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Protecting Yourself from Vishing Attacks

Posted May 19, 2009 7:53 AM

From CNET News.com:

You might have heard about online "phishing" scams designed to steal money from unsuspecting Web users, but now criminals are using another type of scam called "vishing" to commit the same crimes. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits against two telemarketing firms in Florida and a company claiming to sell extended automobile warranties for violating the Do Not Call registry and fraud for selling bogus warranties for between $2,000 and $3,000 a pop. Since 2007, the companies supposedly made 1 billion calls and generated more than $10 billion.

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05/19/2009 7:26 PM

Hey what a coincidence... I just got one of those calls today.

About the 5th one within the last few months.

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05/19/2009 9:38 PM

I have gotten several of those calls every week for the past year. I have tried everything possible to stop them and NOTHING works. They usually say you can stop the messages by pressing "1". Not true. These are the most annoying interruptions I have to live with every day.

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05/20/2009 12:06 AM

stay away from the Vishing hook?

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05/20/2009 8:34 AM

Myself and my friends even get these calls on our cell phones.

Someone needs to send them a nasty virus. About the only good use for virus I can think of.

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05/20/2009 7:20 PM

Got another call today... They sure do want to sell that bogus warranty...

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05/20/2009 9:46 PM

Record fax signals sounds on your anwering machine that wil stop them

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05/21/2009 11:19 AM

I'm keeping a Log of the Numbers they are calling from.. I'll turn in the list if I feel the need to.

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