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Victim Location 63139
Type of a scam Debt Collections

This woman called and said she was collecting a debt from a pay day loan company. I had no such debt. She first called on a 855 203-9054 number and left a voicemail and had me call her back on another number 855 204-0155. When I played along with the scam and said I didn't have my bank account information available she told me to call her back with it later. She said I owed $480 to a payday loan company and if I didn't pay they were taking me to court and it would then be $2000. So I did call back and there was no answer. About half an hour after that she called me back on a 314 779-2178 number which was located in Kirkwood, Missouri. The first calls was registered in Florida. I then knew it was for sure a scam.

Victim Location 62002
Type of a scam Phishing

I Received a Phone Call at approximately 11:30am on 2/11/17 from an unknown company from an unknown number. The person on the phone introduced their self and asked if I could here them okay. I said yes and they hung up. I was on the other line when the called in and I do not have caller ID call waiting and this is why I don't know the number that the call came from.

Victim Location 18951
Type of a scam Phishing

"Can you hear me" scam, advising of an expired warranty

Victim Location 33076
Type of a scam Phishing

Caller asked for me by my last name. When I said yes they hung up.

Victim Location 01569
Type of a scam Phishing

Recorded voice claimed to Josh from customer service and asked if I could hear hear him. I hung up.

Victim Location 54650
Type of a scam Phishing

Received a phone call and when answer asked if I could hear them ok...unfortunately I was in the middle of something and answered yes. Then remembered this scam and hung up. What do I need to do to protect myself? Mentioned credit cards

Victim Location 68516
Type of a scam Phishing

My wife, Ann Peterson, got a call on February 9, 2017 at 9:45am CT. Here's how the short conversation went...

Caller/Scammer: hello?

Ann: hello

Caller: hello?

Ann: yeah, I'm here

Caller: oh (friendly laughter), I'm sorry...

And then the caller went into her pitch. It was at that point (very early in the call) that Ann hung up because she realized she had said "yeah," and she remembered reading about the BBB alert of there being a new scam where callers are asking "can you hear me." This felt just like that.

Victim Location 73013
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

I was waiting on a call from a doctor when this number appeared, I answered. The person asked if I could hear them okay and I said yes. I then remembered this scam on the news and immediately hung up.

Victim Location 54107
Type of a scam Investment

Called with foreign accent asking for someone else. Said was wrong number and she starts asking about life insurance. Told her this is do not call number and hung up. Called 5 times.

Victim Location 25425
Type of a scam Tech Support

The cal came through mt cell phone. I noticed on my message screen, this number came up several times. Wanting to investigate, I called the number and a man with an Indian accent told me they had done some servicing on my computer and something did not work on their end and wanted to give me a refund of my money I started questioning him and he said "Don't you remember me?" He told me all I had to do was get on my computer. That's when I hung up. I tried the number again later [ the one I supplied above. ] on and the message said it was out of service.

Victim Location 44904
Type of a scam Identity Theft

a call came in as a local ph number, so I answered. Person said their name was Brook, and this was a recorded call. Then there was some type of interruption/noise on line then called said, "can you hear me"?

When I answered "yes" a second later caller hung up. I called back the number several times and got busy signal, then a recorded message stating this was"Customer service now" could be reached on line at

customer service [email protected] which got me know where.

Victim Location 68310
Type of a scam Phishing

The "I am having problems with my headset" call, I hung up immediately after.

Victim Location 54107
Type of a scam Credit Cards

Called trying to get me to apply for credit card and would get free trip. Told him was a do not call number and hung up.

Victim Location 64701
Type of a scam Phishing

A call came in at 6:38pm on feb. 9, 2017. An very human sounding automated female voice said, "hello, im calling long distance, can you hear me?"

Victim Location 48134
Type of a scam Phishing

Can you hear me- scam Asked and then tried to tell me about an all expenses paid trip that I won

Victim Location 83202
Type of a scam Phishing

Phone ran, did not notice the phone number "0" until after I ended call. They lady said "hello" "hello" and I answered 'yes" cause that's how I answer the phone. After that I hung up immediately cause I remember I heard something on the news about the "yes" phone scam. So If figured I better report it to you.

Victim Location 43220
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare

Telephone solicitation from a caller who said he represented a medical company with products and services for "people your age." He asked, "Can you hear me now?" I responded with a "Yes," immediately recalling stories that have been reported about such calls. As I tried to inquire further, the person terminated the call. I captured the phone number on my caller ID list.

Victim Location 37129
Type of a scam Debt Collections

They are calling me and my family members leaving msgs that they are filing charges on me for outstanding check advance loan from before 2012 but the don't have an exact date. They did have my yahoo email address (which I haven't used in years) along with my address but had old checking acct name and employer, both which haven't been used in many years. I've never taken out an online check advance loan but they told me they can prove it with the IP address I used. I asked them to send me proof and they said ok but haven seen anything yet.

Victim Location 87508
Type of a scam Phishing

First question is: "Can you hear me..." long pause, then recorded voice asks about survey. Not a real live person.

Victim Location 16259
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

I got a call on my cell phone, I answered hello and said nothing the male caller ask can you hear me okay? I did not answer, then the call said I qualified for a free vacation. and I hung up I don't know if it's part of the [ can you hear me now ] scam or not but maybe the callers phone number can help [724 918 4064] thanks ***