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Scam phone numbers to prank call
Scam phone numbers to prank call








scam phone numbers to prank call

TEN-FOLD INCREASE IN REPORTS OF TECH SUPPORT SCAMS Police said that while they do not track scams by the mode of communication, some scams are typically perpetrated through calls such as the China officials impersonation scam, the tech support scam and the kidnap scam.

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Such robocalls may be familiar to many people, with a voice recording informing recipients that they need an update or repairs made to their Internet connection, or that they have a parcel that has been detained. READ: ‘It’s a judgment call’: How banks handle scam cases "It's very frustrating and (I) feel very pissed off." it wastes your time and disrupts whatever you're doing," he said, adding that he knows of people who have been scammed. He has also noticed that the scammers are getting more sophisticated, pretending to be local agencies or organisations to hook their victims. Mr Goh, who has three mobile phones for work and personal use, said recently, he has been getting one or two scam calls a week on all three phones. He simply hangs up when he realises it is a scam call. When he received pre-recorded robocalls, he would sometimes follow the instructions until a scammer picks up the call in person.īut he has stopped doing that as the calls are getting so frequent that he thinks his efforts are futile and takes up too much of his time.

scam phone numbers to prank call

SINGAPORE: Mr Jarvis Goh, a real estate agent, used to troll scammers who called him, pretending to fall for their tricks to get them to stay on the line - before giving them a scolding.










Scam phone numbers to prank call