Rossen Reports: Everything you need to know about the 'say yes' scam
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Our viewer Donna emailed Rossen Reports asking about the scam. She wrote,
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We reached out to our cyber security expert, Jim Stickley, to get his insight on the call. He told us that he believed this was an example of a popular scam where someone claims to be an investigator or someone from Customs and Border Protection. They say they맥스카지노ve intercepted a package containing drugs 맥스카지노 and that you맥스카지노re in legal trouble because the package was heading for you before they intercepted it. From there, the caller asks for your private information or tries to get you to pay a fee. As for Donna맥스카지노s call, Stickley suspects the scammer gave up when she started getting suspicious.
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Stickley believes the origins of the urban legend go back to telemarketers using automated systems to confirm the numbers they were calling belonged to actual people. But somewhere down the line, people confused that for a means to commit financial fraud. Long story short 맥스카지노 he says it맥스카지노s not something you need to worry about.
Have a question for Jeff Rossen? He맥스카지노s answering your consumer questions every Friday in the new segment "Rossen Responds." Email your questions to him at RossenResponds@hearst.com.