![]() “You say ‘yes,’ it gets recorded and they say that you have agreed to something,” said Susan Grant, director of consumer protection for the Consumer Federation of America. That affirmative response is recorded by the fraudster and used to authorize unwanted charges on a phone or utility bill or on a purloined credit card. The “can you hear me” con is actually a variation on earlier scams aimed at getting the victim to say the word “yes” in a phone conversation. Virginia police are now warning about the scheme, which also sparked warnings by Pennsylvania authorities late last year. ![]() On 26 January 2017, CBS News reported the workings of the scam thusly: After the caller makes contact they ask the recipient “Can you hear me?” to elicit a response of “yes,” and a potential onslaught of unauthorized charges ensues. According to those reports, the scam begins with an unsolicited phone call to the putative mark. In late January 2017, news outlets across the United States reported on a purported “can you hear me?” telephone scam.
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