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Hackers & Telemarketers Use Caller ID for Deceptive Phone Scams

In today’s electronic world, criminals have turned to a variety of cybercrimes, using computers and emails to steal the personal information of unsuspecting victims. They then use that information to steal from them, ruin their credit and financial records. As more people have mobile phones, criminals have turned to phone scams. We’ve all heard of …

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Seniors Are Targets for Telescammers

Americans receive tens of billions of robocalls each year. Many of them are not from telemarketers, but from telescammers targeting senior citizens, says Dan Weber, President of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the number one consumer complaint is for unwanted automated calls. During the first half of 2018, …

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