Today's Paranoia 😱

[Larry's Torch]

Recently I was listening to an interview on the radio (remember radio?) and they were discussing telephone scams/phising. Of course they were discussing how people inadvertently supply information for various accounts. They were also talking about clicking on legit looking links (accounts.telus.com instead of telus.com/accounts) or even pushing any of the number buttons (1 for yes 2 for no usually results in the same scam result). Most of this is pretty basic for most of us in dealing with this crap.

Now, usually I don't answer if I don't recognize the number; however something they mentioned caught my ear (radio, remember?) They can take a recording of your voice if you have used it to ask people to leave a message, clone it wit AI and use it to access your accounts if you have voice recognition enabled on any of them. Credit card companies are using voice recognition more and more now (true they need to find out your account info etc.).

With that being said, I have recently used an online text-to-speech site to record a new greeting and have taken my voice out of my voicemail.

Maybe a little over the top, but I don't see things in the scam world improving for potential victims anytime soon.

Just sharing some info that may be helpful

 

[westwoody]

This is why you get those calls where nobody speaks, of they just ramble on about some stupid offer: they want you to talk so they can sample your voice.
I agree with never answering unknown numbers.

 

[Ray]

I got a call yesterday from someone in New Jersey. I don't know anyone in New Jersey. I didn't answer.

 

[westwoody]

Beware of this one! It’s fooling a lot of people.

I was with a friend in the car and she got a call on her speaker. “Rogers” is offering a trade up to an iPhone 17 if she sends back her old one. Address is a PO box. As soon as they get it they will send the 17 by courier.
She kept the guy on the phone for over half an hour. He sounded like a greasy scammer for sure. He didn’t know her address or email like a real Rogers rep would.
She did call Rogers. They confirmed they didn’t call her. They also said they eeee getting tons of similar calls, and call from angry customers who wanted to know where their new phone was.

 

[Big_Guy_Rye]

That's why I never answer my phone from numbers I don't recognize,... simple as....

If it's that important, they can leave a voicemail... if not, thanks for the buzzing my pants.

 

[80watts]

Rogers has a monopoly on telecommunications in Canada... Break it up by province or major city. Caller id and name of account should be shown.

There is no need for 5 G. 4 g is good enough for telephone and text messages. Right now the biggest excuse is that 5 g items cost alot and that is why the system cost the user's so much every month.