Over the years, scammers have not only figured out many ways to cheat but have also identified their easiest targets – older adults. Unfortunately, the combination of being unfamiliar with some technology and being too trusting makes our parents an easier target to scam. But we can help them to identify spammers!
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Truecaller’s Tips to Avoid the New Covid Scams in India
There’s a fresh wave of scams emerging this year as the Covid crisis in India worsens. We’ve always known scammers to take advantage of people in vulnerable times, but they’ve sunk to new lows this year. Here’s what to look for.
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Voice Deepfakes: The Latest Phone Scam
Scam alert! Those of you familiar with the phenomenon known as “deepfakes” probably associate them with weird videos and disinformation campaigns. But did you know that scammers are now using voice deepfakes to defraud people over the phone? One business lost over $240,000 in a deepfake voice scam.
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One Ring to Fool Them All
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Evil forces threatening to grip the world in darkness are nothing new, but they’re still scary. Both the One Ring of Middle-earth and the one-ring scam of this earth have the power to pull people into their destructive orbits.
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Coming to a Neighborhood Near You: Call Spoofing
Remember the days of “Won’t you be my neighbor?”
Now thanks to call spoofing, you’re probably saying, “Wait, you’re not my neighbor?”
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