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Victim Location 71108
Type of a scam Government Grant

Called

said I had been chosen for $9000 grant but I needed to get $200.00 prepaid card

and call them back at 914-355-9821 with the receipt, copy of my id and the

confirmation code GM753.

Victim Location 45011
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

I answered the call which had a local area code and the person states "this is 'can't remember name' from customer service, can you hear me ok?" I said "uh huh" and he paused. Then went on with how I've won a Disney vacation.

Victim Location 34471
Type of a scam Phishing

I received an unsolicited phone call this morning from (904) 515-0433. The voice stated that they were from the warranty department and asked "can you hear me okay?". I answered "yes", then remembered that I'd read about phone scams using this tactic so I instantly hung up. I just wanted to report this as a potential hoax incident.

Victim Location 71105
Type of a scam Identity Theft

Called asked for Social and Date of Birth would not give it to them and they told me they could not tell me who they were without it.

Victim Location 48855
Type of a scam Phishing

Alice with Warranty Company Called and introduced herself and asked if I could hear her and I said yes.

Victim Location 03820
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

A woman said her name was Emily and had trouble with her head set. When I tried to interupt her I realized it was a recording. Was very sneaky and sounded like a real person on the line.

Victim Location 65738
Type of a scam Phishing

When I answered the call I heard "Hi this is Josh, can you hear me?" When I quickly realized what was going on I replied "no". When I heard another recorded response I immediately hung up.

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.