Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was? My theory is that it was a recognizansse job to harvest data for future attacks.
So research afterwards reveals the patient and the insurance policy does not exist and the whole thing seems to have just been a trick to lure the secretary into phoning that particular phone number.
Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was? My theory is that it was a recognizansse job to harvest data for future attacks.
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Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was? My theory is that it was a recognizansse job to harvest data for future attacks.
Could be. There used to be some funny scam here in the states where they'd get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you simply calling that number. I never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have your account info, unless they were making the money via your phone bill, with the phone company being the middle man in the transaction.
I just recently had someone falsely attempt to obtain a credit card in my name. The card company contacted me to make sure I applied for it. I said I had not so they cancelled it. The odd thing is that the bad card came here instead of going to the fraudster.
I pulled a copy of a credit report and can see that the application apparently had my home address on it. The difference is the phone number
is not mine and is from outside of my area. I suspect they are trying to get that phone number linked to my public record so that, in future, they can use it to gain access to other information.
So research afterwards reveals the patient and the
insurance policy does not exist and the whole thing seems
to have just been a trick to lure the secretary into
phoning that particular phone number.
Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was?
My theory is that it was a recognizansse job to harvest
data for future attacks.
Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was?
My theory is that it was a recognizansse job to harvest
data for future attacks.
Could be. There used to be some funny scam here in the
states where they'd get you to call a number and then
somehow make money from you simply calling that number. I
never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have
your account info, unless they were making the money via
your phone bill, with the phone company being the middle
man in the transaction.
I just recently had someone falsely attempt to obtain a
credit card in my name. The card company contacted me to
make sure I applied for it. I said I had not so they
cancelled it. The odd thing is that the bad card came
here instead of going to the fraudster.
I pulled a copy of a credit report and can see that the
application apparently had my home address on it. The
difference is the phone number is not mine and is from
outside of my area. I suspect they are trying to get that
phone number linked to my public record so that, in
future, they can use it to gain access to other
information.
I pulled a copy of a credit report and can see that the
application apparently had my home address on it. The
difference is the phone number is not mine and is from
outside of my area. I suspect they are trying to get that
phone number linked to my public record so that, in
future, they can use it to gain access to other
information.
Maybe they think they can convince the credit card company that
they never received your card and offer a different address
claiming that you have moved?
also with AI, people can get voice recordings to work with and then use them to
exploit people later one.
who knows what could happened.
Mike Powell wrote to ARELOR <=-
Could be. There used to be some funny scam here in the states where they'd get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you simply calling that number. I never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have your account info, unless they were making the money via your phone bill, with the phone company being the middle man in the transaction.
Could be. There used to be some funny scam here in the states where they'd get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you simply calling that number. I never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have your account info, unless they were making the money via your phone bill, with the phone company being the middle man in the transaction.
You said it. It was designed to lure you to call the number
the scammer wants you to call. From there, they might have
tried to convince the gullible to send money or get user
credentials or something.
I asked some people around here and it seems there are subscription services that are activated via phone. Stuff like "Phone +99 999 99 99 99 and you will get an SMS with the most important headlines every week." They charge you via phone bill. I think it is a plausible theory.
Still, I think it was a bit too targetted of a call to be about such a petty scam.
is that even possible for a 3rd party to charge on a cellphone bill?
i dont think that's possible nowadays.
they used to do that on land line phones. I would just say take that stuff off my bill.
Jas Hud wrote to Arelor <=-
is that even possible for a 3rd party to charge on a cellphone bill?
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Jas Hud wrote to Arelor <=-
is that even possible for a 3rd party to charge on a cellphone bill?
Yes as the billing is still handles in the same way it was back in the day. 900 numbers and area code scams are
less common but they're still around, especially overseas where landlines are still very much alive and well.
Jas Hud wrote to Digimaus <=-
is it really handled the same way though? i'm pretty sure if i called
one of those numbers my carrier would just reject it.
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