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Phishing by Phone

From my friend Raoul:

It's not bad enough that daily I get email that promises me compensation
for helping the relative of some South African official smuggle a bunch of
cash out of the country or that I've won a lottery or that my eBay account
has been compromised. Now, I'm getting phishing phone calls.

The first call came through at about 8:30 from a guy with a heavy (east) Indian
accent. About the only thing I picked up was lottery and $500. I told the guy to
take a hike and hung up - as expected no caller ID.

An hour later I get another call. This time it's a woman with an Asian accent.
She asks for "Raoul" and when I say this is he, she proceeds to tell me that
my bank account has been locked and that I won't be able to get any money.
I ask her who she is and she says that she is with my bank. What bank? She
names off a bank but not mine. I tell her that its not my bank and that she needs
to work on getting the scam right. As I'm hanging up I hear her saying "I know
how to do..." On this one I get a caller ID but I suspect that it is stolen cell phone.

I'm going to start recording my calls.

Comments on "Phishing by Phone"

 

Anonymous Matt Tetrault said ... (Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:13:00 PM) : 

Hey Ted,

Once again, your name came up related to an article I'm working on. I wrote this for Wednesday's issue. Check it out, let me know what you think.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/02152006/business/87971.htm

-Matt Tetrault

 

Blogger Ted Demopoulos said ... (Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:18:00 PM) : 

Matt,

Very interesting!
I hadn't heard of the IRS fishing scam, but it makes sense (from a criminal point of view).

Phishing scams keep getting more and more sophisticated. Supposedly online fraud is more lucrative than drug smuggling now!

 

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Most Internet users have been targeted by criminal phishing emails, yet less than one third have any idea what phishing is, and only 3.5% have changed their habits due to the threat of phishing!

Risks include Identity Theft, Credit Card fraud, and more.

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