning he was asked questions to get me to say "yes" like he was confirming information as opposed to getting information from me. He also said that their website is energy.go.on.ca. It seems as thought they are trying to pass themselves off as a government agency but they're not. I hope I didn't get scammed. I should have hung up but I was curious....because I was expecting it to be those darn Air Duct Cleaning guys but it wasn't them.