Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon.
Subscribers to U.S. wireless carriers, a number that represents a huge percentage of the adult population in the country, need to be concerned whenever they receive an email, text, or phone call from the company they pay each month for mobile connectivity.
Many bad actors, knowing how Americans will do anything to keep their wireless service intact, take advantage of this by sending emails and texts, and making phone calls that appear to come from the carrier threatening to disconnect their service unless a"missed payment" is made, or a request for personal information is responded to.Americans also love to save money and will answer a bogus Email, text, or phone call and reveal personal information if told that by doing so, they can save a few bucks. That bring us to a. The latter claimed that he"received a call from some friendly sounding fellows with Indian accents" who informed him that thanks to his good payment record, he was being offered 30% off hisMost of us would have been instantly suspicious and so was the Redditor. He was told by the callers that they didn't need any of his information and all they needed to do was call up hissubscriber tapping the button to disconnect the call. But things went from bad to worse when the callers said that they needed his account PIN to access his records. subscriber told the scammers that he was uncomfortable giving them his account PIN. The response will surprise you because it makes the call seem even more suspicious. The callers on the other end of the line said that they would send him a link to reset the PIN. The potential victim had the perfect response. He told the scammers,"How about this, why don't you give me a call back number, and I'll verify it with"Funnily enough, I fell for this scam on AT&T which is why I moved to T-Mobile in the first place 10 years ago. It was an inside job. I went to an AT&T store to fix an issue. The next day I received a call with spoofed caller ID “AT&T” saying “We’re calling about your recent support experience with AT&T, we’d like to give you $50 credit for feedback, it will take 2 minutes.” They asked for my PIN to verify me. I figured, why not. Woke up next day to my phone line not working. People emailing me asking me if I’m OK. I contact AT&T, the scammers had done a SIM swap and I had $2,000 charges - calls to Cuba . I told AT&T what happened and they said they’d have a specialist team call me to sort out the refund. They called me, from"AT&T" and they wanted to issue the refund but before proceeding the wanted my new PIN lol I told them it was ridiculous they were doing the same thing the scammers were doing, so I refused and asked for a phone number I could call to verify their identity - and guess what, they said this department didn’t have a call back number, so either I have to give them my PIN, or there’s no way to proceed. Took hours of complaints to supervisors until one issued the refund."reaching out to save you money? lol. Good on you for being hesitant." Another response gave good advice."Never answer unknown numbers; let it go to voicemail. If it’s something seriously important they will either say in the voicemail or continue to call back."representative pointed out that the carrier's policy does not allow reps to ask you for any verifiable information on an outbound call. He went on to write thatand the call drops before we ask you for your name and PIN, we still aren’t allowed to ask you for that information when we call you back."The scary thing is that this seems to be the exact same phone call that many have been receiving over the last two weeks. While the majority are recognizing the call as being a scam and hang up on the call in order to confirm its authenticity with the carrier, those that don't are incorrectly blamingWhether the scammers promise you a discount or convince you that you're late making a monthly payment, they bad guys know exactly how you'll respond. This is called social engineering and can be defined as the use of human emotions such as fear, urgency, and curiosity by attackers to manipulate people to respond in a manner the attackers' desire. For the bad actors, it is like shooting fish in a barrel. Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it is positive, neutral or negative. 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