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  2. Top 5 scam phone numbers in the US - AOL

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    Top 5 scam phone numbers in the US. WTTV. Zach Myers. December 17, 2024 at 2:39 AM. ... The list is based on the number of complaints about scam calls from each number and in each area code.

  3. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block these spam calls. 1. One-Ring Scams. Scammers use one-ring scams to get you, the victim, to call back. The ...

  4. How to Identify and Report Medicare Scam Calls - AOL

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    Call Medicare directly at 800-633-4227 (TTY: 877-486-2048). Call the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General at 800-447-8477 (TTY: 800-377-4950) or submit a report ...

  5. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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    A later version of the 809 scam involves calling cellular telephones then hanging up, in hopes of the curious (or annoyed) victim calling them back. [7] This is the Wangiri scam, with the addition of using Caribbean numbers such as 1-473 which look like North American domestic calls. [8]

  6. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks.. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer.

  7. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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    Reports on the purported scam are an Internet hoax, first spread on social media sites in 2017. [1] While the phone calls received by people are real, the calls are not related to scam activity. [1] According to some news reports on the hoax, victims of the purported fraud receive telephone calls from an unknown person who asks, "Can you hear me?"

  8. What You Need to Know About Spam Calls and 7 Ways to ... - AOL

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    To turn on Scam Block right now, T-Mobile and Metro customers can simply dial #662# to tell T-Mobile’s network to stop those calls before they ever reach your phone.

  9. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    The calls were most often made to fast-food restaurants in small towns. More than 70 such phone calls were reported in 30 U.S. states. [1] A 2004 incident in Mount Washington, Kentucky led to the arrest of David Richard Stewart, a resident of Florida. Stewart was acquitted of all charges in the Mount Washington case.